Rhubard and Newt

The little piggies continue to grow and become more and more frisky and friendly by the day. The little female has been dubbed "Rhubarb". She is quite a bit bigger than her brother and is already sporting some lucious curves and the beginnings of a pot belly. She is quite proficient in the bottle feeding department and will down 1.5 TBSP in approx. 6 seconds. Wowsers!

The little male has been named "Newton" or "Newt" for short. He is darker than Rhubarb as he has black skin (and she has pink skin). He is quite small and not as voracious of an eater. But this little pig LOVES to snuggle.

The two of them are becoming quite the demanding house guests. Anytime we walk past the laundry room we are met with screeches and squeals. They will try to climb out of their laundry basket home if they don't get their grub every 2 hours around the clock. Very exhausting! We offered them a saucer of milk today with a little Cream of Wheat added in. They both promptly rolled in it, covering themselves from head to toe in sticky, glue-like oatmeal substance. Argh. I quickly bathed them in the kitchen sink and try to remove the crud from every orifice on their little piggy bodies.

Here is a picture of Daddy showing lil Peanut how to gently bottle feed the piglet.


Here wee Peanut tries it out for himself. He's a natural!! Notice wee Newt cruising around on the floor. Lino is slippery on lil piggy hooves (but it does make the cutest clickety-clack noise).


Here the lil cuties are tucked in for bed on their hot water bottle. Notice that they have already chosen one end of their "home" as the designated potty zone. Pigs are miraculously tidy critters. After they eat they trit-trot down to the one end, go potty then trit-trot back to the hot water bottle to snuggle up with each other.


I'm sure its unnatural to love pigs this much, but, geez, how cute are they!

Take care,
Tam