Eriathwens piggies

Thankyou all for the kind words. I don't know what to do with myself to be honest. I can't bare to be in the piggy room, I have no idea what to do with/for Ebony. Thankfully, she is doing well on her antibiotics so thats a small blessing.
I just can't shift this horrible weight and feeling like I failed her. I could barely leave her in the little room at the crematorium, I had to run out in the end or id never have left. I'm hoping I will feel better when she comes home Monday. She's left such a massive hole.
 
It will pass but you need to allow yourself to grieve. It’s a ‘one day at a time’ process.
Keep telling yourself that you did not fail Miss Bramble until you realise you believe it.
Without you I doubt if she would have lived as long as she did, or thrived as she did.
Hold on - what you feel is perfectly normal
 
Thank you again, I really appreciate having you guys here that understand. We will get there I'm sure.. Just managed to do veggies, took twice as long as usual due to having a panic attack half way through and not wanting to go up to the room. But got there in the end.
Ebony is thankfully not too bothered about being by herself. I'm still not sure what I'll end up doing, ideally I would be able to make a larger cage and bond her to Treacle and Cinnamon but I'm not entirely sure Treacle would be happy about that. I really do not want to get another piggy to bond her with, but if needs must then I'll do what she need, maybe I'll feel differently about it in time.
 
When Merab’s cagemate died it was a few weeks before I was able to find her suitable company.
She was quiet but fine.
It’s not a decision to make immediately after a bereavement- give yourself and Ebony a few days to deal with the initial grief.
Then think about all your options
 
I've been doing some thinking regarding Ebony, the plan of action once Christmas is over with, will be to rearrange the room so that I can fit in a 2x5 c&c cage, and I will try her with Treacle and Cinnamon. On reflection, Treacle freaked out at Delilah and Shelly, 2 of the 3 most dominant piggies, but I have some lovely pictures of her nicely settled down with Ivory and some of the lower ranking girls before things kicked off badly. I believe as Ebony is such a quiet, submissive little lady, she may well accept her with plenty of space. While Ebony seems to be over the initial shock of losing her friend, I don't want her to be alone for too long.

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I’m so sorry for your loss. You are so good to be thinking of Ebony. I hope it all works out for them x
 
Thank you.. that's kind of you to say. I figure I can be sad for the both of us, she may as well be happy, and she can do that for the both of us until I catch up!
 
The piggies had a special treat of pea shoots for their dinner, one of the many things i've not bothered buying for a while due to Brambles intolerances, I don't think little Ebony has ever tried them, bless her, not that she wanted to show anything but her backside to the camera! Tomorrow she will be able to have some apple too, something else she's not been allowed. The room has found their voice again at veggie time, it had been eerily quiet after Bramalam passed away, I only showed the body to Ebony but they all sensed what had happened, it seems.

Anyway..something a bit more cheerful, some piggy pictures.
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Such cute piggies, once again I’m very sorry for your loss
 
I love to see piggies stuffing their faces! It's just sooooooooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!
 
I'm so done right now. Doing clean outs and health checks and I can feel a stone lodged in Treacles urethra, we have an emergency appointment booked tomorrow, they thought it could wait until morning as she can still pass urine and is otherwise fine in herself. I'm crossing everything that it can be manipulated out and that the poor thing wont require surgery but the way things have been going for me these last few weeks I'm planning for surgery and anything less is a bonus.
 
Oh no. Well, it’s great you’ve managed to get an appointment for tomorrow but I’m so sorry for you and Treacle. Healing vibes.
 
Back home with a cup of tea! I noticed the swelling was down when I popped her into the carrier, and the vet could feel no stones upon examination. He did find what could be a cyst though along that general area. So if she had a stone, she's passed it herself I guess. She's got metacam and Sulfatrim with a follow up appointment in a week. I was going to take a picture of her in the car but she's so angry at being taken out! She even bit the vet bless her..
 
Thanks! She's doing well tonight, much bigger poops so I guess she's eating more now she's not in pain. It's going to be great fun getting her medication into her..she looks like a Tasmanian devil and she acts like one half the time too! XD almost kicked the bottle of Sulfatrim over earlier getting the syringe into her mouth.
 
So..this morning little miss is passing very fine sludge, which could possibly be what was felt further up. She's still eating, running around and quite happy in herself.. unless you're giving her meds XD
Here she is last night giving me stink eye after her Sulfatrim.

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I am so, SO angry. After being told there was no stones, I remained unconvinced as she was VERY uncomfortable tonight. I decided enough was enough and gently tried to manipulate whatever that lump was and lo and behold what do I see inside her urethra? A stone! I have had to manipulate the damn thing out of my own piggy to ease her pain. Luckily there was no blood, no nothing once it was out and she seems a little better. I've left her for some peace and quiet now as understandably that was not a nice experience for her.

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Ouch! Not a pleasant experience for either of you! She will no doubt be uncomfortable for a while but that is def better out than in.
 
Poor Treacle - that must have been painful.
Well done in using your own judgment and dealing with it.
Glad she has pain killer to help the discomfort.
Hope she recovers quickly now
 
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