Friday, July 15, 2005

When Pigs Fly

Cheeta must have been a darn good animal in her previous life! When you think of a pig being born into this world, don't you associate that with it becoming bacon soon? Well, imagine being born a pot bellied pig & being treated like royalty.

She was born on July 5, 2002 to Faith Hill & Elvis. We picked her up on October 5,2002, put her in a baby blanket and I held her for the entire ride home. She gets 3 meals a day, all include her pot bellied pig pellets. Her meals consist of cucumber for breakfast, broccoli for lunch, steamed veggies for dinner. For snacks she likes organic corn puffs, grapes, apples & her new favorite addition, but one she'll rarely ever get: strawberries.
On her birthday she gets special treatment! For breakfast she had one of her newer favorites, mango & grapes. Lunch was watermelon & dinner was canned corn.

She's a camping piggy! The 6 hour drive is a bit long for both Cheeta & I, but we endure. She walks up a ramp into the backseat of the truck, which she gets entirely to herself. We make a few stops on the way up for potty & water/food. She's somewhat of a field & stream pig as she loves to walk by the streams, sticking her hooves & nose in the freezing cold water. When we walk through the open fields, she likes to bark as she runs. When she finds a spot of mud, she roots a huge hole with her nose & plops down in it. She knows camping means special treats, long walks & new friends!

She sleeps pretty much like you & I do. The only difference is that she sleeps on the floor, not a bed. She has 2 pillows & 3 blankets. We throw the blankets over her, but she's taught herself how to arrange it so the blankets are covering her & up to her neck & her head rests on 1 pillow. And also like humans, she's grumpy if anybody bothers her before she's ready to wake up!

I think she's got it made for being a pig. See why I think she must have earned her wings?

posted by jane at 1:18 AM