Two more pictures of Babe.  She is adjusting to living upstair very well.  The two husky's just ignore her.

See my tooths.  

I have a cute heartshaped nose.

 Wolf and his friend brought Babe upstairs as a Christmas gift .  This was no small feat since she weights about 200 lbs.  She decided to make her home against the stove.  It is a little inconvenient for me but as long as Babe is happy that is fine.

She hasn't strayed from her blankets yet to explore the kitchen because we have terrazzo flooring and her little feet slip out from underneath her.  I will be purchasing rubber mats to place on the floor so that she will be able to explore the house.  She is paper trained, so no worries about accidents.

Luna and Colt  our two Huskies leave her alone, except that they seem to like her pellets that she eats

Babe is enjoying being able to go outside everyday.  It is getting a little cool now so she is not outside  as much.  I get up at 6:30 every morning ( she doesn't get the time change)  her tummy tells her she is  hungry.  Well Babe is alway hungry.  I open the door and out she goes to her pen.  I feed her  and leave her outside until she screams and shakes her pen door to come in.  If it is really cool for her, she eats, does her bathroom duties and then wants in right away.
Since we moved I do not need to keep papers down for her, she goes outside about 3 times a day.  She is so clean and never messes in the house.  One day last week, she was in for 12 hrs from the time she came in that morning until the time I came home and let her out.  She had her snouty to the door and was ready to go out immediately.  She is such a cute piggy.  Babe is just like a pink doggie.  She is smart and clean.

Piggy & Cat

Here is a picture of Babe with her best Friend Nemo.  A cat that I inherited from a friend of my son's.

New things about Babe

Good morning:

Babe has found a new way to show she loves me and wants something. First, she has found a new sound, almost like a purr. When I am standing at the sink, (she knows the fridge is nearby) she nose butts my legs, if I ignore her she head buts me if I still pretend to ignore her, she starts rubbing her body along my shins. She must have watched my cat doing this for attentions. Unfortunately the kitty is smooth, Babe is bristly.

If the cat is sleeping on her mat, Babe walks over and either snorts at her, or pushes her. When Babe is sleeping besides my bed on her blankies, the cat comes up and leans over the edge of the bed and touches Babes ears. I am glad she gets along with the cat.

The other night Luka, our Husky came to visit. She passed Babe sleeping in the livingroom. Babe got up squawking and began following Luka. Wherever Luka went she trailed behind. She seemed to be saying, " Keep walking this is my home" I would never leave the two of them alone but it did look cute to watch them together.

Babe Fussing again

I have always said that whenever I eat chocolate or pasta I feel sleepy. Yesterday Tori made brownies, and when I went upstairs today I cut myself a good size piece and since then I slepted most of the day. Babe kept fussing and waking me up. I feed her but she still fussed. At supper tonight, I mentioned this to my son. He got a funny look on his face and said "Remember when you were having your heart attack and Babe kept fussing? I said yes. He then said that since I now know that I have sugar diabetes, I wasn't sleeping all day. I had passed out. Babe knew that something was wrong and that is why she kept waking me up." Wolf said that animals can sense when their loved ones are ill and do try to help them if we would only listen. I will certainly listen from now on. Twice Babe helped me. Now I have a reason not to put her outside, I need her to keep me well.

Babe and Luka

Luka, my son's Huskey came down to visit today. I was having a breakfast of pancakes. Babe sat on her hanches and Luka sat down one on each side of me and guess what. They were both looking at me with such longing in their eyes that I did not get any breakfast. I fed it to them. Both Babe and Luke know how to eat off a fork. I just had to clean the syrup off Babe's nose. They then both settled down. Babe on her blankie at the side of my bed and Luka on my bed. My cat came in saw them both, gave a disgusted swish of her tail and curled up on the chair and went to sleep also. It is great that they all get along.

More about Babe

Babe is doing well. She has started to do something new. When I am standing at the sink, she like to rub her face against my legs, just like a cat would do. The only problem is a cat has soft fur and Babe has bristles. My son keeps saying that Babe has to go outside to her run and summer house in a few weeks. I just place my hand over my heart and tell him not to upset me. I know it may be better for Babe to be outside, but who will cover her at night with her blankie. Everytime I say this to my son, he says that he has a small mobile home that he can put near the pen and I could live in it.

Piggy in a Blanket

A picture of Babe at her best. The thing she loves doing the most. Sleeping. It looks like her ears are in need of a cleaning.

Life With Babe-Piggly

When the weather started to get cold in October, I made the decision to bring Babe, my potbellied piggy in to live downstairs with me in my downstairs apartment. My son helped me to bring her in. At that time she weighed about 100 lbs. She has now reached about 125. We are wondering how we will get her up the stairs when Spring time comes and put her back into her outside pen. How many other piggies have both summer and winter accommodations.?

I made her a bed of a quilt and a blanket in my livingroom and at night she sleeps on a blanket beside my bed. She is just like a pink dog. She knows when I come home and starts squawking until I come down and speak to her. She follows me all around my apartment and likes to be with me in my studio/craftroom.

At first I was concerned about her toilet training. But I was in for a wonderful surprise. I read up about potbellied piggies on the internet. It said that they do not mess or wet where they eat. I layed down a tarp and over that I put a thick layer of newspaper. I placed her water in the corner and put her food on the other side of the room. She came in, went to drink, used the papers and I have had no problem with her messing anywhere else but on her papers. I put clean ones down everytime she messes or wets and I have no odor in my home.

We have very little organic matter for recycling. Left over meat is eaten by our dogs, and all other food stuffs, old veggies and fruit, etc is eaten by Babe. There are certain things she will not eat, broccoli and green peppers are just a few.

People have a poor opinion of pigs. They are not dirty but like to be clean, they have likes and dislikes and are very loving.