Piggy Empire

05/06/2023

This is what happens when I place my phone in the cage to catch my girls being cute. Such suspicion 😂 watch it to the very end

22/05/2023

Two very happy and gorgeous little customers enjoying a warm cosy piggy bed. Thanks for sending photos Joey! Glad your piggies love them 🥰

22/05/2023

Made this deliciously warm snuggle sack for my girls today.

As an early winter special, and to celebrate the addition of a new Piggy Empire product, I am pricing these at $15 instead of $20
until this beautiful fleece fabric lasts!

Get in quick!

Fabric choices in last 3 pictures 🥰

14/05/2023

A medium cage liner package all ready to go
off in the mail tomorrow. Love this vibrant under the sea theme.
$150 for $135 package of liner and two beds plus a $15 tunnel.

11/05/2023

I’m loving the beautiful lush fleece that I’m working with for this ocean themed liner pack. Beautiful polar fleece is nice and thick, great quality and very nice to sew with. It’s an ideal fabric for keeping piggies warm during the cold winter ahead, by wicking away moisture into the inner absorbent core of the liner and keeping little feet nice and dry. This reduces odours in the cage and decreases the chance of piggies developing bumble foot. All liners are individually made with love and care.

See the pinned posts for current pricing 🥰

09/04/2023

Very nice gamer theme liners, for that little gamer in your life, or just for something different. Such a nice quality fleece I’m considering making my human son a blanket out of it!
These ones have been sold, but message me to put in an order. Price list pinned to my page.

09/04/2023

Happy Easter! Did you happen to
Take Easter photos of your piggies? I used to laugh at people who did this 😛

13/03/2023

This order is ready to be picked up today. Loving the space theme and it’s in a good quality husky polar fleece.

30/01/2023

It’s getting hotter and piggies should be spending time inside in the cool. These fleece liners are perfect for indoor living.

Just putting it out there that I still have a great handmade 2x4 fleece liner and 2 jumbo cup beds with bed liners for sale. Someone changed their mind about their order and left me with this lovely pack. So I’ve drastically reduced it to $100. Usually I sell for $145!!

16/01/2023

This 2 x 4 piggy liner package is still up for grabs! I’d use it for my cage but it’s a 2 x 4 liner, and my cage is a 2 x 5.

A bargain at $100 for the liner and two cup beds with bed liners! Not usually this price so grab it while you can!

07/01/2023

🎆PIGGY LINER AND BED SPECIAL🎆

This gorgeous piggy liner and bed set in neutral earthy tones usually goes for $145 but we’ve reduced it to $130 to clear out excess stock.
The set includes a 2 x 4 C and C cage size fleece liner and 2 big cup beds. The cup beds include reversible bed liners so you can change up the look of your piggy cage.
All of our fleece products here at Piggy Empire contain an absorbent core fabric to draw in liquids and keep your beautiful piggy’s bedding nice and dry.
Comment below to organise payment. This is a great starter set at a great price.

30/12/2022

Hi guys, I’ve added some NEW PACKAGES to my price menu. Effectively it means $10 off the total price when items are bought in a package.

Orders on items are secured by placing a 50% deposit down, or full payment if preferred.

You will also note there has been a slight price increase on liners, which we’ve had to do to offset the increases in materials needed to make the liners. You’ll notice that our prices are still much lower than other businesses making fleece liners.

Keep an eye on the page as there will be pre made items up for sale in the coming days, which means no waiting time!

04/12/2022

After a break, I’m back sewing! 🧵 🪡

Check out the price list including packages 🥰

Give your piggies the gift of comfy fleece. PM me to order. Orders secured with payment by PayPal or bank transfer. I can post at buyers expense. 50% deposit is acceptable for local pick up orders. Pick up is from Underwood, 4119.

22/08/2022

It's that simple ❤

09/08/2022

Our 2x4 cages from guinea pigs australia are back in stock!

09/08/2022

26/06/2022

How I cut my Guinea pig’s nails.

Disclaimer: I have no vet experience and am not offering advice. This is just how I do it.

My six year old joins me and I give him the brush off a bit 😂

It’s been a long day

25/06/2022

Off to post some orders 😅
UPDATE: take 2…. Why did I think post office was open today? 😩
Monday it is… will have to call in a favour to get a family member to post for me … Jeremy Bree? 🥰😘?

24/06/2022

Not a bad way to spend a day. Sewing and Kate Bush.

23/06/2022

Dear piggy emperors and empresses

An UPDATE

📌 All piggy beds sewn for fundraiser are now finished and will be mailed out tomorrow. I’ll contact you all with tracking numbers.

📌My final order for Amy before my hospital break, is being sewn from tomorrow and will get posted over the weekend. Will also send tracking number.

📌I will be going into hospital Monday for surgery and recovery time will be between 1-3 weeks. When I’m well enough to drive I’ll be continuing with taking orders. You can order prior but I won’t be able to drive to purchase, or sew until I’m recovered.

Thanks for your patience guys!

23/06/2022

When your naughty little girl finds new ways to torment you. Guess I moved the bed too close to the piggy house 😩

21/06/2022

Another sewathon tonight. One more bed to do after work tomorrow, then these babies will all be on their way.

Same beds in each picture. The bed liner cushions have a plain and patterned side.

Then onto my next order. 🥰

20/06/2022

On a bed sewing mission this week, so beautiful ladies who bought a piggy bed during my fundraiser, it’s happening as we speak. Plan to have these in their way by Friday 😆

Thanks again for your support!

20/06/2022

When I check the piggy cam from work snd catch madam napping on the job 😂
It’s the small things

08/06/2022

Some bad news and good news….

