womble and dino

for those who have not owned a piglet before it is quite a different and special relationship to have. we have now adopted two boys womble who is 3 months old and dino who is 5 months.  they are both kune kune piglets which means in theory they should be a lot smaller than the average pig.  well the old saying that pigs will eat anything is definately not true when it comes to our boys they have a number of pet hates.  both of the boys have been hand raised and lived in homes for at least part of their early life which meant that they were human friendly and didnt have any fear of cats or dogs either in fact womble in particular loves our labrador who he likes to cuddle up with and enjoys playing with their toys though our cavie isnt too sure about this very strange creature being in his play area.  Wombie came with mites which he bought with him from his first home and so had to be isolated for the first few weeks from dino and meant he had to have a regular powdering of himself and his hay.  in the morning he is the first awake and not short of telling me in no certain terms that he wants brekky first.  dino is a little more patient and only a wee bit and because he is outside in his purpose built home and run i dont get to hear him so loudly whereas wombie is in the laundry where he sleeps in his dog crate and can that boy snore and once brekky is over he is more than happy to nap in his big pile of hay and dino well he likes to lie out in the sun and i can see him as i speak stretched out in his run.  when we got dino he was the biggest houdini i had ever met and escaped the property and was off and down the street and my hubby was running after him and dino he couldnt understand what the problem was he was just taking a morning walk so we had to make him his own dino proof house and run  maybe we should have callld him roadrunner lol and wombie he was put in the 4x4 when we picked him up in the back and managed to squeeze his body through a small gap and was feeling very pleased with himself sitting in the back seat and when i looked i saw three pears had been demolished and all that was left on the back seat were the cores - guess he likes pears.  having said that i have found that these piglets have huge characters and are really humourous but try and move them from where they are for any reason and can they be stubborn and dig there toes in.  very soon we will have both boys neutered and they will get to live in the same home so i have been told from those who know better than me that male pigs get on ok together as long as there isnt a female on heat in the house - which there wont be so hopefully everything will go ok.  will let you know later on how it all works out.  furryfriend lover.xx