Meet Meitner Mueller

On March 19th, I adopted a nine-month-old guinea pig from a vet in Santa Fe. He had been surrendered with an abscess on his jaw that required expensive (for a rodent) surgery. The vet performed the surgery (twice) and got him healthy, but couldn't keep him herself. So I got him!

To keep the theme of my pet names (see cats Faraday and Maxwell), I named him Meitner Mueller. Meitner after Lise Meitner, physicist who co-discovered fission, and Mueller after Thomas Müller, one of my favorite German soccer stars. He goes by Meiti Pig usually--it sounds exactly like "mighty pig."

Hi, Meiti Pig!

Faraday and Max LOVE him. They would probably love him to death, but that's why piggies live in cages.

I'm starting a series on my almost-never-used-these-days blog of Meiti Pig Wearing Clothes. He's happy to do it, as long as you give him a carrot!

Enjoy. :)

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Meitner discovers fission.

MEITI PIG. FIGHTER OF CRIME.

EATER OF CARROTS.