Mabel had been doing well.  She'd been off all the meds since Labor Day.  Her fur had finally grown back.  She'd gained more weigh...

It's been a busy weeks, picking up a lot of things. Saturday included a trip to the Greenfield farmer's market.  I got to use my...

We continue to work on Mabel's foot.  The foot's tissue looks good, but the open wounds have been very slow to heal.  While we wer...

Mabel worries I'll steal her lettuce Another week of chaos.  There's packing, contacting various businesses to start or end util...

I've been providing Mabel with paper bags to vent her frustration.  It's interesting how every guinea pig has a different approa...

Mabel has had a couple of rough weeks.  She went to the vet because she was losing weight and had developed a wheeze.  She came back with ...

We went back to the vet last Thursday for a recheck.  Good news all around. First, I was excited to see Dr. Holmes.  It was her first da...

Mabel had been losing weight very slowly over December.  Not enough to be alarming, but enough that I was watching her.  Then early in the...

Look at that Frankenstein belly! Wedgwood went for stomach surgery on Tuesday.  Morning traffic was slow and aggravating - it gave me ad...

Well, heck. Wedgwood has been doing okay since her trip to the vet last month.  No veggies has been harder on me than on her.  We've...

Wedgwood's weight has been low for a while with no apparent reason.  It had coincided with losing Boadicea and adopting Mabel, which I...

Since Mabel has come to live with us, I've occasionally heard very faint wheezing from the cage.  It usually stops when I come over.  ...

Boadicea continues not to feel well.  Her attitude remains fairly bright, but her weight is low. Sometimes I put Boadi on the floor afte...

All the girls were at Chick Weekend Boadicea has had a lot of ups and downs in the last two weeks.  Her health issues prompted me to bri...

Nobody wanted to be at the vet, especially Boadicea Boadicea has continued to very slowly lose weight.  Then she took a plunge well unde...

Boadicea recovers (hay and napping) from an exciting morning I haven't heard any crying from Boadicea in over a month, which has bee...

What guinea pig doesn't work hard making beans? I called the vet to make an appointment for Boadicea.  The receptionist misread Boad...

I don't take my guinea pigs to the vet for annual check-ups.  I keep pretty good track of their health.  I do take them for a baseline...

Cannoli unexpectedly left us very late on Wednesday night. She had struggled to keep her weight up, even with the hyperthyroid medicatio...

I am so excited to share this quilt.  I fell in love with this pattern when I saw it on a Blogger's Quilt Festival post over a year ag...