[Gpdd] Congratulations

Sun Nov 24 17:59:57 EST 2013

Congratulations on your new little furry baby, Tyrion.  Thank you for including a picture.  What a cute little man.  I'm sure in time, with the love and care that you're providing him, he'll grow up to be a big, handsome piggy!  

~Hemi's Mom, Tina

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>    1. ANNOUNCE Another new Piggyfriend (Penny Charlesworth)
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> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:15:02 +0000
> From: Penny Charlesworth <piggyfriends48 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Gpdd] ANNOUNCE Another new Piggyfriend
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> I am delighted to announce that there is another new Piggyfriend and this
> one is very new. He was born on October 9th.
> 
> My son, who works at the animal shelter. has two colleagues who are keen
> entrants in guinea pig shows and have won many prizes. They have,
> unfortunately, started breeding from their winners to perpetuate the lines
> and you may remember that this is how Roisin and Niamh came to be
> Piggyfriends.
> 
> Another litter of hopeful show piggies produced a tiny runt. After being
> weaned, he could not continue to live with his brother in case he nibbled
> his coat, thus rendering him unsuitable for showing. This litter are little
> Peruvians and have to have their coats intact to win prizes at shows. Have
> you ever seen show Peruvians with their long coats all brushed out in a
> circle with their hair hanging all over their little faces? Their coats
> have to be rolled up out of the way for everyday life and need to be
> brushed out for shows.
> 
> Not knowing what to do with this little fellow, they asked my son if I
> would take him in. Of course I would and I went to collect him on Thursday.
> 
> He is the dearest little piggy with tricolour hair going all over the place
> and looks just like a little pompon. I have seen newborn piggies bigger
> than he is but I hope that, with lots of good food and an enormous amount
> of love, he will grow somewhat bigger. He is much too tiny to introduce to
> a big boar so he has his own home in the sitting room, where he can be kept
> warmer. He eats up well, preferring grass and celery leaves above all other
> food and likes to get his nose into the dry food bowl. He will only eat
> cucumber if I shred it and hand feed it but I don't mind as we get extra
> cuddle time this way. I was concerned that he might not be eating enough
> but he confounded me by leaving a neat pile of poo in the corner of his
> cage.
> 
> He lets me pick him up without running away but does not like my birds
> singing and lets out a loud "Brrrr" when they start. They live in the next
> room but can be quite loud.
> 
> They had named him Morsel because he is so tiny but I hope that he will get
> a bit bigger so that he can have a companion in due course. I would rather
> have taken him with his brother but they decided that he was a potential
> show pig. Shame! He has extra hay and a piece of cosy VetBed to keep him
> warm but another piggy to snuggle with would have been better.
> 
> I have decided to call him Tyrion. Is anyone a Game of Thrones fan? Tyrion
> is a dwarf with attitude and is my favourite character in the stories. Even
> little people can have a good life full of fun.
> 
> I have put a pigture of him on Photobucket together with one of the little
> family that came last week.
> 
> http://s720.photobucket.com/user/Piggyfriends/library/?sort=6&page=1
> 
> He is the first piggy on the page and the second one shows, (clockwise from
> the top ) Poppy, Max and Cerys. I hope to take some better pigtures of them
> all tomorrow together with some more of Roisin and Niamh, who are growing
> day by day.
> 
> So please welcome little Tyrion. He is related to Roisin and Niamh as their
> father, Squirrel, is Tyrion's grandfather. So their mother, :Laura, must be
> an Abby as they both resemble Abbies and their coats are not growing. He
> might well be related to Otto and Rafferty as they both came from one of
> these colleagues as they were not show material either. Who cares! They are
> infinitely suitable to be Piggyfriends. "Pigs to love" do not need to be
> the perfect colour or have their hair the correct length - they just need
> to be piggies.
> 
> I am so pleased to read that no-one suffered in the storms.
> 
> Penny and the Piggyfriends.
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