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We had quite the pig overhaul today. I begged to get a visit from Fluffy a few weeks ago, and he seemed to really enjoy the company of other pigs even though they had to stay separated. Leo decided to get Fluffy his own baby pig, while I kept lobbying to keep Fluffy at my house. We couldn't decide on which piglet, so we ended up with two. After some floor time -- in which Tufo took out a chunk of Fluffy -- we decided to isolate grumpy Miso and give Fluffy and Tufo each a piglet. This worked to an extent, but both pigs had thoroughly drenched the piglets in spray to the point where territory was all over the place. Fast forward to a completely emptied and cleaned cavy condo and five freshly washed and dried pigs. We put the pups in with Fluffy, put Tufo on the other side and put Miso in the travel cage. But oops! we forgot that the pups could just slip through the bars like they weren't there. After a couple hours of running back and forth, we decided that Ginger would stay with Tartufo and Fred would stay with Fluffy. (Fred & Ginger, or Freddie Mac & Ginnie Mae -- don't worry though, they're both boys.) The older boys stopped spraying them down, but the adults would get anxious/neurotic if both babies were on the other side and the insane chewing of the dividing bar was driving me insane. So they're paired up now and seemed to have settled in quite well.

     

We made a quick trip down to Port Charlotte tonight, and of course I wanted to see my old friend Fluffy. I ended up wheedling to take him home and now he has half of the pig condo and all three pigs are carrying on a vigorous conference. While I cleaned the cage, Fluffy and Tufo had some romaine on the floor wherein Fluffy got more exercise in 15 minutes than he has in 6 months. I don't know what kind of communication they do through their butts but Fluffy was hot on his trail and Tufo wanted to have none of it. Finally Tufo realized that he could dine and dash by carrying the romaine in him mouth and wouldn't have to stop. Miso and Fluffy are on either sides of the barrier in the last picture, chattering at each other. Leo likes to throw about dire predictions based on a couple hours of behavior, but I'd like to keep them together for at least a week and see if we can't create a Pig Accord. If the kids don't ask for him back, I'll expand the condo for an expanded herd.

   

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We had quite the pig overhaul today. I begged to get a visit from Fluffy a few weeks ago, and he seemed to really enjoy the company of other pigs even though they had to stay separated. Leo decided to get Fluffy his own baby pig, while I kept lobbying to keep Fluffy at my house. We couldn't decide on which piglet, so we ended up with two. After some floor time -- in which Tufo took out a chunk of Fluffy -- we decided to isolate grumpy Miso and give Fluffy and Tufo each a piglet. This worked to an extent, but both pigs had thoroughly drenched the piglets in spray to the point where territory was all over the place. Fast forward to a completely emptied and cleaned cavy condo and five freshly washed and dried pigs. We put the pups in with Fluffy, put Tufo on the other side and put Miso in the travel cage. But oops! we forgot that the pups could just slip through the bars like they weren't there. After a couple hours of running back and forth, we decided that Ginger would stay with Tartufo and Fred would stay with Fluffy. (Fred & Ginger, or Freddie Mac & Ginnie Mae -- don't worry though, they're both boys.) The older boys stopped spraying them down, but the adults would get anxious/neurotic if both babies were on the other side and the insane chewing of the dividing bar was driving me insane. So they're paired up now and seemed to have settled in quite well.

     

We made a quick trip down to Port Charlotte tonight, and of course I wanted to see my old friend Fluffy. I ended up wheedling to take him home and now he has half of the pig condo and all three pigs are carrying on a vigorous conference. While I cleaned the cage, Fluffy and Tufo had some romaine on the floor wherein Fluffy got more exercise in 15 minutes than he has in 6 months. I don't know what kind of communication they do through their butts but Fluffy was hot on his trail and Tufo wanted to have none of it. Finally Tufo realized that he could dine and dash by carrying the romaine in him mouth and wouldn't have to stop. Miso and Fluffy are on either sides of the barrier in the last picture, chattering at each other. Leo likes to throw about dire predictions based on a couple hours of behavior, but I'd like to keep them together for at least a week and see if we can't create a Pig Accord. If the kids don't ask for him back, I'll expand the condo for an expanded herd.

   

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