Pig-tures!

I'm still working on getting more pictures up of all the piggies.  I did some of the skinny boys tonight and they are up.  Click on the 'Our Skinny Pig Boars' tap to take a look!  They are handsome boys!

Settling In

All of the new arrivals have been doing great. Everyone is eating well and are all very active.  I love to just sit and watch them play and popcorn around their cages. 
I have been adding some pics to the other pages.  I still have many more photos to get on here.

They are here!

 

They finally made it!  After all the waiting, the skinny pigs & Baldwin carriers have arrived!  They made it home from the airport safe and sound.  I couldn't wait to open their carrier and get to see them all.  When I opened up their carrier they were all tucked in there nice and warm and doing well.  I will be getting current individual pictures up soon!

Skinny pigs

Unfortunately, American Airlines does not fly into Medford so we were not able to pick up the guinea pigs today!  So, off to Portland we go this weekend to pick up the new additions.  I can't wait to see them all and get them home!

Update:  Shipping today didn't go as expected.  Next hopeful shipping date will be on Wednesday!  Using a different airline this time!

Update 11-9-10: Their flight is booked and they will be here tomorrow afternoon! 

New arrivals on their way!

I just received confirmation that the new skinnies and baldwins will be shipped November 3rd!  I can't wait to go pick them up at the airport!

Rehoming two of the babies

This week I decided to rehome two of Butterscotch's babies.  I need to make room for the skinnies and this colorful little litter was unexpected, so two of them are off to new homes.  I was just going to rehome the little boy, after putting an ad on Craigslist, I got two emails.  I thought about it and decided to contact the second person to respond and see if they would be interested in one of the female babies.  They said yes, so Saturday night, they came and got her.  I'm sure she is in a very good home and getting spoiled!  Her brother will be going to his new home tomorrow morning.  I have decided to keep the red female and use her in my skinny pig breeding program. 

Some new additions are coming...

A few weeks ago, I was looking online at guinea pigs.  I came across a very interesting, or what I thought was interesting variety, skinny pigs and Baldwin guinea pigs.  Skinny pigs are pretty much hairless.  They do tend to have a bit of hair on parts of their body.  Baldwins on the other hand, are born with hair and it falls out when they are just a few weeks old.  They are totally hairless usually by the time they are a month old.  I decided that I wanted to get some of these interesting little guys.  After searching the internet, I found a breeder of both types of guinea pigs.  Baldwins seem to be very difficult to find.  They are such a new variety and not many people have them.  I contacted the breeder and I now am getting two adorable males.  They are not bald, but they carry the genes and will possibly throw offspring that will be totally bald.  I was only going to try to get Baldwins, but the more I looked at the skinny pigs, the more they grew on me.  I had to have some of them too!  I now will be getting the two Baldwin gene carriers and eight skinny pigs.  Two of the skinnies are gene carriers.  I can't wait to pick them up from the airport in a couple of weeks.  Needless to say, I have been busy building new cages and trying to figure out just where to put everyone.
Here are some pictures of my new piggies!

Skinny pigs

This beautiful girl is actually pregnant right now and will be having her babies after she gets here.  Hopefully, the plane ride and the new home won't affect her.  I can't wait to see her babies!

Skinny pig gene carriers

Baldwin gene carriers





Welcome ~ Meet the piggies!

Hello, and welcome to Piggy Junction!  We started off a few years ago with one pet guinea pig.  His name started out as Marrs, but now he is just called 'Fat Pig'.  We decided that he was lonely and needed a friend.  Then came 'Little Pig'.  He is about half the size of Fat Pig.  Can you see now how the current names came about? 

They love their veggies! Fat Pig is the front pig with just a little bit of white on his face.  Little Pig is behind him.  They are both Abyssinian guinea pigs.  Fat Pig is the most mellow boy.  He can be held for hours and never complains. 

Little pig on the other hand, he is more skittish and voices his dislike of being caught.  Once he is in your arms though, he settles right down.  One of his favorite things to do is stand on top of his pigloo.  Maybe there is just a better view from there!

Next of the bunch is Daisy. 

She is a feisty little thing!  Very vocal, loudest one of the gang.  She loves to nudge the cage and be pet and flirt thru the cage, but open that door and she runs in her hidey house.  A bit of a tease she is!

This is Butterscotch and her daughter, Krissy. 

Butterscotch came to be with us thru an ad on Craigslist about seven weeks ago.  I saw an ad for a pair of guinea pigs.  They each had their own cages and plenty of supplies.  At the time, the price was a little high on everything and I just looked at the ad and didn't think anything of it. I kept watching Craigslist and the price on them kept dropping and dropping.  They went from $250 to $50.  I contacted the owner and went to get them!  They were desperate to get rid of the guinea pigs and I really thought they were cute! By the time I went to pick them up, they had sold the male and his cage.  That was fine with me since I thought she was much cuter than the boy anyway!  I was also going to try to pair her up with Daisy so Daisy wouldn't have to  be alone anymore.  When I went to pick her up, the former owner told me she was 'just fat' and she ate alot.  Knowing that they had a male, I took one look at her and knew she was pregnant!  I could feel babies in there, but I didn't say anything.  I think they were just trying to get rid of her before she gave birth.  Either that or it could have just been that they were bought on a whim, since they had only had the pigs for two months!  About two weeks after I got her, I was sitting at my computer which is only about 10 feet from her.  All of the sudden, I heard little squeeks.  I didn't even have to look!  I knew the babies were here! I have decided to keep one of her female babies and rehome the boy.   Update: I have kept the red baby in the pic with her and rehomed the other two babies.

Female that went to a new home on October 16th

Copper ~ female American

Ruby Sue ~ female Teddy