This week's spotlight is our sweetheart, Michaela. We adopted Michaela from This Little Piggy & Me on Valentine's Day in 2010 in a huge snowstorm. Mumble had been with us for about 6 months and we thought it was time for her to have a friend. Mumble had been alone at her last house and she certainly never played with Pumpkin and Spice (we're not interested in breeding for many reasons). We thought she might be happier with a friend. As we thought this through, we encountered a few problems. First, the rescue we adopted the boars from was no longer adopting out and the Toledo Humane Society rarely gets guinea pigs. We started looking farther with the understanding that Mr. Cobb was only willing to drive *so* far for a guinea pig. He's a very patient man, but does have his limits and they should be respected.
We had a trip planned to visit family in Cincinnati and thought it would be convenient to adopt on that trip. We contacted TLP&M and started planning. I will go into greater details about the introdution/adoption process on a later post, but we did find out quickly that Mumble was not the sweetie we thought she was and ONLY Michaela would be tolerated. Michaela is a retired lab pig and has number 13 tatooed on her ears. She is a Pink Eyed White and while some may think her scary looking, we think she is beautiful! I wouldn't say it was BFF's on sight, but today they get along very well. Sometime these things take time (and a large cage).
Today Michaela is a happy, loving pet. She is the one who my daughters seem to seek out for snuggles first. She is a good 1000-1100grams. She really likes cuddle cups, tunnels and burrow bags, but by far her favorite place to be is a warm lap!
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