Eriathwens piggies

Tim said:
Cardiac Rehabilitation sounds complicated, have you had surgery?

I’m loving your furries, so sweet :luv:
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Luckily, no, however having been very underweight for a long period of time my heart isn't in great shape and at 29 I already have high blood pressure. I was told 3 years ago that if I didn't gain the weight back I'd most likely have a heart attack in my 30s, so I'm currently trying to avoid that scenario! I'm at a healthy weight now though so that's one hurdle over with, I have Bramble to thank for that, bless her.
The other guys there are incredible, they've had heart attacks and triple bypasses and they leave me in the dust :xd: one of them is 80!
 
Eriathwen said:
Luckily, no, however having been very underweight for a long period of time my heart isn't in great shape and at 29 I already have high blood pressure. I was told 3 years ago that if I didn't gain the weight back I'd most likely have a heart attack in my 30s, so I'm currently trying to avoid that scenario! I'm at a healthy weight now though so that's one hurdle over with, I have Bramble to thank for that, bless her.
The other guys there are incredible, they've had heart attacks and triple bypasses and they leave me in the dust :xd: one of them is 80!
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Oh gosh, sorry to hear about your past health problems. My bp was too low a few years ago, but now it’s a bit on the high side! :mal: Glad to hear Bramble has been a great help for you through your journey to better health :)
 
Thanks, can't win sometimes can you when it comes to health, but I guess it could be worse :)

Lots of happy, nosy and sleepy piggies today. Causing the usual havok while I tried to clean. Bailey has even more bites on her bum and ears so grids have been ordered so I can section Pippin off for now while I decide what to do with the little madam!

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Today has been nail trim day..which took 3 hours because everyone had a run around as well! :xd: I swear I only cut Bailey's hair 2 weeks ago but it's even longer than when I started!

Some slightly iffy phone pictures of a few of the girls enjoying their floor time (Mostly Pandamonium..because she is such a funny little whirlwind!), Ebony sulking from having her foot spurs removed and Bailey's hair! I'm going to have to rename her Repunzel haha.

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So we have finally admitted defeat, Pippin has had to go into piggy jail for a while. Ive split the 2x5 into a 2x3 and a 2x2 for the trial seperation.. not sizes I'm particularly happy with but she cannot go on bullying them the way she has, Ebony had recieved a nasty bite on the inside of her ear which is luckily healing very nicely and Bailey has a bottom covered in bites, 2 bites to her ear and as of yesterday a bite to the nose. Pippins bullying has continued to escalate so I am trialling a seperation but so she can still see her family.
It's only been an hour so far but she has been chewing at the bars or trying to dig under them pretty much non stop...I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with her if she keeps that up as I don't want her to hurt herself.
Bailey and Ebony already seem markedly calmer, Bailey has been pottering about not paying me much attention which is new, usually all I see of her is a blur darting from one place to another to get out of Pippins eyeline or from being chased.
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I'm sorry you had to seperate them, sometimes they are their own worst enemy. The fact the others are happier and more confident says it all really! Pippin may settle down with the bar biting after a day or two. I had to seperate Red and Caspian and Red was a very noisy bar bitter for a while but he did settle down. Caspy was so much happier without bully Red.
 
Thankyou, she seems to have resigned herself to the fact she can't get to them and is sulking under her bendy log house for now. I feel so bad for her, I'm fairly sure she is bullying out of fear. I suppose we all cope with stressful situations differently and this is her way. Hopefully she's happy to receive extra cuddles and floor time now she's on her own. She may even inherit Brambles old stuffed bear if I can bring myself to wash him first.. or I'll get her a new one, just in case she wants to snuggle someone..or beat them up XD
 
So sorry you have had to separate them but it sounds as if there was no other choice for them all.
Hopefully all will settle in a few days
 
Thankyou, I've been feeling awful all day but veg time has shown me this was absolutely the right call. Bailey has sat next to Ebony chowing down instead of grabbing the nearest thing and running to hide, abandoning her prize the second someone goes near her and running off. They even 'shared' the same bit of parsley.
There was one set back where Bailey saw Pippin lunge at the bars at her and she bolted, Ebony placed herself in between them for some reason..feeling much braver now she knows she can't get to her maybe haha but she soon settled down again to finish her dinner.

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Pippin has had her side eye game mastered from the day she arrived, she's got such an expressive little face! Given how she splooted out on me I don't think she's as frightened as her eyes are showing but I'm not sure. She's going to be the recipient of lots of extra love though so hopefully she gets used to it XD

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While the seperation has done wonders for the bullied piggies, who are still only getting calmer, it's also massively relieved whatever stress little Pip has been dealing with. When I take her out now she completely melts and relaxes, she doesn't nibble, nip or bite, she doesn't try to run off.. our new routine (as of last night) is to watch an hour of tv together before bed, she was still a little tense last night but tonight? She snuggled right up to my arm, kicked her chookens out and relaxed.

She ultimately assumed full kidney bean formation and fell asleep on me. She's an absolute sweetheart! She didn't finish all her veggies so I'll be keeping an eye on her weight but hopefully it's just from still adjusting and that will normalise soon. I guess for whatever reason, she just doesn't feel safe around other pigs :(

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I hope she is :) I actually saw Bailey popcorn for the first time yesterday which was lovely! Everything is so much calmer, especially in the evenings when you used to be able to hear them crashing around from downstairs!

A year ago today I apparently reserved Panda and Pumpkin! I can't believe thats gone so fast and even though I have Pippin and Bailey..I still consider them the babies of the family XD but they're a whole 1 years old now and huge.
So I decided rather than make them a cake, because I'm so tired, I figured id take some nice pictures of them instead and get them a treat over the weekend. Pumpkin was much more interested in my knee than the camera though :doh:

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I've had to leave my pigs to go and help an elderly family member, which I've been annoyed about since I left yesterday, but I've just had my pet sitter on the phone...

"Whose the beige one in the group?"

So of course I panic thinking my poor Shelly bean is suffering from the heat..nope! Turns out she's a "nosy bugger" who has been watching them like a hawk and inspecting all the frozen bottles and ceramic tiles they've been putting in :lol!: she takes her job as leader so seriously bless her!
 
Not the best pictures because I wasn't wanting to disturb them..but a few have been making use of the frozen water bottles :) first time ever! I'm glad to see Ivory use them, I've been very concerned about her with her weird, narrow airways but she's doing great.

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Thankyou! You wouldn't know there was a heatwave with this lot, still popcorning and running around, demanding food!

I'm not sure if you guys remember but a while back I mentioned a little black piggy with a head tilt coming to live with me, once she was over her pregnancy watch. (Guess who gave birth a couple of weeks ago? :doh: ) Anyway, I saw her today and she's adorable, a lovely little lady. She's called Tilted Tilly. In 4 weeks she should have gained some condition back and have weaned her babies, ready to come join my little gang. She will probably go in with Ebony and Bailey, a nice quiet little drama free pair, with Ebony being used to living with a tilty pig,introductions should go well *touch wood*
 
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