Piggy's New Digs

It's been two months and Piggy is doing great!

I had my doubts but Carlee has remained an excellent pet owner.

Piggy is very sweet but so timid and shy.  

She is cautious around new people and will only let us feed her treats or touch her slightly.  

When we first got Piggy, 

we placed her in a smaller cage with a closure.  

We could soon see it was just too small for her....

so I purchased a pet play pen for her to move when we were gone during the day. 

Every day or every other day, Carlee would clean out not one but TWO of the cages.

She also had to be very careful because Mags is NOT a fan of Piggy.

We actually tried to bond them but to make a long story short- Piggy ended up in Maggie's mouth !! 

We thought we would never recover from the trauma of it all. 

Thank GOD Maggie gently picked up Piggy (with her mouth) because no one was injured.

We decided it was time to eliminate the two areas for Piggy.  

She needed a larger and roomier cage.   

Carlee did a lot of research.  She guided me on what we need.

First we ordered the cage.  

Then we looked for the coroplast sheets to go inside. 

Little did we know this was the smallest we could FIND.

Here we are with the largest piece of coroplast sheet down the center of Lowes Hardware.  

Carlee and I are not the tallest girls, so we had a time taking this from the back of the store and into the van (with not one employee offering to help).

We did it! 

Some other great staples we have collected-

Kaytee Wooden House.

Piggy LOVES this thing and as an added bonus she can gnaw on it as her teeth grow.

LOTS of fleece blankets and rugs 

(these are changed out often).

I love this hay bag.   

 It keeps the hay from going everywhere (and I am very allergic to timothy hay, so this helps with it getting in my nose).

We had a glass water bottle but I accidentally broke it, so we went with the cheaper version. 

We also bought one of these for the play pen but Piggy is about to outgrow it.

I surprised Carlee with a handmade guinea pig sign from ESTY.

The owner sent the purple clips since Piggy is a girl!!   Isn't it cute!?! 

Carlee has been doing a great job with the cleaning of Piggy's cage, as well as keeping her food and water supplied.   

I just ordered her a little handheld vacuum to help with all of her responsible choices. 

(Yes, we have invested a small fortune in Piggy.)

Piggy loves her new apartment.

We are already debating getting a new guinea pig.

Should We? Could We? 

Only time will tell if Piggy can handle a roomie.

Piggy Creation Video-