Barley: Ambassador of Love in training
Barley is calming down a bit, but will probably never be a lap pig like his predecessor. He loves attention and is doing a pretty good job of giving love out in heaping does. His one great love is his stuffies. He has an assortment of stuffed animals that take turns sharing his cage with him and he plays with them, pushes them to his bowl so they can eat with him and of course he sleeps with him. My Randy boy who became a father of 3 a week after he came to me has calmed down and no longer thinks Spots is his girlfriend. His green, spotted hippo is now a treasured friend to just cuddle with. I no longer have to wash Spots after her turn in the cage to remove boar glue.
Barley loves attention and he knows he is cute and really poses for people. He knows the hands are not mine and his visitors seem to love the way he gently sniffs their hand. Then he lays right down and lets them stroke him and rub him behind his ears. He actually lays still to be loved on for long periods of time when he starts getting wiggly with me when I hold him in my arms after just a few minutes. Except first thing in the morning. He really does prefer to be loved on while not being held that being picked up and cuddled.
Barley still loves getting visitors! He carefully supervised the maintenance man while he replaced the garbage disposal. I don't think our MG had ever had a guinea pig watch him the entire time he fixed/replaced something. He gets by his water bottle when supervising and if he doesn't want people to know he is watching him he starts drinking when they start to turn around. He has also started eating the vitamin C tablets the vet recommended.
Barley likes our maintenance guys. He has had a busy few weeks with getting a bath and partial nail trim one week and meeting new friends the next week. The little fellow that was such a picky eater when I first got him that he spit out his first taste of carrot now eats everything! He will even chomp away on the chewable vitamin C our vet recommends. Punkin always thought those were a game to see how far he could spit them out. He loves getting packages. His last one was pellets and hay.
Barley continues to receiver and charm his visitors. How such a wiggleworm can lay placidly in a basket bringing joy to those stroking and petting him is beyond me. He is a very happy little guy and the only thing of late he has disapproved of has been nail trimming attempts and the spinach in his salad mix. The small red-eyed, brown fellow does not like baby spinach so I get to set next to him with a bowl of greens hand feeding him and eating the baby spinach myself.
It has been a while hasn't it. The little guy, at 2 1/2 lbs he is a little guy, had a great Christmas. He has acquired an adopted Daddy who showered him with goodies. He loves his hidey and does not spend all his time it it. The first night he slept in it was a really cold one and the next morning I found him in there with his little red teddy bear.
The one sad thing in his life is one of his most beloved friends has developed the mental issues that comes with aging. She knows she loves him but no longer remembers his name all the time. He does react to being referred to as "the little animal" in a positive manner though. He knows who she is and she still appreciates his love.
The one sad thing in his life is one of his most beloved friends has developed the mental issues that comes with aging. She knows she loves him but no longer remembers his name all the time. He does react to being referred to as "the little animal" in a positive manner though. He knows who she is and she still appreciates his love.