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Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Alrighty, since I have two little pigs of my own, I decided I'd try to see if there are some other pig owners out there! My guinea pigs are bacon and patch. Bacon I have had almost two years, Patch I've had almost one year. They are cute little critters, although, sometimes they are too vocal. the minute my bedroom door opens (not my roommates) in the morning, they start squealing for their fresh water and hay. I am now attaching some photos of my boys. I took them tonight.

Bacon and Patch, chowin down.
Here they are, chowing down on a couple carrot sticks.

Bacon
a funny angle of bacon

Patch
This is Patch.

Another one of Bacon.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, my gosh, Bacon has lips. I didn't know.

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh my gosh...they've got bunny's carrots!!!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love how they appear to be looking right into the camera as they cozy up to their carrots!

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey I had a guinea pig thread that disappeared..LOL I'm glad to see it back. We have two a father and a son.
Pumpkin has wild hair and is an orange color and his son is multi-colored. They're really great pets!

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twiggy, you should post some pictures! I love my little piggies. They got to travel today. bacon likes to dig in the cage when he travels, so he dug up all the nasty smelling stuff and now i REALLY need to clean the cage.. Bacon is going to the vet tomorrow because he has a swollen nipple with a lump and it leaks. It's been this way probably too long now, but I'm finally home where the vet all our dogs have gone to is. I hope we can get Bacon fixed up cuz I love him dearly. He's such a little stinker.. LOL

On my way out of town today, i stopped by to see my fiance, I ended up staying longer than planned because we were waiting for some paperwork that both of us need to sign for stuff for a house out in SC.. (Needless to say, it didn't get there, so we'll get all that figure out since I'm 2 1/2 hrs away right now) But yeah, since I had my piggies with me, i couldn't leave them in the hot car. So.. i have this little plastic tub for my crochet... i took out my crochet and put the pigs in it. They fit just right. Granted, I wouldn't keep them in something that small for longer than necessary, but it was pretty funny. I brought two carrots up with them since they were so cramped. they sat there and just stared in fright for a while, but finally, the scent of their carrots got to be too much and they started munching away. Sadly enough, i didn't have my camera to take a picture of them.

Anywho, I'll let you all know how Bacon is after our visit to the vet tomorrow. :-)

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Friday, July 08, 2005 - 3:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good Luck with Bacon Saxy!!! it just wouldn't do to have drippy bacon about...poor thing

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Friday, July 08, 2005 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Welp, it's not good news for Bacon. He has breast cancer. it would be $150 for surgery, and guinea pigs aren't the most stable on anesthesia. So, I think that I'm going to have to end up just putting him down. I love my piggie, but $150 for surgery that is that uncertain is a lot. The vet said he expects he has 2-4 months before his quality of life starts on a downhill turn.. But, since I'm moving to SC in about a month, I'm not sure if I'll find a vet that will do it for the $20 bucks my vet says he'll do it for. So, i've got a big decision to make soon.

I've got to get moving. My 3 yr old niece has become my shadow since I got home yesterday and I need to go supervise her in the little pool out back.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, July 08, 2005 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, no!!!!! I love your Bacon!!! He's soo cute! Ahhhh. Um, he is a male, right? (I know men can get breast cancer, too, but is it unusual for a male guinea pig to get this?) Gosh. So $150 for the surgery and $20 doc fee? It is a lot. But I loveeee your Bacon! He just tickles me in that 2nd picture up there! Sniff.

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Friday, July 08, 2005 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, Bacon is a male. I don't know if it's unusual or not. $150 for the surgery and hospital stay. It would only be about $20 to get him put down. I love him too, but apparently guinea pigs aren't known to always do well under anesthesia. He's just so cute... BTW, Patch OG, patch has lips too.

I'm gonna have to take more pictures of my pigs, especially while I'm home and have my mom's really nice digital camera to use! I must be off. Ciao

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Friday, July 08, 2005 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Saxy...I'm sorry to hear about Bacon... You are right...it is such a difficult decision...



Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope Bacon will be okay. He's so darling.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So sorry about Bacon, Saxy. Good luck with your decision.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm sorry to hear about Bacon too (such a cute guy and a cute name as well). I know you'll do what is best for you and him.

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and condolences about my piggy. I took some pictures of him today. I posted them in my folder, but I figured I could post one or two here.

Here he is in his cage, peeking up at me out of his igloo.


And here he is in my hands, I was holding him so my nieces could give him some lovin.


There's a picture of me and him in my folder as well. I'm trying to spoil him as much as I can before the time comes when I'll need to put him down.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saxy, how old is Bacon and how long to these pigs normally live? I guess the only saving grace is that supposedly our furry friends don't have the same sense of death ahead of time that we do so they aren't dreading it way in the future like we tend to do. Doesn't help with the feelings of loss on our side, though.

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm actually not sure how old Bacon is. I've had him for almost 2 years. And I think he was at least a year or 2 before I got him.. So.. He's at least 3 1/2 or 4. Maybe older. Now Patch, he's a year and four months old.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I suspect the are two of the more well-loved pigs in all of guineapigdom..

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our Nutmeg lived to be 5 years old and that's considered old for a guinea. We took her everywhere, too. She went on vacation with us. Although, we did leave her a few times with friends.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh no, I've missed this area!! We are the proud owners of 2 cavies!! I went on petfinder.org, and we 'rescued' first one, but the owner brought 4 to chose from, we toook 1 sister, and when she was in a pet store showing more for adoptions, we took her sister too - we have 2!! DD is primary lover of cavies, I am primary cleaner of cavies!!

If I had only known how great these pets are - would've gotten them sooner!! Love hearing them purr, talk, and of course whhhheeeeek when we come home - they really are cute!!

Our pigtures are on the other computer, but I went to our yahoo cavy site, and brought one to share, this was taken the day we adopted Lizzie,

pigture

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, big "pig"; cute lil girl!

Supergranny
Member

02-03-2005

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My grandchildren just lost their beloved pig "Taco" to old age. Thank heavens she just didn't wake up and they didn't have to go thru the extra pain of putting her down. Looking at these names gives one pause to think. "Bacon", "Taco", "Pumpkin" "Nutmeg"...all food names. You guys realize in some parts of the world they are on the menu!

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eek! But those are all very cute names. Sorry to hear about Taco. How old was he?

Supergranny
Member

02-03-2005

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We were trying to figure out just how old she was cause it seems like they had her forever! She played with their golden retriever "Sabrina Daisy" (Two grandchildren hence two proper names) The dog Sabrina Daisy would lay on the floor and Taco would cuddle or chew or play tag. Funniest thing I ever saw. i will ask if they have any pictures of them together.

Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Welp.. My guinea pig owning days are almost over. Mom decided I needed to get rid of them. She found a home for Patch. I don't feel I can give them a sick guinea pig, so he's getting put down later today. The lump has gotten very big lately. I can say that he's been spoiled ever since I left them here with mom. She started feeding them lettuce and carrots morning AND night! Beyond their hay and food. Go figure, mom spoiles them worse than me. I am going to take a couple pictures of my babies before they go away though. I'll be back later.