Brave Girls

With all the lovely weather we've had recently, we now have a backyard full of lush green grass. Which is about to be mowed right back tomorrow as part of our 'clean up the house for Christmas visitors' plan for the next few days!


So with that in mind, I decided to relocate our puppy dog Oliver to the fenced off section down the side of our house (with some big juicy bones to compensate for being kicked out of 'his' turf), and we let the girls run free (full supervised ofcourse!).


They LOVED it, and the smart/brave ones very quickly found where the best, softest and most juicy grass was growing! I would have to say that there are few things in life so simply satisfying as watching guinea pigs eat. They are the most thankful little beings - whether it be some vegy scraps left over from a salad, or access to a whole yard of grass. They are always so enthusiastic about food!!!

Watermelon

We had some watermelon left over for the pigs today. Galaxy was the first to find it, and was quickly followed by the nursing/pregnant mums. And Custard!



It didn't take long before the rest of the gang spotted it though! There's nothing more satisfying than watching guinea pigs eat!

Babies, Babies and more Babies!

The babies had a day on the grass today - thanks to a break in all this rain! They got to meet daddy (for most of them anyway) through the bars.

Byron meets the girls

I thought Byron (my 4month old) might like to hang with the girls on the grass this afternoon. They thought he was very curious indeed...



... but I think having ten of them surround him was a bit much! :p Well they are such scary things :P

Growing Grass

I decided to try growing some grass for the pigs. Especially Sprout and Beeno who are in quarantine at the moment, each kicking a case of mites and ear fungus respectively. This is just a container lined with paper towel, sprinkled with grass seeds and dampened with water. Not so much that they'll go mouldy, but enough to get them to germinate.



I left them outside on the patio table for two weeks, watering them a little each day - and this is what the result was! Lush, tasty grass shoots.



Getting the grass out was super easy. I just lifted out the paper towel which was held together in one chunk by the grass roots, and placed it in the cage with the pigs.



As you can see, Beeno took an immediate interest! There's probably nothing yummier to a guinea pig than freshly sprouted grass!