Eriathwens piggies

Bill & Ted said:
Aw, hope you can get Sonic the little blind piggie, he needs a caring home x
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Thankyou! I really hope so too, I've already fallen in love with the little man. I dont quite understand what Boris said today in his announcement with regards to people going back to work but I wonder if that means the volunteer run branches can start rehoming again. I'll have to keep checking in with them to see what happens tomorrow I think. This time at least gives Ebony more time to heal internally, I think it's 4-6 weeks I was advised to wait before putting a spayed lady with a boar to avoid damaging the sutures in the cervix so by the time he's been quarantined she should be good to go :)
 
Eriathwen said:
his time at least gives Ebony more time to heal internally, I think it's 4-6 weeks I was advised to wait before putting a spayed lady with a boar to avoid damaging the sutures in the cervix so by the time he's been quarantined she should be good to go :)
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I wasn't advised that. After a night and day in the hospital cage, the vet said it was a good idea to put her back in with Dennis as it would make her feel better and encourage her to eat if she was with a friend. I suppose all cases are different and all vets think differently.
 
Betsy said:
I wasn't advised that. After a night and day in the hospital cage, the vet said it was a good idea to put her back in with Dennis as it would make her feel better and encourage her to eat if she was with a friend. I suppose all cases are different and all vets think differently.
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I wonder if different surgeries do things differently, some places may not suture the cervix but do something else maybe? This was advice given to me by a nurse, not that I'm saying VN's arent qualified to give info etc but it may have been a case of crossed wires.
I'm not too worried anyway to be honest, he's completely blind, even Leonard couldn't hit the target fully sighted back when we thought Shelly was a boy.. a blind piggy has even less chance 😅 more chance of poor Thistle and Bailey needing his deposits cutting out of their hair lol
 
Eriathwen said:
Thankyou! I really hope so too, I've already fallen in love with the little man. I dont quite understand what Boris said today in his announcement with regards to people going back to work but I wonder if that means the volunteer run branches can start rehoming again. I'll have to keep checking in with them to see what happens tomorrow I think. This time at least gives Ebony more time to heal internally, I think it's 4-6 weeks I was advised to wait before putting a spayed lady with a boar to avoid damaging the sutures in the cervix so by the time he's been quarantined she should be good to go :)
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That sounds like a plan! 😀
 
With not much else to do with this lockdown, I figured now is as good a time as ever to make a start on drying forage for over the winter :) plenty of nettles at the bottom of my garden, one bunch for me, 2 bunches left alone for the butterflies and other critters.

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Eriathwen said:
With not much else to do with this lockdown, I figured now is as good a time as ever to make a start on drying forage for over the winter :) plenty of nettles at the bottom of my garden, one bunch for me, 2 bunches left alone for the butterflies and other critters.

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I think I’m going to do this too, our nettle patch is getting rather out of hand, it’s under the shrubs but getting bigger every year. I think I’m going to cut a few strands, the butterflies won’t mind ☺️
 
I'm sure the butterflies will be happy to share! I need to get more from somewhere else next time, not much left in the garden. I've spent a few hours today drying some dandelion leaves which was... challenging. I read online 20 minutes, that was a lie 😂 4 hours it took me to dry about 4 batches!

Now, news! Last week I applied to adopt a very timid little girl from a small, local rescue called Lily. Today I learned my application was successful and they were very impressed with it! I'm so excited, she will be my first Abyssinian mix piggy. We can collect her this week, I'm hoping for Thursday but details still need working out, it will be a completely socially distant, contactless exchange. There was a second timid girl who I was also interested in but she is sadly pregnant, once she has had and weaned her babies though I will put in an application for her as well, I cant wait to be able to give Lily the calm, experienced home she needs to hopefully build her trust and confidence.
Here she is on the rescues page, isnt she lovely?
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Eriathwen said:
I'm sure the butterflies will be happy to share! I need to get more from somewhere else next time, not much left in the garden. I've spent a few hours today drying some dandelion leaves which was... challenging. I read online 20 minutes, that was a lie 😂 4 hours it took me to dry about 4 batches!

