Engel's Herd

weepweeps said:
Hi. Thanks for the advice. Percy is getting fibreplex twice a day. I’ve mixed it with mushed up pellets. I’m taking him out of the cage to give it. Yesterday was good but this morning it clumped up. Don’t know why?

Pepper is getting Pro C on a small piece of cucumber in the cage. Do you know if I can give Pro C twice a day?

No other veg for either of them.
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If you're giving small amounts I don't see why not. I'm giving basil probiotics twice a day about 2 hrs after his antibiotics.

I haven't used fibreplex so I don't know much about it. Has it been kept somewhere cool/cold? Does it have a cap to go over the end of the nozzle to stop it drying up in between uses? Could you put the syringe in hot water to warm up the contents to make it easier to go through the nozzle?
 
Engel said:
If you're giving small amounts I don't see why not. I'm giving basil probiotics twice a day about 2 hrs after his antibiotics.

I haven't used fibreplex so I don't know much about it. Has it been kept somewhere cool/cold? Does it have a cap to go over the end of the nozzle to stop it drying up in between uses? Could you put the syringe in hot water to warm up the contents to make it easier to go through the nozzle?
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I worked out why it clogged up today. Lol. Yesterday I put the fibreplex into the nugget mix. And then sucked it up the syringe. Today I sucked up some nugget mix and then some fibreplex and then some more nugget mix. So didn’t mix it. So now I know. 👍🏻.
 
Update
I stopped syringe feeding Basil yesterday morning as he was doing so well and today he's weighed in at 642g! Hes now back to his usual cheeky self. You wouldn't think anything had been wrong. I'm so pleased.

Mias eye is looking fab. Just got tomorrow's eye drops left and then hopefully she'll be signed off on that. She is still squeaking while peeing so I think a round of antibiotics is needed for her.
 
Engel said:
Update
I stopped syringe feeding Basil yesterday morning as he was doing so well and today he's weighed in at 642g! Hes now back to his usual cheeky self. You wouldn't think anything had been wrong. I'm so pleased.

Mias eye is looking fab. Just got tomorrow's eye drops left and then hopefully she'll be signed off on that. She is still squeaking while peeing so I think a round of antibiotics is needed for her.
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That’s brilliant news. Well done Basil. Good luck with Mia.
 
Update
Basil is absolutely fine, just to finish off his antibiotics now, no pain relief needed.

Mia is now on antibiotics for the next 7 days. Vet said not to bother with pain relief unless she's beginning to stop eating, acting lethargic ect. She's bounding round and stuffing her face so hopefully she won't need them. She doesn't like the antibiotic though.

Everyone's had a move about, more so I could hoover behind the cages if anything. Master Basil is now living next door to his ladies. (He can't get to them unless he can jump 2ft and squeeze through galvanized mesh that's 13mm). There's been lots of popcorn, zoomies and kisses. Lots of rumbling from Basil. Both Mia and Mumma seem very interested in the boy next door so even if they don't bond well in December, they appear to be fine as neighbors.

Cyril is next door to the boys now. While he didn't interact much with Basil he's absolutely loving Jupi and Po. Again lots of zoomies, popcorns and kisses. So he wants companionship which is a good sign.
 
Fabulous news. Glad everything is moving the the right direction.
 
OMG I can't believe I forgot. 1/11/2020 was the day I bought Jupiter and Eileithyia-Eris home! Happy gotcha day!

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If you had asked me 3-4 years ago if I could see myself owning a guinea pig, I would have said no. I thought that they were simple, boring creatures.

How wrong was I!

After stumbling across videos from Saskia and the LA guinea pig rescue, Scottys animals and skinnypigs1, as well as this forum, the more I learnt about them. With this knowledge came appreciation and love. I couldn't live without them now.

They are far from simple and boring. So complex, in more ways than one. They have personalities, character, charm. They can teach us so much, about companionship, love, life and there's still more to uncover, more to learn.

Unfortunately today I also learnt the conditions that Eris and Jupi lived in before. The person I got them off posted photos of more pigs for sale. Normally these photos were of them out the hutch, today they were in the hutch. (they must have bred and sold 30-40 piggies that I know of since Jupi and Eris arrived). The hutch was filthy. Mould and urine all up the wood. Excrement, thickly caked to the wall well above the young piggies heads. It looked damp. Sleeping in their own waste with no hay in sight. I'm sorry Jupi, I'm sorry Eil. It'll never be that way again. I promise.
 
Merab's Slave said:
Sorry - I thought they were both sows :D
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Ah don't worry, no need to apologise. Can't expect everyone to remember everything. So many posts, so many people.

Just to jog your memory. I originally got 2 'boars'. Days later I realised one was a sow (Eris- was Oreo). A few weeks went by and out popped 2 babies a boy (Apollo aka Po) and a girl (Dysnomia aka Mia). Mia stayed with Eris and Po went with dad Jupiter (was Chunk).

