Zippy is bearing up really well. He has taken it in his stride and is eating and playing as normal. Still wheeking everytime the fridge door opens or he hears a foot on the stairs! He now lives in the middle of our set up, with just a mesh wall between him and Rainbow on one side and him and HUgo and Bubba on the other. He loves this as he can chat with them and go look at them. I would very much like to see him with company in his cage again one day soon though... watch this space!
Adopting Zippy Zippy came into our lives when we were least expecting him... and he gave us back what was missing after the sad loss of Prince and particularly the huge character that was Spam in a year. Luckily a good friend of mine, Kate Carter, who fosters piggys and finds them nice new homes told me she had 2 lovely piggys waiting for a new home who were not only handsome but also full of character. I hadn't really planned to get more piggys at the time... |
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Anyway... these 2 boys were Zippy, a huge gorgeous buff boar aged 2 and his friend Georgie an elderly Black, White and Tan Abyssinian. Kate send me a pigture of them and I fell in love with Zippys instantly. I had seen many many pigtures of buffs because they are my favourite breed... but none of them were like Spam. B ut As soon as I saw Zippys picture I cried; he had the same googly poppy out eyes and short rounded nose. And Kate had told me about his personality, friendly, noisey and full of character. He was perfect. I knew I would love them to come live here. They would be the first established pair we had ever adopted. It would be nice to have the hard work in pairing them up already done for a change! |
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In the weeks that followed Zippy continued to make a big impression. His walk was even more humorous in person and yes... he looked and acted very much like Spam. A pleasant living reminder of my favourite pig. He seemed to love having a nice big C&C pen and lots of hidey holes to explore, and in between playing with Georgie who was always strutting his stuff, and telling Zippy he was boss, he occasionally found time to lap his pen... pop corning as he did! |
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| Above: On his first photo shoot Zippys 'cheeky-chappy' personalityshone through. I often take pigtures of piggys with fruit and vegetable props. Zippy was posing with a nice apple when he decided to take a bite! As you can see from the 3 pics, The center pic came first he tucked right in, then I had to take the pic with the apple... if you look you can see the chunk missing and finally the pic of the 'damage'. Needless to say I cut it nice and small from him after and he ate it. Can't believe he started muching within seconds! This has never happened before. He is the only one to eat a prop before a photo... but he does love his food. He is greedy. His eyes glaze over when he sees food and he is on a mission! | ||
At 2 years old Zippy had lived with Georgie (aged 6) all his life. Sadly late in July 2006 Georgie died and the two friends were parted. I found Georgie sleeping in his grassy hut. He had gone to the bridge. Zippy had seen him and knew his friend was gone. From now on only Zippy would come and greet me when I went into the pigroom, not the pair of them like usual. |
| Baby Joy! Zippy has found a new friend in baby Boar Bungle. | |
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Bungle came into our loves After Georgie's sad death Zippy seemed to cope surprisingly well, especially after we moved him into the center of our set up. This meant he was surrounded by other guineas on both sides, separated from them only by a mesh dividing wall. However at two years old we felt it would be sad to see such a friendly and sociable pig live out the rest of his days without company in his cage again. So we started to think about getting him a new companion. His new friend has recently arrived- read all about them on Bungle's page |
