Hog things that make you smile

[CharlieCreek]

I thought maybe with some of the sadder hog threads that a 'things that make you smile thread might be in order. So I'll go first....


One of the newsest hogs in with us at the moment doesn't really like taking his meds.

Every evening it is somewhat of a tussle of wills, hog against man, to get the oral meds into him. He is good natured, doesn't get stressed but can clamp his jaws together tighter than a vice.

After a while he does relent and takes the meds but in an I'm opening my mouth for half a second better be quick way and kind of looks up in a 'see I am being a good lad, meds taken, non dribbled out of my mouth'.

However once you take your eye off him (even if you keep hog to eye contact for a few minutes being lulled into a false sense of acomplishment) he then spits the meds out and you find them on your sleve, on the weighing scales, on the examination top, anywhere in fact than in him.

The more I see of them, the more I am sure that they are far more intelligent than me!

[Wild-Woman]

Can't you hide it inside a worm?

[CharlieCreek]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Can't you hide it inside a worm?

I'm not sure the hedgehog would fit... ooh I see..

[Norfolkjo]

No different from my younger son then!

[CharlieCreek]

Originally Posted by Norfolkjo

No different from my younger son then!

Many a true word spoken in jest, they are often like little kids.

One in at the moment pretty much every night at some point balances its dry biscuit bowl ontop of its water bowl to be found in the morning like some poltergeist activity has taken place.

Yet another (I am sure it is a teenager at heart), rather than get off its warm bedding area to go to the front of the 'hog pod' to eat drags the food bowl to the back to the edge of its bedding and eats with just its head sticking out from under the bedding. If you catch him doing it he gives you a 'what, whats your point?' look.

The brother and sister that are in one of the large three section hutches as soon as you clean the food and far sections out and put new paper down, come out of the bedding section, give you a look and then proceed to disappear under the paper. Its like a Michael Bentine Potty Time sketch, all you see are bumps under the paper until they have re-arranged everything to their liking.

Every single one has its own personality and little quirks.

[Hedgehoggy]

Great thread, Charlie

So many funny things encountered over the years, that I’m hard pressed to remember them all! Your account of hoggy spitting out meds brought back many memories of the same, just when you think they’ve swallowed it, splut! out it all comes!! Thank goodness for injectable forms of oral meds is all I say!

The poltergeist activity is pretty rife here too on occasions One thing I can guarantee every morning during ‘muck-out’ and ‘weigh-in’ is being wee’d on when you're least expecting it, and I've no idea why I still find this funny! And I still find it endearing how a previously trusting hoglet reverts to type when grown into a teenager and then bolts into its nest box upon hearing you enter the room, but with its butt sticking out of the box in a ‘I can’t see you, so you can’t see me’ type of stance! But, the one thing that never fails to crack me up the most is encountering a feisty hoglet with an attitude 10 times his size – huffing, puffing and performing a Mexican jumping bean impression whilst trying to pick him up just for a weigh-in, priceless!

[CharlieCreek]

yes, the old my head is hidden you can't seee me trick!

What always cracks me up is the evening time, especially after the main food re-fills etc just before they are up. I tend to go back a couple of hours later and just go in and put the red light on. The first things you are confronted with is the synchronised crunching of most of the hogs at their dry food. There is then a co-ordinated moment of 'aye up intruder' silence and then the scurrying of many feet until silence descends again.

What do you see when you peep into the 'hog pods' - little bums everywhere with as you say heads under covers

As you say it is the now 450+ gramers that do this, the smaller ones just stay at their eating as they haven't reached the terrible 'hog teens' yet! They are still glad to see you and haven't reached the lets trash 'our bed rooms' so he has lots to do in the morning stage.

I am sure that they tap between hog pods during the night (great escape stylee) co-ordinating the mornings bombsite routine ready for you to tackle bleary eyed.

[CharlieCreek]

OK had one of those moments tonight.

New little lad came in (450 gram so not tiney), checked on him about half an hour ago and his bedding needed changing. Decided to do it quickly, hog in left hand, other hand trying to do the bedding change, upto armpit in 'hog pod (Big sized pet carrier)' putting the bedding at the back. I ended up with the tightest hog boxing glove you could ask for. Never had one ball this tight on my hand before, it was a real stuggle to get him off, mind laughing didn't help either.

Good job my nose wasn't itching!

[Hedgehoggy]

Now that really made me laugh out loud!

[CharlieCreek]

Originally Posted by Hedgehoggy

Now that really made me laugh out loud!

Thanks! Laugh at a man with a hedgehug stuck to him eh!!