I'm trying to upload all my piggies picture, but this forum does not allowed. Here are just some of my piggies, more to come.

Sheltie "Lao-Tak" - 2.5 years old (DOB Oct 2006) - Male


Abby "Man" 2.5 years old (DOB Nov 2006) - Male


Sheltie "Mommy" - 2 years old (DOB Jan 2007) - Female


Sheltie "Lao-Er" - 2 years old (DOB Jan 2007) - Male


Sheltie " Gwen" - 1 year old (DOB May 2008) - Female


Sheltie "Gucci" - 1 year old (DOB May 2008) - Female





This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 18 2009, 12:55 AM

More pictures of my piggies:-

Peruvian "Gay" - 2 year old (DOB Jan 2007) - Male


Abby "Latte" - 8 months old (DOB Sept 2008) - Male


Abby "Ebony" - 8 months old (DOB Sept 2008) - Male


Peruvian "Ivory" - 8 months old (DOB Sept 2008) - Female


Abby "Guess" - 10 months old (DOB July 2008) - Female


Abby "Gloria" - 8 months old (DOB Sept 2009) - Female


Mixed Abby with Shorthair - adopted from someone - still looking for good home.

12-13 of them. How I cope?? Well...I bath them less often already...only once a month. Very tiring to wash 7 cages every 3 days.

Actually I have a maid to do those cleaning chores...but still I am the one bath them and blow dry them one by one. And they eat a lot...10lbs of pellets a day.

Sugar has given you some tips already, so I would just add in my style a bit...once you catch her out, still hold her tight (to avoid accidentally drop her when she struggle), one hand hold her armpit area, and another hand support her bud and hind legs area. Put her face directly face to face with you at very close distance, let her look at you closely, you look into her eyes and and talk to her too, gently comb with your finger on her nose and between eyes area. Hold her like that whenever you took her out several times. After some times she won't be scared of you so much.

My Sheltie Gucci is very funny..till todate she will still scream whenever I hold her...she screams very loud as if being slaughtered by me...actually she would not struggle when I hold her, but she just like to scream non-stop. I'm sure my neighbours will think that I keep GPs and slaughter them to eat every day.

Our SPCA here seems like only care about cats & dogs.

Ya..write to Malaymail hotline or Star, sure get public awareness.

Honestly I kept GP for 3 years already, I had never seen any of my GPs sneeze wor....so really something unusual.

When the SOW is due for delivery, she would hardly move, she will not whine aloud or wheek.

It is not normal that pregnant sow to lose its fur in some part of the body. It is better to treat the fungal problem now than passing the fungal problem to the babies. The shampoo I passed to you, is safe to use on pregnant SOW.

I think you can buy from Pasar Malam where the stall normally sell pail, plastic wares.

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Added on May 1, 2009, 12:52 amSorry to hear that one of your baby died without any reason...I experienced once too..still don't know what was the reason.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: May 1 2009, 12:52 AM

I spend about RM300 a month just on GPs' pellet excluding hay. And that is only on Hagen brand of pellets.

I did think of changing to a better brand, but after calculating, really cannot afford to change. The only think I could substitute is more fresh veg for them.

I also tried on a cheaper brand, loose pack type for just 1 pkt, and my GPs lost weight tremendously. So still Hagen is consider quite good and economy for me.

LOL! Now 7 GPs, soon you will be spending as much as me RM300+ a month just on pellet alone.

Goshz..I really lost count how many GPs I have actually....12? 13? 14?

Alternatively you could use the garden plastic fences...


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Hurray..my Sheltie GP safely delivered 2 healthy babies just now at 10pm. She is a first-timer, still not get use to the experience of being a mom. Initially she doesn't want to get close to her babies, and her babies were also in confuse stage being left alone at the corner. I tried many time to introduce the baby to the mom's milk, finally the mom can accept the babies.

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This post has been edited by Juztiny: May 8 2009, 01:42 AM

Well...if got people want then will sell..if not then keep myself...LOL!

Personally I like the darker brown one, as I do not have that color. Now in total already 16 GPs, thinking of the feeding cost will increase some more....will sure change my mind again.

I have another abby gp is currently pregnant. Those abby babies for sure will sell out all..as I am not intend to keep any more abby.

Ya...you have a pair of sharp eyes.

These babies are not 100% Sheltie babies, they are offsprings of Sheltie + Abby...so can call them Shebby...LOL!

One baby looks like Abby (dark brown) and one looks like Sheltie. Will post up their pictures after 5 days, then can see better how their furs like, especially the light brown one.

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Added on May 8, 2009, 1:01 pmI spend close to RM1k a month on my pets...I have other pets like birds, hamsters, chipmunk and dogs. But I think keeping GPs cost the most...they are not cheap in terms of pet maintenance...

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Added on May 8, 2009, 1:09 pmOh...ya..way to go...I just bath them all, and realised that my Peruvian GP is pregnant..and may be pure Sheltie babies on the way too....Suddenly baby boom....

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Added on May 8, 2009, 1:19 pmLast week one of my favourite chipmunk died..I buried it in my own Garden. My son some more put up a tomb stone for it. I just dig about 8" deep only...so far so good, no maggots climbing out from the soil, and no foul smell..so I think for GP you just need to dig about 1.5 ft deep can do.

Last time my German Shepherd dog died, my sister hired 2 Indian workers to dig 6ft deep to bury it, and paid the workers RM200. So if you are lazy to dig 1.5ft deep, then hire an Indonesian worker to do the job and pay him lor...

This post has been edited by Juztiny: May 8 2009, 01:19 PM

Coming soon...1.5 months time..

Paid RM200 to dig 6ft deep still consider reasonable than asking the vet to dispose off the body, normally the vet charges based on the dog's body weight (1kg = RM35), so if the body weight is 65kg, then will cost more.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: May 8 2009, 05:32 PM

You can be rich one day too....just start setting your goal, 3 years plan, 5 years plan and 10 years plan. And then action....!!

Well planned life, will sure drive you to the right direction in reaching your goal.

I am now quite contented, I had fulfilled most of my goals I set 5 years ago. I work from home and get paid double digits income monthly. And still have the time to play with my pets and do gardening...

LOL! Not here to brag about myself...I am not working for Multi-level-marketing company. I am just a Web Content Editor/Producer for US company. Mostly work in wee hour when everyone is sleeping.

Well..I understand your worries, as your Jasper is quite a problematic one.. why don't you boarding them at Dr. Jenny's clinic? Would this give you peace of mind?

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Added on May 8, 2009, 5:13 pmLast time I used to sell my purebreed Sheltie for RM80. Now food cost has been increased, so the price will be increased too...may be selling RM100-120 depending on colors.
But price is negotiable..provided I find the buyer is a sincere person that will take good care of my baby GP.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: May 9 2009, 02:08 PM