Home Again

Mom here. So sorry about leaving you all in the dark for the past couple weeks. We haven't had internet until today! Anyway, the girls are very excited to share their story with you, so here they are!

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Well, our lovely trio has grown into a quintet (excluding Dad)! It was supposed to be just Maggie and I coming home, but at the last minute Mom decided to adopt two other sows, Clementine and Piper, completely messing up her original cavy house.

We met our new cagemates the week before during a brief stint in the grass, but Mom thought it was best that we just "visited" through the seperate cages and grids for the first week home. Later that week (the 27th), Mom decided it was time for us to meet again.

Things started off ok. She placed Maggie and Piper in the play area, then Ginny, and finally Clementine. We formed a little pig train for Mom, which sent her into fits of giggles over the overwhelming cuteness. Then, moments later, baby Piper decided that she would be the boss pig and went chasing after Ginny. Rumblestrutting and headbutting soon followed. Maggie and Clementine decided to join in the fun, and soon we became a group of loud, grumpy cavies. Even the bonded Maggie and Ginny were testy with each other! Mom had to throw towels over us a few times, to prevent any blood :-O

Then, she finally came to her senses and threw in some veggies! We calmed down a bit, ate, and fell asleep. However, once Piper started chasing Ginny around again, Mom decided that play time was over.

The following day Dad decided it was time for us to live together.
"What?! After the fighting yesterday?"
"Well, they need to learn to live together sooner or later!"

After those words were uttered from his mouth, the humans (or rather, Mom) spent the day creating a new mansion! It's so beautiful! She created a 2.5x6 cage, with a 2x2 hay loft. We have plenty of room to run, sleep, and eat.

That first week was difficult, since we all were trying to get acquainted and establish class systems (which Mom found to be unfair, but we couldn't help it). Ginny faced the brunt of this, with both Clementine and Piper picking on her at every possible opportunity. Her first couple days were spent in the hayloft, but things eventually settled down after a couple more days. At least Maggie (who got along well with the new girls) was there to protect her! Mom called her "Ginny's little thug," since her size outweighed the others and at every wheek she ran to defend Ginny. We suspect Mom gave her more laptime because of this.

Well, after a few more days the drama began dying down and Mom didn't have to come running at every sound that came from the house! At this point no one is actually the "head pig" and we're getting along really well!

We sleep together.

And eat together!

One thing we did notice, however, was how little vegetables Clementine and Piper ate the first two weeks they lived with us. Can you believe they didn't want to eat bell peppers?! Maggie and I gobbled whatever they didn't, but they eventually caught on that all veggies are delicious! There's nothing we won't eat now! Or is there?

Hopefully you enjoyed our little update. Stay tuned for the next addition: the Strange Case of the Mysterious Asparagus and the New Neighbors!