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Post by amber89 on Jul 1, 2019 8:58:32 GMT
That's already an important win for her!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 1, 2019 16:42:44 GMT
Butt hair can be a problem. It collects all the bad stuff, making butt dunks a necessity for a lot of pigs. I'm sure she's happy with her new look. If it keeps her clean and cooler, she's bound to be happy
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Post by amber89 on Jul 2, 2019 13:42:20 GMT
Oh, yes, the bum...I remember that with Muffin i had quite a problem.
The shelter from which we got her has listed her as a "Rosettenmeerschweinchen". Online everywhere it was written that the Rosettenmeerschweinchen don't need extra care regarding their long hair. So, i didn't do anything. Only 2 months later, the lady that brought us Cupcake told us that Muffin was a Peruvian and that's when i figured out that she needs weekly brushing, hair trimmings, extra care around her bum and some 2 baths per year. Her hair was so matted that i was panicking that they will take my piggies away from me, due to neglect. The lady then taught me how to keep her still and how to trim her hair.
Now Cupcake and Marshmallow receive regular bum trims
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 2, 2019 19:30:58 GMT
Does the Rosetten part mean having a rosette on the head? If so, that's really just saying a guinea pig with rosettes, right? My Abyssinian didn't have really long hair, and took no extra care. I don't think she was a full-blooded Aby, as few pigs around here are of only one breed. I think that was a bit misleading, so I'm glad you're willing to do the extra work needed to keep her clean I think long haired pigs are so beautiful, but just can't manage them, myself.
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Post by amber89 on Jul 2, 2019 20:59:49 GMT
The shelter was labeling any piggy with rosettes as being a Rosettenmeerschweinchen, be it an English crested, an Aby or an Peruvian or any other breeds (or mixes) with rosettes. But, when you do a google search for Rosettenmeerschweinchen you are directed towards an Aby..which of course, since they have short hair, don't need any extra care.
Yes, once we found out the grooming routine needed for Muffin, we took care of her. I would have been curious about giving her a bath though...she used to be a drama queen, not biting, but screaming bloody murder, even though there was nothing that would have hurt her.
Cupcake is a sheltie/silkie and possesses a nice skirt around her bum and a pretty mane down her neck. Marshmallow is a Aby-Peru mix and has only some areas that have longer hair. She is a wild-looking piggy or how someone else described this particular mix, a "bad-hair day piggy".
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Post by Bean on Jul 4, 2019 6:54:43 GMT
Oh if I ever get a pig with long or crested hair, I'm calling it Rosettenmeerschweinen - that's a great word to say! When I've been to Spain, I'm going to switch to German on my language app (doing a couple of minutes a day doesn't really help me to have a conversation, but it gets me familiar with a lot of the vocabulary) and might find some more fun words!
Tissue can be a bit of a silly pig having essential grooming done, but she's worse if she thinks she can wriggle out of things. So I will continue to do any grooming in the bath as she doesn't seem stressed by it, but doesn't bother trying to move either which is very helpful.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 4, 2019 20:12:41 GMT
Lol! It would be a great name, Bean As long as you can manage the routine to keep your girls clean and healthy, you're doing just fine Do either of you get many pure blood pigs, or are most of them mixed breeds. Finding a pure blood pig is almost impossible over here.
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Post by Bean on Jul 5, 2019 6:22:36 GMT
Most pigs in rescues and pet shops are Heinz 57 varieties. But there are plenty of breeders around, and while some are just doing to make a few quid, some are obviously show folk selling off the ones that aren't going to win them prizes.
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Post by amber89 on Jul 5, 2019 7:08:34 GMT
So far i have gotten all my piggies from shelters/rescues and i would like to stick to this. I don't think that any of them is really pure breed, that would be very unlikely. There are though, enough breeders that would give pure breed piggies, including a pedigree certificate.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 5, 2019 20:33:46 GMT
Ours are Heinz 57s, too, and I like that. Mutts always seem to have the best personalities, and often the best health. I don't think we have showers, so none that are selling the non-winners. The US just doesn't have the same interest in guinea pigs and rabbits, as non-food animals, that other countries have Our first three pigs came from a pet store, but the rest are all rescues(again, hard to find in my state).
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Post by amber89 on Jul 5, 2019 20:49:41 GMT
What do you mean with "Heinz 57"? Never heard of this notion?
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 5, 2019 20:54:35 GMT
There is a sauce for meat, fish and poultry called Heinz 57. It has a lot of ingredients, so became a term for something, or someone, with a lot of different ingredients/ancestry. It could be a car made from parts of a lot of different types of cars, someone like my daughter with a very varied ancestry, or a very mixed breed animal My Morty was a true Heinz 57 pig, as I think he had some of just about every breed of piggy in him
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Post by amber89 on Jul 5, 2019 21:48:37 GMT
I get it now. Thanks. I had a hunch that it has something to do with the Heinz ketchup
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Post by Bean on Jul 6, 2019 7:18:59 GMT
We don't have a sauce called Heinz 57 here - the 57 represented the number of different sauces and condiments that Heinz made at the time (I'm sure it will far exceed that now!). But the meaning is the same - lots of different things are included!
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Post by amber89 on Jul 6, 2019 9:48:32 GMT
I am pretty sure that here all the shelter piggies are mixed breeds...since all of them arrive in some tragic circumstances (simply thrown away next to the garbage). If they would be pure breeds, since one would pay much more for a pure breed, they wouldn't be simply abandoned. And some good news from the vet regarding Pufu. The genetic material test came back negative. So officially, Pufu is fungus free . My only hope is that we also killed all spores (which is very likely, since I used a hospital desinfectant on the whole living room, all their stuff and all their bedding).
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 6, 2019 19:37:24 GMT
Oh, excellent news about Pufu I think hospital sanitizer should have done the trick. Hopefully, it doesn't return! ww.heinz57.com/ It's actually a pretty good sauce. It's a bit tangy, but not too spicy.
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Post by Bean on Jul 7, 2019 6:17:05 GMT
I'm pretty sure we don't get there here! I just looked it up and it says because the slogan 'Heinz 57' became so well-known, they decided to use it when they launched a new steak sauce.
Great news that Pufu has the all clear, Amber - well done on all your hard work bathing him and disinfecting their and your home! I hope he chills out now you don't need to bother him anymore, and can just interact positively with him.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 7, 2019 19:46:53 GMT
I don't remember a time when I didn't hear that phrase. Wasn't sure which came first, but not surprised Heinz used it
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Post by amber89 on Jul 8, 2019 14:13:51 GMT
Could Pufu know that his treatment is over? Since yesterday he seems a bit more active and i even managed to steal a short touch on his cheek and under his chin. Yesterday during his weekly check-up he was plop-ing on my husband's lap, not looking really as stressed as usual.
It turned out we had a ringworm infection, but we caught it really early on. So, fingers crossed that it is really over.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 8, 2019 19:11:49 GMT
He's probably feeling so much better with the ringworm treated, and he knows you helped him feel so much better, he's happy and he trusts you Those are good things in the piggy world
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