Happy Thankspigging!

Road Trip!

We did it! Justin graduated with his master's degrees and we packed everything up, including the piggy boys, and moved back home. I was really worried about moving 1500 miles with these little guys, but they actually did mostly well. Harvey was pretty stressed, though, and dealt with a lot of bloating as a result. In fact, it wasn't until the 3rd day of driving that he even moved off of his little cushion. Poor little fella.

 "Hey. Hey, heyheyheyheyhey. Hey guys."

"Are we there yet?!"

Biscotti, resting on his cushion. 

 Poor Harvard, for about 2 days he just stayed glued to his little bed. I think the rumbles in the road scared him. 

 We set up their full cage with hay, water, pellets, veggies, and beds. 

 Little Xabi had his own cage. Partially because 3 pigs wouldn't work in the larger cage (Which was divided in two in order to separate Harvey and Biscotti), but also because he needs extra care. More details on that in the next post.

Xabi got cuddles when I took him out to handfeed him. Cute little guy was sleepy here.

Xabi's Progress

I am VERY happy to report that Xabi is up to 1022 grams! He has not been in that weight range since June. He has gained 148 grams in 3 weeks! That's a 1/3 of a pound! Go Xabi boy! (Unfortunately, Harvey has also been packing on the weight, and is now in the 1300s, so we'll be scaling down his pellet portions.) And cute Biscotti is nice and athletic as always. :)

EDIT: He's back down. :( Not sure what's going on. Looks like another vet visit is in store.

Piggy Picnic...Pignic

My mom bought us this little pig-carrier that we can take to the vet, or, as I decided yesterday, on a picnic! The pigs were nervous-squeaking the whole walk (which is like 2 minutes) to the green area at the center of our apartment complex.

 

"IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS CARRIER, YOU THOUGHT WRONG!"

"Oh, you brought parsley? You didn't mention that..."

"Um, excuse me? What incentives do I have here?"

"Oh, well, this is acceptable."

(I LOVE this photo! Hahaha!)

Here's Biscotti the Not-So-Brave. For all of his rumble-strutting, he is the most nervous in situations like this. He is cautiously testing the waters, here. 

Carrots make everything easier.

Isn't that right, Scotti boy?

Xabi Chops, being cute. (And in focus, for once!)

Eventually they all got out of the bag! Aren't they adorable?

More Loft Pictures

I'm really happy because the piggy boys seem to be really liking the loft. In fact, it is now Xabi's new favorite place. This doesn't surprise me because he has always loved getting up high. Whether it be his barn or on top of the pigloo, he always wants up high. 

I'm also really happy because 1) I have been able to feed the boys separately much more easily. And 2) the loft gets messy with hay all over, but the rest of the cage doesn't. 

Clean(ish) cage. You can see Harvard in the Pigloo and Xabster up top.

"Everything the light touches is my kingdom."

Messy loft. It will be much easier cleaning one small blanket than a full sized blankie. 

Dinner Time!