The Piggy Pen

04/05/2026

01/05/2026

My feelings anyway…🐹❤️

01/05/2026

A bit late I know….🐹❤️

12/31/2025

PSA: (Public Service Announcement)
So I figured I would post this for anyone out there that has a pregnant female piggy, or is thinking about mating a pair for babies.
When my Pearl had her three babies, one escaped, when I eventually got him back to his mom, I found out she wasn’t nursing him. I almost went out and bought some milk at the grocery store. However, after doing some quick research, I found sources that said cow milk is toxic to Guinea pigs, scratch that then. What was going to work?
I didn’t have alot of time for the baby’s sake, I don’t know if he’s even nursed since he’s been born.
According to many articles, Cat milk is close, but still not 100% good, and i’m not going out to find a pregnant cat. Turns out, there is only one tested product to replace a Guinea pig mother’s milk, and I quickly ordered it.
I reasoned, If I never have this problem again, I have it in house, - Insurance.
Delivery in time to help young Andrew was the biggest issue, not for around a week🤬
I tried feeding the little guy “Critical care” food a product by Oxbow, I swear by it, helped me save one Piggy’s life. He didn’t want it. Guinea pigs are born with all they need, they can eat veggies, Or hay, drink water, but for the first few weeks they need their mother’s milk in addition to anything else they eat.
Much to my sadness I lost little Andrew.
About a week after, the product finally arrived. I was so mad, hard enough to care for these amazing little creatures without a vet, and most vets know little about their care.
This product is recommended by most that know Guinea pigs, I haven’t got any Idea on how much per feeding, its dry, so have to read instructions, it also needs to be warm for them. Picture of product, and little Andrew 💔🐹

12/30/2025

Back in November 2024, I had brought in three girls, sisters I was told, they are all very sweet, and well behaved, and VERY friendly (after they calmed down from being re-homed). I didn’t get a chance for pictures, and time got away. While looking for an unrelated picture in my photo library, I ran across their pictures their old owner sent me, and decided I should share. 1st one is Nova, she’s their cage boss😂
The next one is Mocha (all brown), and the curly haired girl was originally named “Dolly” but I named her “Fluffy”, she is my extremely shy girl. All are sweethearts, with their own little personalities. They like to pair up in the hut and sleep together to stay toasty warm. Fluffy is much larger, she naps alone in the hut.🐹🐹🐹❤️ The fourth picture is Latte, his nick name is “Buddy” I put the girl‘s cage next to his after his brother Smores had passed to cheer him up, and he adores them, they all are very chatty together. They are approximately three years old in November.

09/03/2025

Sometime late Monday, early Tuesday Snowball’s daughter Pearl gave birth to three little babies, another surprise birth 😕
When the first baby came out of the hut it managed to escape between the bars of their cage, it was so tiny.
It then managed to quickly find a place to hide. 😢
I spent the day looking for it, but I have yet to find the little one. 😭
I hope I can find it soon. 😭🙏🏻💔
They are only about a day old, so they aren’t interested in solid food yet, so heart breaking, it will probably die hiding😭💔.
The other two are doing fine, I since put extra cage in place to make it harder to escape.
Pearl’s mother Snowball, and her Aunt Truffle are helping her care for the babies, cleaning them, and watching over them while Pearl catches a nap. It’s really something special to observe, they were both really good moms.

07/08/2025

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04/19/2025

This is getting a little exhausting…
So this morning while feeding the “kids” their morning hay. while feeding the girls, Truffle, Snowball, and Pearl, Another little face peeked out of the hut 😮😳
I don’t know how Ripley got into their cage, but anytime I looked into them, he was always in his own cage. Ripley, and Truffle always had this thing, sometimes I would find her in his cage (Not recently). Neither girls were showing. Don’t know the s*x of these three yet, they’re so tiny, and fragile. They look to be Truffle’s kids, she is in the hut probably nursing. I know it’s after the fact, but I heightened the security on Ripley, and Cookie’s cage, locked up the door on top. These kids are smart as dogs, apparently smarter than me 🤣. The babies are pretty cleaned up, so she has had time with them. Maybe born last night, early this morning ❤️ so adorable.

02/16/2025

Mister “Zoomie” Alfie is at it again at one side of the room, while Latte “Buddy” is staring at me from the other, his motives are clearly treat driven, he knows I usually cave in. 😂🤣

02/07/2025

This little guy had the “Zoomies” hard to catch him in the act. Zoomies are running laps in their cage as fast as they can go, he plowed over his hut 😂🤣❤️

01/02/2025

This little guy is quite the character ❤️
“Alfie” likes his box hut, he sleeps in it, eyes fully closed, and seems to enjoy it. The Reason I haven’t got him a plastic one. When Alfie wants to get my attention, he flips the box around in his cage, if I put it back upright, he goes back in, and flips it around some more, until I play with him, or give him treats.
After his dinner last night ( Romaine lettuce), I picked up some of his scraps to put them in a pile, and he charged me, and rammed my hand with his nose, thats a move they do to other pigs to shoo them away. Never saw that behavior before. I caught Alfie the other night doing something rare, bird chirping, the only time I’ve ever heard that was from my little guy Jack who passed on 09/03/23. It is VERY rare. I really enjoy Alfie, so friendly, such an awesome personality ❤️