Eriathwens piggies

She isn't too bad thankyou, minimal pain although her pee is still pink. Unfortunately before I had noticed the blood I had given her beetroot, so how much of the colour is blood and how much is beetroot I don't think will be too clear until tomorrow! But she is still the best she has been, pain and urine volume wise for a few weeks now so hopefully we've flushed out whatever the issue was.
 
Well, veg time was fun! Pippin decided to do a disappearing act on me, usually if I sit quietly they will come out for their food. So I sat and waited, and waited, Ebony and Bailey happily eating, but no Pippin showed up. I lift up the hideys and the 3 large hay piles she could have been in and found nothing, I figured she couldn't have jumped out because she would be running around destroying the room..so I start pulling up the hay that forms the floor of the cage, by this time i'm quite convinced shes died somewhere..sure enough I find some feet and a back end sticking out the shavings where she had dug herself a little cave and fallen asleep, or played dead. I lifted her up, limp, thinking if she wasn't dead she wasn't far off it...nope! Once she realised where she was she leapt over a foot into the air, while I tried to put her back into the cage without dropping her. She then proceeded to zoom around the outside edges of the cage a few times before stopping next to the pile of veggies I had put in there a while ago, you could actually see the switch go off in her brain that said 'Oh! Food! How long has this been here and no one thought to tell me!?' and she sat herself down and began tucking in. :doh: she's right as rain now..little bugger. She's got trouble written all over her!

I don't mean to keep comparing them to Bramble...but that was her all over, I think her playing dead was the reason I actually joined the forum, and she loved to dig herself little caves to sleep in.

They're also now fully fledged members of the family as they've got their own nicknames now. Bailey is tumbleweed because of all the crazy hair, and Pippins is Rooster, after her little rooster tail she's got going on at the back..although she was called a few things a little more colourful not so long ago XD now that she's safe and well again, it's given me a much needed laugh.
 
This good girl has got the hang of peeing in her bowl, she goes almost immediately when I put her in after being given fluids! No sounds of pain whatsoever thankfully and her latest wee looks great! I've got a series of urine filled syringes lying around the house testing for sludge, but the one with all the blood seems to have very little in it so hopefully everything's pretty well flushed out at this point. No one told me having guinea pigs would be so glamourous :xd:

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Ebony had a small blip yesterday but she's back on track now I think :) she's very much enjoying living with her new friends although Pippin is in season and has been chasing both of them all over the place! I think she will most likely take over the role of ringleader when she's a little older, Ebony has never had any ambitions to lead and she's currently showing absolutely no sign of wanting to put either baby in their place! I'm glad to actually be able to take pictures while in the room now, as long as I'm quiet. Hopefully next week I can introduce them to the proper camera and get some nice ones :)

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Over the years I've not been able to get a response from F10 as to whether it actually kills E.cuniculi..so rather than risk it and pass on Brambles grooming tools to the next generation, I ordered shiny new things and to say I'm excited about them is an understatement haha! They arrived today and look at how pretty they are!

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It’s a shame, I really love rabbits, but I couldn’t go through it again, so many of them get it and I lost my rabbit Bella to it when she was really young, it’s heartbreaking
 
I'm sorry to hear about Bella :( it really is an awful thing. I'd love some house rabbits at some point but I just don't know if I could have a rabbit here, Brambles been on all the carpets and furniture, so I know I would always be worried about them picking it up even if they didn't have it.

Ebony has been doing fantastic, no pain at all since her little blip, I've started reducing her fluids from 80ml per 24 hours to 60ml and taking her off the cystitis stuff she has been on and swapping it for fruit flavoured water until she's on an amount of plain water she's happy to drink by itself (20ml of plain water per syringing is apparently a no go for her unless it tastes nice!) She has taken a real shine to Pippin, Bailey has been keeping out the way a little but they've settled in really well together.

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Well...Ebonys doing well, she's decided she's fed up of taking the fluids so now we play a game to see how much of my jeans she can cover by spitting it out :xd: hopefully this means she's hydrating herself and less thirsty than she has been.
Leonard had a rough couple of days but he's bounced back nicely, he was well enough to do his disappearing act behind something, he foraged himself up a whole bag of maize leaves! The crunching very much helped me locate him lol of course he refused to give up quite a bit of it but seeing as he worked so hard to get it, he was allowed to keep it!

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Aw, nice to hear they are both on the mend x Leonard’s really enjoying those maize leaves, Bill and Ted love the leaves off our sweet corn when we grow it x
 
Leonard and Ebony have been continuing to do well, Ebony is now receiving 40ml of water throughout the day, down from 100ml and is still peeing without pain, i've also caught her actually using her water bottles! So hopefully she has started to properly hydrate herself again from copying Bailey and Pippin.
Ivory is off to the vets Monday, she's always had iffy breathing when snuffling around for food, due to narrow airways, but lately she's been doing it while resting too which concerns me. If you hold her upright her eyes bug out massively, I'm assuming much like with pugs, the 'desired' short nose she has has caused her skull to be too narrow and too short. I'm not sure exactly what can even be done but I'm sure our vet will have some ideas. She's perfectly comfortable and doesn't seem to be lacking oxygen, her extremities don't go blue or anything so..we'll have to see I suppose!

Someone told me that Papaya skin contains enzymes called papain and something else that i've forgotten which is meant to help with joint pain...so Leonards been getting a small piece once or twice a week, usually I don't do much fruit at all but as his time is limited he is welcome to all the extra treats he wants, especially if they might help him :) I tasted it and it wasn't particularly nice so the rest of the herd got some too...saving me from having to eat it :lol!: Bailey and Pippin have grown without me even realising it, look at the size of them!

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I'll have to give the sauce a go one day, sounds lovely!

The herd were adamant I was withholding veggies from them earlier while I was doing Ebonys fluids so I had to show them what was in my hands.. Bless them they seemed to like her, they were still convinced I had vegetables though lol

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My brother phoned earlier, apparently my niece regularly watches the memorial video I made for Bramble and gets upset, she really was such a special girl...everyone she met couldn't help but love her. We had to help explain cremation to my niece which shouldn't have been as funny as it was. My brothers attempt was 'they put them in a box and set fire to it' hopefully she's not too traumatised by that, shes only 6! :doh:

I don't think I ever shared Brambles video on the forum so I figured I might as well although you've all probably seen all the pictures already.
 
What a lovely touching memorial to your beautiful girl. You can really see how much she loved and was loved in those photos. Her life may have been shorter than you would've liked but without your dedication it would have been a lot shorter and nothing like as much fun.
 
That is so lovely.
It brought a tear to my eye.
Miss Bramble was such a special piggy- I miss seeing her on the forum.
Good to hear the others are going well
 
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