Now, news! Last week I applied to adopt a very timid little girl from a small, local rescue called Lily. Today I learned my application was successful and they were very impressed with it! I'm so excited, she will be my first Abyssinian mix piggy. We can collect her this week, I'm hoping for Thursday but details still need working out, it will be a completely socially distant, contactless exchange. There was a second timid girl who I was also interested in but she is sadly pregnant, once she has had and weaned her babies though I will put in an application for her as well, I cant wait to be able to give Lily the calm, experienced home she needs to hopefully build her trust and confidence.
Here she is on the rescues page, isnt she lovely?
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:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: Aw, she is gorgeous! Any news on Sonic?
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, I bet you can’t wait what a beauty. Poor Sonic, fingers crossed you get him too x
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Honestly it doesnt matter how many piggies I have or have had, every new friend coming here has me like a child at Christmas 😂 30 going on 3 years old haha!
Thankyou, when I first spoke to them they seemed to think we had a suitable home for him and that he would like our pigs, but they've had a large number of applications for pigs during all of this apparently, I expect a fair amount is due to people being bored or looking to amuse children while they're off school.
 
Eriathwen said:
Honestly it doesnt matter how many piggies I have or have had, every new friend coming here has me like a child at Christmas 😂 30 going on 3 years old haha!
Thankyou, when I first spoke to them they seemed to think we had a suitable home for him and that he would like our pigs, but they've had a large number of applications for pigs during all of this apparently, I expect a fair amount is due to people being bored or looking to amuse children while they're off school.
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Yes, that might be the case! Let’s hope they make a sensible decision with regard to Sonic and you end up with him. I should say that they all end up in suitable homes and not just bored kids at home but somehow I know there will be a few that are passed back once the kids are back at school sadly. I would love more too but funds and lack of space prevents it. Aw enjoy your new piggie, I know how exciting it is x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes, that might be the case! Let’s hope they make a sensible decision with regard to Sonic and you end up with him. I should say that they all end up in suitable homes and not just bored kids at home but somehow I know there will be a few that are passed back once the kids are back at school sadly. I would love more too but funds and lack of space prevents it. Aw enjoy your new piggie, I know how exciting it is x
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I did some volunteering with an rspca branch while I was at college and there were way too many people that would be obviously lying through their teeth just to get the animal they wanted. Luckily they're pretty good at weeding out the less genuine people :)
Lily is being picked up at 3pm! I'm just taking a break from sorting out a divider for the cage and getting supplies ready.
 
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Eriathwen said:
I did some volunteering with an rspca branch while I was at college and there were way too many people that would be obviously lying through their teeth just to get the animal they wanted. Luckily they're pretty good at weeding out the less genuine people :)
Lily is being picked up at 3pm! I'm just taking a break from sorting out a divider for the cage and getting supplies ready.
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Aw that’s great! She’s a lucky little girl x It will be lovely to see her settled in with your herd 💕
 
Eriathwen said:
I'm sure the butterflies will be happy to share! I need to get more from somewhere else next time, not much left in the garden. I've spent a few hours today drying some dandelion leaves which was... challenging. I read online 20 minutes, that was a lie 😂 4 hours it took me to dry about 4 batches!

Now, news! Last week I applied to adopt a very timid little girl from a small, local rescue called Lily. Today I learned my application was successful and they were very impressed with it! I'm so excited, she will be my first Abyssinian mix piggy. We can collect her this week, I'm hoping for Thursday but details still need working out, it will be a completely socially distant, contactless exchange. There was a second timid girl who I was also interested in but she is sadly pregnant, once she has had and weaned her babies though I will put in an application for her as well, I cant wait to be able to give Lily the calm, experienced home she needs to hopefully build her trust and confidence.
Here she is on the rescues page, isnt she lovely?
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Congratulations.
What a beautiful girl.
She couldn’t ask for a better home
 
Well, she has landed! After a bit of sulking by my Mum and claiming that she is her guinea pig because she prefers her lol!...Lily will be renamed Poppet 😂

She is adorable, she isnt actually that scared. She was as good as gold for her health check, no screaming or struggling. She has a few issues but nothing we cant deal with. I was worried she had a lot of hairloss but her belly has been shaved a bit so that was a relief, if a little weird but oh well. She loved the carrier, made herself right at home! She is 18 months apparently and 760g, dinky little thing, but that wont last long here haha

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Well, I'll admit she was a bit of a challenge to catch but I'm sure in time she will relax..and when she's put a little weight on so I'm not so scared of breaking something if I go too hard! But she is wonderful. Gained 20g already, eating everything put in front of her.
After weighing her I took her downstairs to put some perfect paws ointment on her ears and feet and she gave me so many kisses! She acts like she has been here forever and she's already learning to love chin rubs.


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