This afternoon I recieved some sad news from the foster carer that both Louie and Huey has to be euthanased. When they removed Louie’s eye they found a huge amount of infection through his body from which she wouldn’t of been able to recover from. 😞

Huey, the massively underweight piggy had severely overgrown back teeth that had overgrown his tongue. Unfortunately his organs had already started to shut down due to starvation and his heart rate was too low to survive being operated on. 😞

But some GOOD news! Dewey, or Moe as he’s now known should be ok! His back teeth were surprisingly fine so he just needed his front to teeth fixed. They remain hopeful that he'll fully recover but will monitor his teeth closely to make sure they don't overgrow again.

Huey and Louie….

I am grateful you have found relief from your suffering. You were so brave and you tried so hard to keep going.
I loved spending my weekend hopefully bringing you some comfort. It brings me joy to know you spent the last few days of your life with my family, being loved, treasured, cared for.
I’m sorry it wasn’t enough.
I’m sorry the humans who you lived with before me did not give you what you needed on so many levels.
I’m sorry they failed you.
I meant it when I said I’ll never forget you.
I loved you even though it was only 3 days. Is that crazy?
Popcorn free over the rainbow bridge to heaven.

Moe… (the one in the middle) that name really does suit you. I’m glad our fundraising helped you get those teeth fixed! Some person is going to fall in love with you as I did and make you part of their family. Keep being mischievous big guy!

I will begin on the beds this weekend guys. 🥰The last weekend has caught up with me a bit, plus I had a bit of self care to attend to today with a specialist appointment for myself.
Can’t wait to create some pretty things for you.

07/06/2022

Tonight the foster carer for the boys messaged me to say they are all booked in for the vet tomorrow. They are now called Larry, Curly and Moe as there were already some piggies there with the names they had 😆
I’m missing the boys and the little routines I had with them but my piggies at home are happy with extra attention. This is my beautiful Corey, the sweetest most kind hearted piggy of my group 🥰
$360 got passed onto the QLD Guinea Pig Refuge. I will get started on those bed orders in the coming days - thank you so much for your patience.

06/06/2022

Bye bye boys!

So tonight i drove the boys to Keppera, to their new foster carer. I bid a bittersweet farewell to this amazing trio, who we know as Huey, Dewey and Louie, who despite the crap life has thrown at them in their very short lives, showed so much fighting spirit over the last 3 days. Even Louie with the very bad eye managed to want to eat, to move closer to me, to move around a bit.

I’m so glad I found you under that shady tree, in a cage without a roof 😱.
Thank you boys for bringing some love and adventure to my weekend, for humbling me with your very simple, but critical needs and reminding me how good I’ve got it! Plus how good my 4 perfect baby girl piggies have it! It was an honour to care for you.
I will never forget you. Honest.

I already miss you so much, silly as that sounds, but now I know you’ll get the emergency care you desperately need. You did not deserve to be dumped, neglected, and put aside like an old pair of socks, to have your medical needs ignored until they got critical and life threatening. I am trying not to judge whoever did this to you, but that is hard.

I want to thank every person again who helped me, with money, resources and time. Who knows how this story will end but we did it! We got these piggies on their way to one day finding a loving home. ❤️

06/06/2022

🐹ABANDONED PIGGY UPDATE🐹

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RECENT EDIT TO UPDATE!!! 2.45pm

Fantastic news! Tabitha from QLD GP refuge has found a carer for the boys, which means they will receive loving care from an experienced carer YAY and they will receive their medical treatment through QGPR, and the money raised from your kind donations and purchases can go towards that treatment.
I can’t thank you enough, as you all helped make a difference in these piggy’s lives.
🥰🥰🥰

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Morning update 10am

The boys have turned a corner this morning and are all more active especially Huey and Dewey.

Huey has put gained 10g - good going little fella!

Dewie has gained 47g! Dewey is currently the healthiest of all three, so he is a real fighter despite teeth issues. I have given Dewey pain meds for his teeth.

Louie is more active and climbed up my chest to get more critical care but he has lost 42g 💔 He had his pain medication again this morning with critical care and was lapping up the critical care. In fact all the boys went crazy over it!

Good news:
✅All boys had their butts cleaned again this morning and I’m pleased to say the faecal impaction is improving.
✅I saw lots of nice healthy poo in the cage when I cleaned it out this morning
✅They’re all moving more and I heard Guinea pig noises! Also they’re physically moving closer to me for food as I feed them, and learning to trust humans again.
✅Today is the first day I’ve seen them eat hay.

Have been told that a refuge will take these little boys and am awaiting contact from them to make arrangements. If that happens soon, the $300+ donation will go with the piggies for their vet fees. If not I’ll need to make the decision to get them to the local vet that has been recommended to me, later this afternoon. I’m trying to avoid taking them to a vet near me if they are about to go to the refuge as they will have a trusted vet they use and it will be doubling up on vet fees.
I’ve had a few decisions to make over the last couple of days about these guys, decisions I’m not used to making, and I hope I’m making the right decisions.

Thank you to everyone who has kindly bought beds, donated or generously given time or advice.
You’re amazing!
I’m sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone…
Christine Wilksch
Amanda Britton
Bridgit Cav
Julie Clifford
Chloe Ma
Gemma Bannah
Sharryn Hollins
Jeremy Bree
Kellie Anthony
Mintie N Friends Guinea Pig Sanctuary
Brisbane Southside Guinea Pig Sanctuary
Miss Piggys Guinea Pig Lair Inc.

Rebecca Bree ❤️