[Gpdd] Behaviour : Smart Piggies

[TKandJon at aol.com]

Well, a couple of weeks ago, we added a new piggie to our menagerie.   Ivory 
is a female about a year to a year and a half old and we received her from  a 
family who the daughter had lost interest in her last year's Christmas  
present, and the mom didn't want the responsibility of taking care of her.   She is 
a very sweet young lady, although we have not been able to successfully  
introduce her to Hermione yet, but we are taking it slowly.  Anyway, my  youngest 
who is almost 3 has been so sad since all of his sisters are in school  all 
day, so we have made a big deal out of him "helping" me feed the piggies in  the 
morning.  They get some pellets, some hay, and a veggie.  The  other morning 
we forgot to check water bottles (they are blue and hard to see  the water 
level on them for some reason) and we noticed that Ivory was wheeking  like mad at 
us every time we passed the cage.  I checked her out - nothing  seemed to be 
wrong with her, so we brought her into the living room for some  floor time, 
thinking she was just lonely.  Well, she headed off to the  girls' bedroom and 
stood at the foot of the dresser wheeking away, so I put her  back.  Then, she 
jumped up and put her paws on the cage walls directly  beside the water 
bottle, got down, chattered the nozzle with her teeth and got  back up.  I checked 
the water bottle, and sure enough it was almost  empty.  Duncan and I took it 
and filled it up and when we put it back, she  was purring at us.  
Now, Hermione, we have had a little bit longer, and my 11 year old spends  
lots of time with her.  She has taught her to "say please" when she wants a  
treat, or to get down on the floor.  It is really cute.  'Mione also  ia very 
persistent when she feels she is being ignored or not shown the proper  attention 
- she will push and nudge you if she is in your lap and you have  stopped 
petting her, and will SIT on your foot if she is on the floor and you  are 
watching TV and NOT her, lol.
They are the coolest little buddies we have ever had!!
TK
sending out get well wishes to all of the sick piggies and condolences to  
the Rainbow Bridge piggies' familes

TK -  slave to my 4 kiddos and our furbabies
Hermione, Ivory, Vader, Luke, Nala,  IttyBittyKitty, DC, Tommy, Wagger