Dudies in Venezuela

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clairey

Post   » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:10 am


I have a theory that it must be piggy manners to reciprocate when someone or somepig grooms you well. Robert does the exact same thing. He only grooms me when I'm combing him or just after. It's nice to be appreciated, isn't it? :)

Brambles

Post   » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:35 am


Thanks! He's holding my hand so firmly, it's really too cute!

I hope it's about giving love & care back. He enjoys haircuts and massages through his curls in the same way, and in general when you're sweet to him is very quick to give some love back, also to Bizonte. My boyfriend and I just present our finger or hand to him, and he'll go at it. He's such an easy and loving piggie!

Thanks for confirming about the salt stone. Mammoth has some health issues: he has one back leg he doesn't have full control over, and when he's not handled well his breathing increases heavily. It's never been critical, so the mandatory vet check-up keeps getting pushed back. Also, I don't really trust vets here... or the medication they would prescribe. There's a lot of fraud going on.

Brambles

Post   » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:27 pm


The weather has been a bit erratic lately but February is there so...

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... it's mango season again. Even if Mammoth never showed Bizonte how to eat a full mango, it's still intruiging, and there must be a way to get through the icky outer to reach the yummy inside. Hmm... to find a plan!

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Mango trees are so generous. They're everywhere on the street, in gardens and in parks. But there are so many predators, so Mammoth watches out: better send out Bizonte to test for falcons!

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Venezuela's nature is so beautiful and plentiful: the mango looks nice, smells nice and probably tastes nice. It could also be a trap, so good scouting is in order.

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Bizonte seems to have made it... and found someone to cut it into pieces for him! It must be his pretty flowing hair...

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:02 pm


Oh, mangoes can be so lovely!

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GP_mum
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Post   » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:38 am


If you looked as cute as Bizonte or Mammoth, I'm sure it's not difficult to have a slave do your every bidding.

I love mangoes as well and just careful about the pigs eating the skin as some gave her pigs mangoes and ended up with a fatal case of bloat (however, this was a non-cavy owner, and enough said).

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pigjes
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Post   » Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:17 am


Oh, such incredible sweeties!!!

Brambles

Post   » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:03 pm


Thanks guys!

Mangoes are great, in dry season I bring home two or three a day, and not only for the piggies. They get a piece or two each. Bizonte sure was puzzled by the full mango though. When the manga tree next to my house has fruits I'll have him pose with that.

Thanks for the bloat warning, GP_Mum! I didn't know that. In Venezuela countryside people eat the mango full, with the peel. It's pretty bitter though so we usually peel it, and if not, my pickie piggies leave the peel behind. I should be grateful at their food taste!

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:18 pm


Mangoes have an extremely high amount of sugar so I would use it as a treat only.

Note the sugar content here:
www.guinealynx.info/.html

Brambles

Post   » Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:05 pm


Thanks Lynx, I do only give it as a treat. In rainy season jamaican pears, in dry season mango.

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Fooling around with Instagram.

My city is in a valley, and each start of dry season the mountains burn down. I've been feeling it on my breath the past two weeks. There's a smell of burn constantly in the air.

My guys have four slabs of stone in the pen. I wet them regularly, and 5 minutes later the water is evaporated. I hope they aren't suffering too much of it.

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GP_mum
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Post   » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:57 pm


When we had experienced the haze and had extremely poor air quality (from burnt particles in the air), I closed the windows of my pigs room and draped damp towels around their cage. If you have an air filter, it also helps to run in the room where the pigs are.

I can imagine it's no fun living with the smell of burning in the air and hope it clears up soon.

Brambles

Post   » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:56 am


Thanks GP_Mum - wet towels is a great idea, I'll remember it when the fire gets too close. The smell goes up and down day by day. At least we allready past the phase were we found burned leaves all around the house.

I'm experimenting with photography on my ipad, and I can't seem to get it right.

It was mentioned that between my piggies, Bizonte seems to be the bigger one. I thought this picture of Mammoth trying to groom Bizonte's ear would show their relative sizes a bit better.

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Bizonte tends to use his hair as a safety mechanism. Since the first day we got him he was able to become a perfectly round fluffy ball of fur, or to stretch out to ratlike lenghts in order to reach something outside his safety zone. During nailtrims he hides his front paws deep in his mustaches.

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Noellium

Post   » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:20 pm


Awww cute!

I think Mammoth's short, fuzzy-looking hair makes him look smaller to me. When they're next to each other, Mammoth does look a bit bigger than Bizonte. Love Mammoth's curly hair.

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