Staying Safe Saturday
Basil: Now I love my garden time as much as the next piggy and I’m not easily scared but I’m sure that pair of magpies want to eat me!
Buddy: What magpies?
Basil: I don’t know where they went but I know they are watching us!
Buddy: *sigh* What turns you into a scaredy pig when you should be having fun furfriends? Even though whee make fun of Basil the watcher pig sometimes he does have a good point. Whee are getting to the time when lots of hoomans like to put their piggies out in the garden in runs and there are a few safety tips whee have that whee think piggy, and rabbit, pawrents should know.
- Always make sure there is nothing that can harm your pet in the run. This includes plastic, twigs, broken plant pots and poisonous plants such as the following common garden flowers; Bluebell, Crocus, Daffodil, Dock, Foxglove, Hyacinth, Buttercup, Poppy, Ragwort, Tulip You can find a list of other poisonous plants in good guinea pig books and online.
- Check your local weather forecast. If it is going to be hot then provide lots of cool water, shade and high water content vegetables. If it is going to be cool provide heat pads and cozies to snuggle in. Also remember that in Spring the temperatures are temperamental and it can start sunny and warm and cool quite quickly in the evenings so be prepared to add heat pads or take the piggies in if it does cool or rain.
- Always make sure there is someone watching your pets. Even with secure, covered runs they are not always predator proof. Foxes, cats, birds and other wild animals can all present a danger to your pet.
- Check the run regularly for parts that might have been chewed and exposed splinters or metal.
- Guinea pigs are expert escape artists. If no one is watching (
and even if someone is, mentioning no names here Basil!) then they can break out in the blink of an eye and be off down the garden. Try putting in lots of toys and distractions to prevent them from wanting to test their houdini skills!
Whee hope all these tips help efurryone to stay safe. Happy Saturday, whee hope you have a great one!
Buddy & Basil
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Posted on April 12, 2014, in Piggy Blogs and tagged animals in garden, cavy, cute, garden safety, guinea pig, guinea pig blog, guinea pig blogger, guinea pigs, pet, pet blog, pet blogger, pets, scared. Bookmark the permalink. 31 Comments.
Hutch A Good Life 
Isn’t it wonderful to be thinking about being too hot again?! Keep away from the Magpies – we don’t like them, they steal our girls’ eggs 😦
Whee aren’t to keen on them. Mummy saw one trying to steal the tulips today so she is not impressed!
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I would think you have to be super careful if you are in a pen in the yard. You are pretty much trapped if a creature comes by. Be careful!
Luckily most pens are designed with covers, lids or hidey pods but yes, if they got in then you would be trapped!
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It’s important to have always an eye on pets in the back yard. today we saw a giant buzzard on a tree ( it was really a giant, hope it was a buzzard and not a pterosaur), so I think we have to take care for Hell-mut and our chicken :o)
Whee saw a big bird today. Mummy said it was called a heron and it was trying to steal fishies from a neighbours pond. Whee are glad whee are not fishes as he had a pretty big beak!
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Great tips regarding the expert escape artists. Have a super Saturday.
Best wishes Molly
Thanks, whee hope you had a great Saturday too
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Good tips! Sometimes it’s hard to resist trying to find an escape route though isn’t it?!?!?!
Hugs, Sammy
Sometimes piggies do it cos they’re scared but mostly when they are bored. If given plenty of other things to do they should stay put. (whee say should because clearly someone needs to mention this to Basil!!)
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Who best to tell the hoomans how to keep us piggies (and rabbits) safe than piggies themselves! Thanks fur the tips boys!
Mop, Dusty, Billy, Pip and Cupcake xx
Thanks, whee are glad you like them. Do you have any tips to help hoomans keep you safe?
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Whee reckon you’ve covered them all.
The Pigs xx
You didn’t mention coyotes but you probably don’t have them there.
Whee don’t but Mummy explained them and they sounds like scary, big foxes! Whee wouldn’t want to see one of those either!
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I don’t either. Two blocks down, they got and ate a pit bull.
Hello sweet piggies! Thank you for sharing this information.
Hope you have a super Saturday. p.s. I am going to have two piggies of my own. I am adopting them this weekend. 😊😊😊
Yay!! Congratulations! Whee are so pleased to hear that. Good luck with your new arrivals and whee hope to hear lots more about them soon
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You’re smart to be on the lookout ! Those magpies can be a menace. Good thing your mom is very diligent. I think that’s all good information to share, thank you.
Whee are glad you like it. Mummy says it was this sort of information that she needed when she got piggies but she couldn’t find it anywhere so it was a matter of learning as she went.
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Now that you have given efurrybuddy some furry good tips, we hope you all behave yourselves and stay where you belong. Enjoy your lovely weather.
Whee will try our best but some of us aren’t good at behaving ourselves!
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Hehehehe I had lots of fun today too,little bit cloudy ,but it was so nice being out with mum,enjoy your week end and stay safe my piggy friends,xx Speedy
It’s always fun to spend time with the hoomans
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Guud tipz Buddy n Basil…eben me escaped frum me dubble Condo last Summer….so yah we 4 leggedz shuud alwayz bee snoopervised…… 😉
Izn’t it furabuluss Spring iz furinally here???
Lub ❤ Nylablue ❤
Mummy says it’s furry scary when pets escape so she feels for your hooman and hopes that whee have all learned to stay put *looks pointedly at Basil*
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yer rite Buddy!! Me got an **earfull** when me escaped frum me Condo….leckturez…..so me gonna bee guud diz yeer! We haz more Falconz n Red Tailed Hawkz around here n Mum sayz she nott want me to BEE suppa fer one of dem raptur birdz…..
Now Basil ya haz to stay inside da enclosed patio n bee safe n NOTT give yer Mum fitz or a heart attck okayz??
Lub Nylablue ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Great tips guys 🙂 and we have a big Magpie family here and they always keep Cleo on her toes bwahahaha 🙂 hugs Fozziemum xx
Those magpies are menaces!
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We don’t mind them here..they will eat baby snakies so you can send yours here if you like 🙂 xxx
some fab tips guys!!