Stars of the Theme Cages
Get the latest scoop on the theme cage stars! Read about their favorite foods, grooming habits, cage mates, pastimes, and other well-kept secrets. Meet the athletes: the track stars who love to do laps and those climbers who will tackle the tallest mountains. Read about those with medical problems: heart murmur, scurvy, ruptured eardrum. Learn which guinea pig is into Competitive Popcorning and who is barbering another pig's hair. Find out who lives in an orange house and how to wrap hair...all this and much more! Enjoy and have fun getting the inside scoop on the stars of the theme cages!
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Date(s): September 17, 2002. Album by Kathy: themecages@aol.com. Photos by Various people. 1 - 4 of 31 Total. |
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Calypso's "Cozy Cavy Cafe"
MADDIE
Breed: Abyssinian
Color: Red/White Broken
Maddie was adopted from Cavy Spirit Guinea Pig Rescue and is the youngest of my group of four. She is paired with Max and they make a very sweet couple! Maddie is a snuggle pig who likes to push up under your chin and then sprawl out. She has a very sweet nature and gets along well with all of the pigs in the Cafe. Maddie sits up on her back legs to wheek for veggies. She loves to climb up on the pigloo (igloo) or the fiddlesticks tunnel and when she is walking up the ramp, she will stop and let the dog lick her.
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Calypso's "Cozy Cavy Cafe"
MAX
Breed: Abyssinian
Color: TSW Roan
Max ... Max a Million, Maxwell House, Maxi ... a pig of many names. I spotted him in a local pet store and discovered that he was obviously a sick pig. I left him there but I couldn't get him out of my mind so I went back and got him. It turned out that poor Max had an URI, an eye infection, and was impacted. After ongoing medical treatment and quarantine, Max was neutered. During his recovery from the surgery, he lived next door to Maddie and the two were inseparable through the cage bars. It was definitely love at first sight! Max has the biggest personality of the bunch ... he is such a character! Max loves to explore and is fearless; he also is very sneaky. While in his quarantine tub, he managed to scale his hayrack and get out to explore the room. Max would like everyone to know that he is handsome, debonair, rakish, and a daredevil. Can't you tell by his professional photo pose?
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Calypso's "Cozy Cavy Cafe"
MILO
Breed: American
Color: White w/black stripe on back and red eye patch
Milo, a neutered boar, was adopted with his cage mate, Molly, from the Monterey SPCA in December, 2001. We guess his age at the time we adopted him as about six-months-old. Milo is such a mellow guy. When all the other pigs were racing to escape being picked up, Milo would move cautiously after them, keeping his eyes on us the entire time. His red eye patch is what drew me to him. Milo is the only one of my bunch that will stand totally still and let me reach in and pet him. He also "talks" to me. Milo's favorite place to hang out in the Cafe is up on the second-level. He loves to be able to keep an eye on all that is going on around him. His favorite veggies include: kale, dandelion greens, parsley and spring mix.
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Calypso's "Cozy Cavy Cafe"
MOLLY aka Molly Diamond
Breed: American
Color: DEW (dark-eyed white)
Molly and her mate Milo, were adopted from the Monterey County SPCA in December 2001. They were two of hundreds of pigs that were being bred for research and were turned over to the shelter when the breeders were evicted. We think that Molly was about three-months-old when we got her. She was the smallest little pig in the pen. All of the other females would trample her as they tried to get away from the people trying to pick them up. Molly stood out in the crowd and immediately won our hearts. She pretends that she is very skittish when she is out with Milo and will follow along right behind her big protector. But when she is on her own, she is probably the bravest of the bunch. Her full name is "Molly Diamond". Molly is my most athletic pig. She LOVES to run full-speed laps around the cage.
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