3 Days

Only 3 more days until the piggies move in with me! My bedroom is set up, for the most part, and their cage is all ready. I have come across one problem though--the room gets warm during the day. Unfortunately, my temperature gauge has been at my parent's house so I haven't had the opportunity to see just how warm it gets. I'm planning on installing some aluminum foil bubblewrap to the windows (which are only single-pane), which with past results, have made rooms 5-15F cooler in the summers. It's especially important out here in Arizona where the temperature can reach up to 120F during the day!

In the mean time, here's one more video to keep you happy :) I'll provide an update on Saturday when we bring the girls home!

Video

Mom here. The girls are currently staying at the local guinea pig rescue for the next week while I move house, since I know packing and all the repercussions that come with it stress them out. Why, just changing out their bedding stresses them out! I think they'll be happier at the new place though, since it will be much quieter and less stressful than my current living situation! In the mean time, enjoy a piggie video made by yours truly :)

For Starters

Hello world! Well, we are quite the trio and hope you enjoy this brand new blog concocted by Mom here. But first, I suppose we should introduce ourselves.

Our human, Monica, is a college student studying English Literature and it was really her idea to come up with this blog. We suppose she needs some sort of creative outlet that doesn't include nine page essays entitled "Pernicious Dualities: A Study and Comparison on the Manipulative Characters of Othello and The Faerie Queene." Whatever, we just think she slacks in the hay department. Aside from that, she stays quite busy with her women's human right's student organization called Women Beyond Borders. We really appreciate her desire to help the unfortunate since it reminds us of the time she adopted us!


This is our other human, Dave. He's been Mom's boyfriend for over five years (!) and usually visits on the weekends. He's a computer tech so he's a very logical person. Sometimes Mom says "too logical" but we don't really care because he gives us all the hay we can poop on and extra veggies. Mom doesn't like that because it "spoils" us and apparently messes up our daily calcium to phosphorus ratio that she carefully calculates. It doesn't matter to us since we love the extra stuff! Anyway, he's a liberal person, too, and absolutely loves animals! He cares for three cats at his house: Liz, Susie, and Kitty.


And last, but certainly not least, us! We're Maggie and Ginny, two year old sows. Mom adopted us last July from the Arizona Humane Society. Maggie was a stray, apparently. We suppose someone tried to "set her free" into the wilds of the park, but it didn't work out for her. We don't know Ginny's story, unfortunately, since the volunteers mixed up her papers with someone else. Maybe one day she'll let us know.