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Last Updated: 3/16/12
Photos and videos are listed from oldest to newest. Videos include the word video and will take you to You Tube.
These photos are from the day that we got her on 11/19/11:
Avery - before her bath, top view
Avery - before her bath, front
view
Avery - before her bath, top lifted up;
yes, she looked scared! I then bathed her.
Avery - post bath.
These photos are from 11/24/11 when she was released to join Brownie and Abby.
Avery - just about to go down the
ramp for the first time to see Brownie and Abby; you can see all three pigs.
Avery
Avery
Here are some photos of all three piggies on 11/26/11.
Abby, Brownie, and Avery - left to
right
Brownie and Avery - left and right
Abby, Brownie, and Avery - top to
bottom
Abby, Avery, and Brownie - left to
right
Avery - 12/10/11
Avery - 12/10/11
Here are all of the guinea pigs on 1/7/12:
Avery (back), Abby (left), and
Brownie (right)
Avery (back), Abby (left), and
Brownie (right)
Avery - 1/10/12
Avery - 1/10/12
Avery - 1/10/12
Avery - 1/14/12
Guinea pig sliding board video - my guinea pigs sliding down the ramp from their second floor to their first floor some time in February, 2012. They come down in the order of Avery/Lammie, Brownie, and Abby.
Avery video - in late January 2012 I think. I was just doing test videos and petting her to show her long hair.
Avery - 2/23/12 on new third level of Pigtopia
Abby (left), Avery (bottom), and Brownie (right) - on 2/28/12
On 11/19/11, my mother and I went to the county's rabbit and cavy show. I thought I might meet a breeder who could get a texel. We wanted a third pig in Pigtopia, another girl. Texels were created in England by breeding silkie to rex guinea pigs. Silkies are long haired guinea pigs. Unlike Peruvians, they do not have long hair around their faces. Rex guinea pigs are similar to the teddies from the USA. Texels have long hair that becomes very curly. If brushed, they become very poofy. There were two young texels for sale at the show. One was white with lilac on the face, almost exactly the colors of Abby. The other was a hard-to-describe color, and we bought her for $15. Her color is not exactly any of these: chocolate, lilac, gray, and brindle but more like a combination of all. She has a small area of white on her right rear but the rest is uniform. She looked like one of those dark-haired sheep, so I called her Lamby but changed the spelling to Lammie. My mother detested this name and insisted on a different one. After going through some names, we agreed on Avery. My niece had some twin girl friends named Abby and Ava. So, now we have Abby and Avery, almost the same.
When I got home, first I checked her sex at my mother's urging. I told her that if anybody should be able to sex guinea pigs it would be a breeder. I took some photos. After I did that, I trimmed her nails. She had been kept on pine shavings and was a bit dirty and soiled so I gave her a quick bath/shower with Bunny Bath. I toweled dried her. She went in to one of the cages in the bathroom by herself until the vet can give her the once over. She is quiet but has made some noise. By 11/21/11, she is eating hay and grapes and has drunk some water.
Avery went to the vet on 11/22/11. He could not find anything wrong with her. She weighed 383 g. He agreed she was about 8-weeks-old. Aside from keeping her lower abdomen clean (it collects waste), he had no real advice. He did not know about her breed so he added texel to the database. I asked him if I should quarantine, and he did not think so. Of course, any decent by-the-rules person like me would quarantine anyway but my mother was anxious to get her in to Pigtopia.
I put her in the top of Pigtopia the next day with one of the metal frames blocking access to keep her separate from Brownie and Abby. Neither one seemed interested in her. Just like with Abby, Avery came out of her shell as soon as she was in Pigtopia. She ate lots more, pooped a ton, and talked almost non-stop. She stopped hiding all the time. In fact, it turns out that she is more gregarious than Brownie or Abby. I was going to keep her separate until Saturday but mom insisted I let them together the next day. Avery is very smart. Soon after I removed the blockade, she went down the ramp by herself (I had to show the other two). She explored while Brownie and Abby seemed almost afraid of Avery. She went back up the ramp and down again like an old pro. Brownie showed some interest in mounting her but was not even close to being as excited about Avery as he was about Abby when she joined him. Abby seems miffed but pretty much ignores Avery. So, I guess things are going okay. Avery loves to talk all the time.
I tried for my mother but I cannot help it. I always call her Lammie. She is the best piggie ever.
Go to Pigtopia for photos and information on Avery's home.
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