Farewell to Raven

[Catherine]

Mr. Pigbert loved his carrots and I always gave the piggies lots of them. I assumed that they were all sharing the carrots. The day after Pigbert died I put the same amount of food in front of them and when they were finished there was a big pile of untouched carrots. I think all along they were leaving all the carrots for Pigbert. It took days to persuade them to eat the carrots themselves.


I have noticed that Muffin, the new guinea pig has a fondness for carrots. She is also very shy and I might do a separate little plate of food for her. The rest just pile in to the veggie buffet and help themselves. I have been handing her some carrots and greens, but I am not sure she is eating enough.

Right now carrots are still a good price. I can get them for less than a dollar a pound, sometimes much less. In the fall they were selling 10 pounds for $1.99. That is why I made so much carrot soup.