I know it's all so confusing and this thread is now over a year old.

Did make me chuckle though :))
 
Engel said:
Ah don't worry, no need to apologise. Can't expect everyone to remember everything. So many posts, so many people.

Just to jog your memory. I originally got 2 'boars'. Days later I realised one was a sow (Eris- was Oreo). A few weeks went by and out popped 2 babies a boy (Apollo aka Po) and a girl (Dysnomia aka Mia). Mia stayed with Eris and Po went with dad Jupiter (was Chunk).

I know it's all so confusing and this thread is now over a year old.

Did make me chuckle though :))
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Glad to bring a smile 😊 to your face
 
AH DISASTER!

Realised Basil's got into the girls cage! Little s**t looks to have moved the mesh where it meets the edge of the c&c essentially making a bloody exit. Almost 3 weeks post op. Mumma is 15 months but has had a litter. Mia is 11 months and not had a litter. What's the likelihood of a bad outcome at this age? I'm having to treat them like they're both pregnant for the next 10 weeks. I could cry.
 
Oh no. I really hope they are not pregnant. Hopefully they were not in season. How long was he in with them? Hopefully nothing happened. 😬.
 
weepweeps said:
Oh no. I really hope they are not pregnant. Hopefully they were not in season. How long was he in with them? Hopefully nothing happened. 😬.
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Also the reason he wanted to go there was probably because one of them (or both) were in season.

I thought I'd made it escape proof :(
 
What’s done is done. Pregnancy watch but I hope nothing happened. 🤞
 
Update on Everyone.

Basil's moved up next to the boys for the remaining 3 weeks. His wound is almost completely gone now just some marks remaining from the incision. No heat, redness, irritation, swelling or any nastiness and he's 3 weeks post op. :yahoo:

Cyril is getting more confident but is still a bit nervous when there's any noise that's not food related. Spent the whole of last week going 'brrr' at fireworks while lay in his hooded cat bed.

Jupiter and Apollo are still together and Po is 1 in less than a month. They still share everything and can often be found lay side by side in bed.

I've expanded the girls cage to make room for Basil and any potential babies. (3x5 C&C). They seem to like the space. Mia has a new favourite pass time. Jumping over Eris like a hurdle. Completely clears the jump and doesn't touch Eris, but Mumma did not agree to this and complains the whole time...while just laying there.

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(Girls are searching for the forage I've just hidden).
 
Had a little scare today. Checking in on the pigs mid afternoon as there was a lot of noise. Checked Eris and found she had something dark dried on her chest. My first thought was blood. Looked more closely and it was on her paws too. Just as I was about to get her out to check her over, I looked at her little face and it was covered in blackberry juice :doh::)) she zoomed over to where she left it and carried on munching. Why do they like to scare us like that?! Looking so innocent with her stained chops.

Also basil is now 4 weeks post op. Not long now buddy and you can go and live with your ladies.
 
Anyone here ever heard chirping from their own piggies? I read it's rare. I went into them to close the window and when it was closed Eris started chirping. She wasn't in pain or anything. Just stood looking at me chirping. I couldn't see or hear anything that could've upset or scared her. She abruptly stopped after about 5 mins of non stop chirping and stretched out under the radiator
 
Engel said:
Anyone here ever heard chirping from their own piggies? I read it's rare. I went into them to close the window and when it was closed Eris started chirping. She wasn't in pain or anything. Just stood looking at me chirping. I couldn't see or hear anything that could've upset or scared her. She abruptly stopped after about 5 mins of non stop chirping and stretched out under the radiator
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Aw that's cute chirping and looking at you. A while ago, my rainbow piggy Shadow woke me up chirping once in the middle of the night. I couldn't see why. The 2 babies I adopted a few weeks ago, the rescue lady said one of them chirps, but she's not done it here sadly!
 
Black piggies said:
Aw that's cute chirping and looking at you. A while ago, my rainbow piggy Shadow woke me up chirping once in the middle of the night. I couldn't see why. The 2 babies I adopted a few weeks ago, the rescue lady said one of them chirps, but she's not done it here sadly!
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Well I don't know if chirping is a good thing. She seemed quite relaxed while doing it and the other piggies didn't seem to take much notice. There's still so much we don't know.
 
My boys have both chirped in the past. I’ve never seen them with my own eyes but my husband caught Toff chirping once, while I was away! At least I think it was Toffee.
 
Hoe lovely to have a chirper, you are honoured!
Peanut chirped twice when he was about 2 I think. I never heard him do it again in his 7 years. I don't know why they do it but I don't think he was stressed or in pain at the time. Out of all the piggies I have/have had he is the only one.
 
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