March 2004
Hi Kathleen,
I thought I'd send you a piggie update. Oscar and Bella have been making great progress. We separated them and put them in bathrooms with their own litter boxes. That's helped them bond with us a great deal. They'll both come to us when we call them, and they love to get in our laps and be petted and brushed.
Oscar is using his litter box. He seems quite proud of it in fact. He'll grunt and call to us after he's done so we can come and praise him. But Bella still won't use the litterbox for anything other than sleeping.
Darcy's wondering if we should put them back together in the same bathroom. That way oscar might teach Bella about using the litterbox. I'm worried it might go the other way around. Oscar's used the litterbox for 3 straight days so far, is that long enough?
Thanks,
-Glenn
March 2004
Hi Kathleen,
Oscar and Bella are doing just fine. Bella is making progress with her potty training. Oscar keeps learning new tricks. And they both seem like happy comfortable little piglets. Bella seems to be growing faster than Oscar. Are piggies like humans in that the females grow faster than the males?
Also, do you have any more of the pig training videos? Oscar is having trouble with some of the harder tricks, like Stay and Play Dead. I'd like to see how it's done.
I hope all is well,
-Glenn
