Hi! It's me again. Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who's given me fantastic
advice on caring for my baby piggie. Secondly, I'd like to write an exhaustive 
rant about my lovely pig. :-D I am turning into a piggie slave!!!   

Fickle fickle. Tonight I have decided on a temporary name of Vicki (Wheekie)
Scampers because she wheeks so much while she's popcorning around and that's
the only name she responds to! (Vicki, not Scampers) She drops whatever she's
eating, sniffs the air, and then slowly edges towards me, licks my fingers.
(maybe the whhheeeeeee-ki intonation, gee i dunno) 

Shortlisted names: 

1. Punk Skunk (she's got a real attitude, she actually bodyslams things out of
her way, its quite funny to watch considering her size! oh and she's got a
skunky face.. you'll get it if you visit the links below)  

2. Becky (My neighbour's got a pig called Beckham and thought I should call my 
new pig Becky... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

3. Ginny (as in ginny pig... dunno, she does behave like a ginny sometimes...
Ginny Vicki Scampers.. wow what a mouthful) 

So far, she's been acting lots better. She has been licking me (and not my
boyfriend, funnily - she ignores his hand, maybe i got better salt content or
something). Re. the aggro behaviour: I think the bedside table is a little low
and she feels threatened when a big fat hand comes in and squashes her out. 

I been syringe feeding her vit. c but i found that its easier to just sprinkle
the powder in the pellet bowl and mix it around since she finishes her food
anyway (read that from somewhere, someone suggested it here???). she gets
pretty temperamental when she's been in her cage too long (its a lousy rat cage
right now, apparently i'm way below standard size accroding to CavyCages.
thinking of getting coroplast (coroflute) and cubes now) and she starts
bodyslamming the shabby cardboard house i made for her when she knows i'm
looking. (wheek wheek "this cage is so crammed!!!! i can't move!!! *slam slAm*
*slam*") but once i let her out, she practically dances her way under the futon
(her hidey hole) and does bursts of popcorn-runs around around the floortime
obstacle course generated by assorted furniture legs and boxes lying around. 

she's a pretty sweet kid when i let her roam freely - she actually recognises
me now and runs circles around me when i call her. but she still hates being
picked up and held ... she starts nibbling my fingers and complaining to tell
me she resents what i am doing. 

oh well, step by step. :)

pictures of skunky vicki: 

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-4/700431/cowpig.jpg
(relaxing on the bed, thought she looked kinda mooish! :) ) 

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-4/700431/bashfulsml.jpg
(too shy to approach big monster thing)

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-4/700431/sleepgsml.jpg 
(she styled her hair herself!! nothing to do with me!) 

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-4/700431/eatingsml.jpg
(she loves parsley)   



that's all for now :) 

- lily from OZ


