The Story of Two Little Wheekers
- daisymay
- Supporter 2016-2021
She waits until I pick her up and then bites my shirt, so all my around-the-house clothes look like they have moth holes.
Jan use to do that and I thought how cute! UNTIL I went to wash my clothes! All of them with tiny holes and green colouring. Now Jan has passed, I have kept 2 of the shirts and treasure them!
Jan use to do that and I thought how cute! UNTIL I went to wash my clothes! All of them with tiny holes and green colouring. Now Jan has passed, I have kept 2 of the shirts and treasure them!
Hi everyone! I just recently realized it's been a year since we last posted so I thought I should do an update! The girls have been doing great, they're both as chubby and content as ever. In early March we took on two more fosters named S'mores and Lillian. They came to us because they were housed with males for a while and the shelter thought it was pretty likely at least one was pregnant. So far one of them has been gaining weight pretty fast and has definitely grown a lot. She was pretty small at first, however, so we're not sure yet! If we do get any babies it'll probably be soon.
As for a little more in-depth update of my own pigs, Charity's six now and Cleo's five. They've both started slowing down lately -- Charity especially isn't as interesting in floor time or popcorns anymore, but she's still eating great and seems to be enjoying life. We've been watching both pigs pretty closely for any signs of arthritis and haven't seen any so far. They have check-ups pretty soon and we'll see if the vet has anything to say about making sure they're pain-free. As for the humans of the family, there have been lots of big changes this past year but covid didn't hit us too hard and we're still doing good!
As for a little more in-depth update of my own pigs, Charity's six now and Cleo's five. They've both started slowing down lately -- Charity especially isn't as interesting in floor time or popcorns anymore, but she's still eating great and seems to be enjoying life. We've been watching both pigs pretty closely for any signs of arthritis and haven't seen any so far. They have check-ups pretty soon and we'll see if the vet has anything to say about making sure they're pain-free. As for the humans of the family, there have been lots of big changes this past year but covid didn't hit us too hard and we're still doing good!
We lost our sweet Cleo about a year and a half now, March 2023. This morning, we said goodbye to beautiful Charity. She died peacefully in my arms, hopefully not in too much pain. I wanted to thank everyone who ever read about them. Charity was 9, and would have been 10 in a couple months. Cleo was seven. I feel so incredibly lucky to have gotten to spend so much time with them, and terribly heartbroken that they are gone. They introduced my family to rescuing and inspired us to start fostering, leading to the fostering of 15 guinea pigs and 11 dogs so far. They may have been small, but I had the biggest love for both of them and they have had the largest impact on me. It's my only condolence that they are back together again, as they loved each other so.
- daisymay
- Supporter 2016-2021
I am so sorry you lost them both. RIP Cleo and Charity. Together again to get into mischief! Run forever free, popcorn amongst the clouds. Eat the long lush green grass. Two more angels who got their wings. I bet they are up in heaven telling everyone how lucky they were to have you as slaves. Sending hugs. They knew they were loved. They will be forever with you!