Wrappers!

Eddie started with his wrappers this week. He didn't even notice the bum wrapper but we did have some issues with the side wraps. Eddies a pretty calm boy and I know him well enough to know when he's not happy. In this case he was burbling in a high 'whinging' annoyed tone as I tried to get the wraps in. So we took a break and I put some thought into what to do. The next time he got a few pieces of grass to chew while I put the side wraps in as quickly as possible. I was careful to make sure they were fairly loose and not pulling on any hairs. Then he got an all overspray in stop chew bitter spray and was returned to his cage with two piles of hay. One was of the freshest greenest bits of hay could find, the other left over stalks from a sows cage. All together it seems to have totally made him forget about the wraps. Because his coat is only just long enough for wraps the side wraps tend to fall out rather often. But now that Eddies used to it he has been as good as gold for the last three times I've redone his wraps.

So I'm looking forward to the Summer show. I sent my single entry in today. I've only entered Eddie in the texel class for now.  To be honest I'll be ecstatic if we don't come last and if we do I hope the judge can give plenty of critique on why we came last.

In other news I finally got my paws on a book I've been searching for for ages. I bought The Sex Life of The Guinea Pig by Peter Gurney for $25. So it should arrive in the next few weeks and hopefully be good reading. It'll certainly be a worthwhile addition to my cavy library.