Remember all the drama about the little piggy family living rough in Cornwall that @Bill & Ted took several days to catch in late August?
Three guinea pigs have been dumped near me
Well, here is the next chapter in their story...
After having another relentless stampede to the Rainbow Bridge and no longer coping well with it all, I did give in to temptation and enquired at the shelter whether Maria would consider rehoming the three dumped piggies together, provided - and it was a big proviso since I am definitely not fit to travel that far - that transport from Cornwall to the West Midlands could be arranged whenever the piggies were ready for adoption. As rescue coordinator for Guinea Pig Magazine I have been aware of their quite desperate situation for a while now and was in no doubt whatsoever that the group would have very little chance of finding a home together (or even split up), especially in the current circumstances.
One thing let to another, not least because of the two babies that had arrived in September, and I ended up adopting the whole lot, lock, stock and barrel; much, much sooner than planned, including more possible babies.
The family with the daughter's two tiny babies at the rescue
My huge thanks go to @Bill & Ted and her hub without whose help the whole thing would not have been possible and who not only did the first leg of the transport as promised but did actually bring all five piggies the all the way up on 8th October. I hope that @Bill & Ted has enjoyed seeing the future home of the piggies she rescued and being allowed to cuddle a number of Tribe piggies - I have certainly enjoyed meeting her in person and having a long nonstop chat!
It was quite a scramble and a fight with my Long Covid to get everything ready and set up in time with me syringe feeding around the clock and then having to pts Dylan on the Friday and having to bury him just hours before the big delivery on the Saturday.
The newly arrived family settling in with mummy Millyn on the left, ginger dad and granny (pregnant again) at the top. The tiny white fluff ball is a girl and the ginger aby with the white pants a boy with their new Tribe names.
I am going with a flower theme for any girls and a bird theme for the boys - that will give me enough wiggle room for any further arrivals.
Cai's sudden death right in the middle of the family settling in and me trying to work out the best way forward for Boncath 'Buzzard', the little baby son (who was around separation age but still small enough to stay on a week longer) and the by then definitely highly pregnant matriarch contracting an eye injury (which is healing well) have made for another turbulent week. Thankfully, Tudur and Heilin did bond with Carys and Tegeirian after Dylan's widows were a fail earlier in the weel to free up an urgently needed extra baby boar creche cage.
One last family line up before dad (who was neutered shortly after his arrival in rescue) and son had to leave the girls. Barcud 'Red Kite' will return to the family once all sons of his are sorted out.
Gentle Modron, the granny on the right, has gone from possibly pregnant to definitely preggers since I started the process and is now filling out quite quickly so things are going to get rather exciting again in the coming days. Please keep your fingers firmly crossed that all goes well for mother and pups!
The family are still showing the physical signs of their ordeal: They are all smaller and thinner than they should be even though they were thankfully not in the worst of states on their arrival in rescue.
But the babies are also very small, especially little Blodwen 'White Flower' since shy mum Millyn 'Sweet Violet' (who is very small and thin herself) obviously didn't have lots of milk so soon after her arrival in rescue and had already dried up by the time she came here. They will all take some months to catch up but all are doing well and are putting on weight nicely.
Three guinea pigs have been dumped near me
Well, here is the next chapter in their story...
After having another relentless stampede to the Rainbow Bridge and no longer coping well with it all, I did give in to temptation and enquired at the shelter whether Maria would consider rehoming the three dumped piggies together, provided - and it was a big proviso since I am definitely not fit to travel that far - that transport from Cornwall to the West Midlands could be arranged whenever the piggies were ready for adoption. As rescue coordinator for Guinea Pig Magazine I have been aware of their quite desperate situation for a while now and was in no doubt whatsoever that the group would have very little chance of finding a home together (or even split up), especially in the current circumstances.
One thing let to another, not least because of the two babies that had arrived in September, and I ended up adopting the whole lot, lock, stock and barrel; much, much sooner than planned, including more possible babies.
The family with the daughter's two tiny babies at the rescue
My huge thanks go to @Bill & Ted and her hub without whose help the whole thing would not have been possible and who not only did the first leg of the transport as promised but did actually bring all five piggies the all the way up on 8th October. I hope that @Bill & Ted has enjoyed seeing the future home of the piggies she rescued and being allowed to cuddle a number of Tribe piggies - I have certainly enjoyed meeting her in person and having a long nonstop chat!
It was quite a scramble and a fight with my Long Covid to get everything ready and set up in time with me syringe feeding around the clock and then having to pts Dylan on the Friday and having to bury him just hours before the big delivery on the Saturday.
The newly arrived family settling in with mummy Millyn on the left, ginger dad and granny (pregnant again) at the top. The tiny white fluff ball is a girl and the ginger aby with the white pants a boy with their new Tribe names.
I am going with a flower theme for any girls and a bird theme for the boys - that will give me enough wiggle room for any further arrivals.
Cai's sudden death right in the middle of the family settling in and me trying to work out the best way forward for Boncath 'Buzzard', the little baby son (who was around separation age but still small enough to stay on a week longer) and the by then definitely highly pregnant matriarch contracting an eye injury (which is healing well) have made for another turbulent week. Thankfully, Tudur and Heilin did bond with Carys and Tegeirian after Dylan's widows were a fail earlier in the weel to free up an urgently needed extra baby boar creche cage.
One last family line up before dad (who was neutered shortly after his arrival in rescue) and son had to leave the girls. Barcud 'Red Kite' will return to the family once all sons of his are sorted out.
Gentle Modron, the granny on the right, has gone from possibly pregnant to definitely preggers since I started the process and is now filling out quite quickly so things are going to get rather exciting again in the coming days. Please keep your fingers firmly crossed that all goes well for mother and pups!
The family are still showing the physical signs of their ordeal: They are all smaller and thinner than they should be even though they were thankfully not in the worst of states on their arrival in rescue.
But the babies are also very small, especially little Blodwen 'White Flower' since shy mum Millyn 'Sweet Violet' (who is very small and thin herself) obviously didn't have lots of milk so soon after her arrival in rescue and had already dried up by the time she came here. They will all take some months to catch up but all are doing well and are putting on weight nicely.
There are some beautiful piggies needing adoption but sadly some have been there for quite a while now
Yes, it was worth the journey just for the lovely grub 
and Burnley won which was an added bonus for OH! 
I’ve been wondering about this beautiful family and what would happen with them since 
for being a one woman (plus man) piggy train to get them to their forever home. 
to have found such a wonderful home.