Eriathwens piggies

Had Shelly, The Queen Bean, out for a cuddle and to check on her lumps and bumps. They're doing well, still growing but still not causing and problems yet, she'll be having them rechecked soon when Leonard next has an appointment.
Her little bug eyes always make her look so scared XD :doh:
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I've been going back and forth about what the plans are with the piggies, but (I think! 😂 ) I've decided that now everyone has finished their mite treatments, when I clean them out on Wednesday I will be introducing Pippin into the herd to see how she feels about them. That then means I can open the 2x5 back up in preparation for Tilted Tilly going in with Ebony and Bailey.
If Pippin doesnt like the herd...i've no idea what i'll do. I suppose I will have to get creative :doh:
 
Thanks! I hope so too, she has said hello to them over the side of the pen a couple of times and it's really cheered her up, Shelly seems to like her also.
If it fails I've decided I'll get some Ikea tables to go over Ebony and co's pen so Pippin and Leonard can live side by side up on those. That way nobody is alone :) I feel much better now I have a back up plan!

Everyone had some dandelions today, I hadn't realised just how many were in the garden XD

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I can see haircuts for the girls in the not too distant future, I hate cutting Bailey's hair because she's such a tidy, clean little lady she always stays hygienic no matter how long it gets, and it's so beautiful, thick and soft! But I cant imagine how annoying it must be, all that hair trailing along behind all the time.
Pippins bonding has been pushed back to tomorrow because I've done my back, if I need to swoop in to fish her out of the mayhem I won't be very quick right now so thought it safer to wait.

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I hope your back is better soon, looking forward to hearing news on the bonding. I've got everthing crossed for a successful outcome.
 
Ouch! Nothing worse than a Bad back. You have my sympathy. Last year I slipped on the stairs and could hardly move for 4 weeks and spent the time sat propped up with pillows and hot water bottles. The pain was worse than labour!
 
Thankyou! It's still not great but it's tolerable at least with painkillers! (Excuse the mess in the pictures, picking all their stuff up was beyond me today haha) but so far so good with the bonding. No one took an immediate dislike to her on the floor, so now they're all up in the pen eating hay together nice and quietly. There was a tiny bit of rumbling to start with but nothing too bad. I did take a video but I'll try and upload that later once I've finished cleaning out, if I sit down much longer I might not get back up again 😂

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Everyone seems to have taken Pippins introduction very well, I've seen Daisy, Panda and Pumpkin all very nicely say hello with ear washes and sniffs, the more dominant piggies are treating her like all the other youngsters and just letting her do her thing. The most drama has been her squealing when Delilah accidentally walked over the top of her whilst she was hiding, thinking she was just a pile of hay! But that soon settled down again. She seems 100% happier in a structured herd than in the trio with no hierarchy, watching her interact with the others so far, shes like a different pig!

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Thankyou! I'm so relieved. With how she behaved before I was expecting a battle but she has fit right in, she's stood her ground at pellet time to make sure she got her share without being pushy or rude. The herd has held off on its usual rough and tumble, they seem to have sensed how uncertain Pippin was to start with. Just shows it was all fear, all previous aggression has gone completely from her..it's lovely to see her happy, and Bailey has really come out of her shell in her absence, and Ebony is nice and settled too :)
 
She had a bit of a disagreement with Ivory this morning, but it was extremely mild compared to what she used to do to Bailey, and Ivory didn't care at all lol
She has made good friends with Panda and Daisy though, she's always with one or the other.

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Pippin is still doing really well and I would assume at this point, she's a full member of the herd. In less good news tonight, Misty has been increasingly hormonal over the last couple of weeks, I had hoped it was environmental and she would settle down again but it's getting worse. I don't normally get involved with any dominance but I had to pull her off of Daisy just now after she began relentlessly humping her, practically riding on her back around the pen. So at 18 months it looks like she's dealing with cystic ovaries. Will be calling the vet to hopefully get her seen in the week. Thankfully she is not actually causing any real issues or fights, she's just being extremely annoying for the others to deal with.
 
Sorry to hear about Misty.
Hope it’s nothing more serious than cystic ovaries.
Having had 2 of my girls spayed for that reason I know how anxious it is to put them through surgery but it was certainly worth it for both mine.

Let us know how things go with Misty
 
Thankyou, I've actually just had to split her from the herd as a fight broke out from Daisy trying and failing to jump out the pen trying to escape her and landing on top of poor Shelly.
While I had her out I rechecked her nipples (I checked her when I did nails the other day as I was concerned about her behaviour) and they're starting to crust :( fingers crossed that if she ends up having surgery it goes well. It's been so long since I've had one need surgery.
Small silver lining.. she does not have any strong friendships within the herd, she's always been a little bit of an outsider. If she is spayed then it would mean Leonard could live out the remainder of his years with a girlfriend, if they like each other.

She's thankfully calmed right down and is quite happily chatting away to Ebony and Bailey, who are both very glad to see it isn't Pippin next door again bless them!
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Hope Misty has just got a strong season 🤞 so pleased that Pippin has settled in to the herd x
 
So.. not sure if it's good or bad news, but it's news. My back was 10xs more painful than it has ever been, somehow managed to suck it up long enough to make it to Mistys appointment at 11 where she was examined and it was decided she would be spayed. Luckily we've caught it early enough that any cysts there are tiny and her surgery can wait a couple of weeks until I'm not going to be a danger to her during aftercare post surgery.
I am for the most part having to crawl around on the floor, so I can barely feed myself, never mind have to syringe feed and medicate 2 piggies. It's all I can do to medicate Leonard at the moment :(
 
I’m sorry your back is so bad, it sound serious, have you seen a doctor for yourself?
Remember to look after yourself too!
 
I have an appointment late Wednesday which is lucky, usually it's a 2 week wait. My own stupid fault for not lifting one of those 20kg bales of woodshavings properly! From what I can see online it's not a slipped disk, just sore. Doing light stretches, heat and cold and as much paracetamol as possible for now. Hopefully it won't be as bad tomorrow.
 
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