Eriathwens piggies

Merab's Slave said:
How are you today?
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Better than I have been, thankyou! Sitting in the car and finding a comfortable position to sleep in are still a bit of a challenge but providing I don't do anything stupid like lifting bales of shavings for a while, I think I'm on the mend 😅

I was sent a picture of the lovely Tilly and her daughter the other day who will be joining us at the beginning of September, I forgot to post it here!
Aren't they adorable?

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Mine too, I can't wait to have another cuddle with them! I'm at a loss as to what to name the little one though, we're thinking Milly, to match Tilly, but not 100% sure yet. We already have so many names ending in Y!
 
Eriathwen said:
Mine too, I can't wait to have another cuddle with them! I'm at a loss as to what to name the little one though, we're thinking Milly, to match Tilly, but not 100% sure yet. We already have so many names ending in Y!
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I think she looks like a Toffee. :D That way it sound like it ends in Y but doesn't!
 
Betsy said:
I think she looks like a Toffee. :D That way it sound like it ends in Y but doesn't!
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That's actually one of the shortlisted names! 😂
I think I might write them down and let her pick her name out of a hat when she gets here lol
 
You are right piggies tend to choose their own name. My lot chose their names too. Velvet cos she feels like velvet, Betsy cos she is just beautiful, Christian cos he's several shade of grey, Meg cos she looks like a Meg and Dennis cos he looks like a Dennis.
 
Awwwwwww :love::love::love::love::love:

Sending you healing vibes for your back mate
 
Thankyou! Getting better every day luckily, have actually managed all day today with no painkillers :) hoping tomorrow I can get stuck back in and clean everyone out, it's nice that people have helped but it's never the same as doing it yourself is it? 😂
 
I am pleased to hear your back is getting better, it's so limiting to what you can do when your back hurts.
When my backs bad I can't manage Red and Brillo's cage, it's an awkward height and angle. My OH is really helpful and cleans them out for me but he never puts things back in straight. I feel really bad and ungrateful that this can annoy me, I have to bite my tongue!
 
Same! I'm grateful, but..I wish they would sweep the corners out properly haha I managed to do a little bit, but some of them needed me to stretch a bit too far so I still ended up needing help. They're clean and happy now so that's all that matters, rewarding myself with paracetamol and chocolate before they start demanding veggies 😂
 
I've really missed quality time sat up with the piggies, I'm really pleased Pip was accepted so smoothly as i've just not been able to go up and down as much as i'd like, Shelly's got it covered it seems! Possibly the best little ringleader I could have ever hoped to have. I've been able to sit with them while they ate their veggies tonight though, and Pippin has certainly made a lot of friends! Her personal favourite seems to be Daisy which is nice because all the others seem to find Daisy a little...too much 😅 Her, Daisy, Panda and Pumpkin are a little quad of trouble, keeping the older 3 on their toes. Delilah has taken it upon herself to be their unofficial babysitter too lol!

I have decided rather than disrupt the herd by having to reintroduce Misty, who is most definitely not missing her old friends having always been the outsider, once she is over her surgery, she will hopefully join Leonard to keep him company for however long he has left. She has taken a shine to Ebony and Bailey so to remain living next door to them would most likely suit her very well, even if she's not the best personality match to ever actually live with them.

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So he's technically not one of the piggies 😂 but he's an honorary member of the family anyway.. I thought you might like to see little Squirt, he's one of the reasons the piggies get to enjoy fresh hazel leaves, the squirrels regularly bury and forget about hazel nuts in and around our garden. In return we feed them over winter. Some of them even come to bang on the window when the food runs out! Squirt is the bravest of them all, and rather than asking for food or running off, will stomp his feet, thrash his tail and generally tell me to bugger off as best as he can, he's adorable 😅

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Thankyou! They've all kept me so entertained running up and down the fence while I've been stuck laying on the sofa this past couple of weeks bless them.
 
Been busy preparing for Misty's surgery today which I'm planning to book for this time next week. To my surprise I actually found well priced, pre cut vet bed at a little pet store so I nabbed the last 2x2 square, also got her a lovely soft noodle microfiber mat and some white towels... all my regular towels are daft colours so no good for checking for blood 😅 I'm quite pleased with myself considering how little I know about fabric bedding etc.

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I've also been making space for one of the hospital cages to come in for a little while until Misty is out of the split 2x5 and I can open it back up for introductions as little Tilly and baby are arriving Sunday so they will need somewhere to go! Not the best timing what with Mistys surgery but I'd rather them here than not.

Next on the agenda is ordering lots of different types of hay and forage, extra critical care and some other goodies to make sure Misty starts to eat asap after waking up. It feels rather odd this time round to actually prepare for a surgery, with both Cinnamon and Treacle I did not prepare anything, I almost had a weird sixth sense that neither would actually be making it to that point and sure enough, we sadly lost Cinnamon before her appointment and of course Treacle ended up not needing it but passed anyway. I'm hoping massively after the crap year we've had that this is a good sign Misty will do well, but with all the losses we've had, I'm still extremely worried now I don't have back pain to distract me. Misty is slightly higher risk as, and don't tell her I said this! But she is a little chubby which the vet said puts her at a slightly higher risk. But I suppose it's natural to worry..with my list of anxiety disorders I'm amazed I'm not more worried than I am! But she's a tough lump, I'm sure she will be fine.
 
Everything crossed for Misty. I'm very pleased to hear your back is better. That was such a lovely post with lots of pros and a little bit of sadness. I wanted to put a smiley love, a sad and a happy all at once!
 
Thankyou 😅 this forum is so fantastic that I can ramble and people understand.
I've actually managed to shift a good 40g from Misty since her vet appointment purely by halving her pellets to about a teaspoon, I think the pacing up and down the divider rumbling at Ebony and Bailey has helped bless her. She still looks like a potato though lol

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Best of luck at the vets Misty, you are a very beautiful piggy potato! Any extra heft (looks like pure muscle to me! Except maybe that cute extra chin, but that looks good for extra cutey piggy chin rubs) might be helpful after surgery if there's a few days of less eating x
 
Guess who's arrived! I've been like a kid on Christmas all day haha

So, officially introducing Miss Tilted Tilly, 3rd of her name, destroyer of veggies, mother of adorable little baby peeg to the left 😂 We decided to name said little baby Hazel, Hazel Rah, from watership down...seeing as i'm hoping she will grow up to be the leader of the little herd of misfits I will cobble together with them, Ebony and Bailey lol

Arent they absolutely wonderful? :love:

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Thankyou! I'm so happy to have them, they're the sweetest little things, I did Tillys nails a little while ago and once I'd finished she sat and licked my hand for ages..I guess she thought we were grooming each other.
 
Thankyou! I can't believe the amount of hay they've eaten over night!
Mistys booked in to be spayed on Monday as they were fully booked up for this week, which gives me a few extra days to worry but never mind.
Hazel and Tilly are settling well, they're quite happy to bimble about while I'm up there which is nice.
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