Eriathwens piggies

I have some pretty awesome news for Paddington. He has reacted pretty consistently to my shadow moving over the top of him as I move about the room, so I wanted to see what he did with the camera flash from a bit of a distance.. he reacted both times, one on each side! Not much mind you, just lifted his head up and turn to look, but there is definitely some sight going on in both eyes. Even if it's just being able to see light and dark that's still really good, means as long as I can wave a shadow over his eyes, he kind of knows where I am and shouldn't spook, apparently that's when he crashes into things bless him. Although he's been pretty good so far, no spooking at all, although that might be because he can see the bright red of his quarantine cage, I might find a way to put a bright..something.. around the black choroplast of the 2x7 to see if that helps if he starts spooking in there.

But anyway..they're not great because I was only testing the flash reaction but I know pictures of him are thin on the ground 😂 so here's some more!

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The lull in vet visits seems to be over 😂 both Poppet and Tilly are going in on Tuesday. Poppet has been screaming when picked up for a while now and while I believe it is most likely behavioural after suffering from scurvy at the start and being so underweight she just expects it to hurt... but considering she did have reason to be in pain, before I start picking her up multiple times a day to break the association of picking up/pain I want to have her seen to be 100% sure there really is nothing going on that's causing her an issue.
Tilly has inflamed or infected lacrimal glands, a bit like cherry eye in dogs but hers is under the top eye lids instead of in the corners. I'm also concerned that her right eye is starting to bulge out a little, that and the on/off dental issues worries me that there might be an abscess or other sort of lump growing in there, which may ultimately be the reason for her head tilt? Who knows, hopefully I'm being paranoid and it's just one of those things but best to have her checked out too now we're not restricted to just life or death emergencies at the vets!

So yeah...fingers crossed for good news for both of them.
 
Oh yes fingers crossed for both of them x
Hope it all goes well for Tilly and Poppet, best to be on the safe side and get them checked out x
 
I introduced little Paddington to the camera today, he had a great time! He wasn't too sure of the echo in the bath, but hopefully i'll get round to getting a proper light box soon and that wont be an issue for him. I think they're not bad for his first go at it!

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Rivervixen said:
I neeeeed to kiss his nose, does he sell nose kisses in exchange for (anything he wants...) veggies?
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Oh if it's edible, he'll trade anything you want for it haha!

We may have a bit of a surprise tomorrow too, there's a bit of a story attached to it but i'll go into all that tomorrow when they're (hopefully) here
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw Paddington, he is so confident, what a star ⭐
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I was expecting him to be a timid little thing to start with but nope! He's come in, put his slippers on, feet up and made himself right at home! He should be meeting his ladies next week which is exciting. Hopefully Bailey isnt too much for him lol
 
Eriathwen said:
I was expecting him to be a timid little thing to start with but nope! He's come in, put his slippers on, feet up and made himself right at home! He should be meeting his ladies next week which is exciting. Hopefully Bailey isnt too much for him lol
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Aw, be on your best behaviour for him Bailey! 😆 Can’t wait to see him with all the girlies, wonder what he will think?
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, be on your best behaviour for him Bailey! 😆 Can’t wait to see him with all the girlies, wonder what he will think?
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He wont know what to do with himself, I'm sure! 😅 He's a friendly little chap, he's currently next to Leonard and has been chatting away to him, standing up at the bars etc. non stop.
 
Ok so, story time! 😂 Way back in March, I saw an advert for 2 little baby texel sows, I thought long and hard about buying them but when I decided I'd like them, I had been beaten to it. The person who bought them posted them to a Facebook group I admin asking for names so I assumed at least I'd get to watch them grow up, but no. Then of course, the world turned upside down and my attention went to other things, other piggies and the family.

Imagine my surprise when I was scrolling though sales and adoption pages a few days ago when I saw 2 familiar babies, shorter hair but it was definitely them, the person's name was the same. They had been named Bramble and Bumble and I knew this time I had to get them. They have been in an absolutely lovely home, but they were new to piggies and they hadn't got used to their inquisitive cat and dog so sadly they are quite scared. They're a little small for their age but otherwise perfectly healthy and well looked after.

They are now named Coco and Biscuit and will be staying here forever, most likely with Tilly and Hazel :) hopefully they will settle and calm quite quickly in our nice quiet home, surrounded by other piggies.

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Well, they certainly like their food! They had eaten all the hay in the carrier by the time I got home and I've had to top what's in their cage back up 3 times! I was interested in Paddington's reaction towards watercress as it's a favourite treat of most of our others, so while I was out I grabbed a few bags of it and well, he loved it! He's such a happy little chap and he seems to very much like the 2 new ladies currently next to him, it would be a shame to move them, maybe i'll expand the cage again to make room for them in with him, Ebony, Thistle, Poppet and Bailey..
 
Tilly and Poppets appointments were today, Poppet seems ok, no obvious reason for pain and it's likely behavioural but to be certain we're doing 5 days of metacam, 5 off, 5 on metacam, 5 off, pick her up multiple times a day throughout this time and log her screaming, see if it reduces or stops on the metacam or not. If so, we'll have to figure out where the pain is or just keep her on metacam for the rest of her life, and if not, i'll be picking her up to break her association with picking up=pain, or screaming=being left alone.

Tilly's isn't so straight forward sadly, the vet was able to expose waaaay more inflamed and lumpy tissue than I could originally see, on both the upper and lower conjunctiva in both eyes, it's an immune response and it's not going to get better, probably worse. She has 2 weeks of drops, then she goes back in of a morning, where she will most likely stay for the day to have a local anaesthetic to have all the tissue cut away. A week of no drops to allow proper healing and then again, possibly lifelong drops to keep it in check.

So, all in all not the best news. But it could have been much worse at least.
 
Poor Tilly - that sounds nasty. Hope the surgery goes well when it happens.

Hope you can get to the bottom of Poppet’s problem.

Holding you in my thoughts
 
Thankyou ❤ I am just relieved that the lumpy tissue doesn't seem to be cancerous, it would be extremely unlikely apparently. And Poppets improvement since arriving means there probably isnt pain, painful piggies dont gain 300g and act as happy as she is, even if she is quite a quiet lady but it's best to be sure.
 
Evidence of the untimely end of a perfectly innocent lump of cucumber, bless him 😂 unlike his sister, he's open to bribes to sit still on the scales lol
 
Just caught up with being away and travelling, then settled Ted and the girlies, it’s all been a bit manic!
Leonard is doing so well. Your new babies are gorgeous x Hope Tilly eyes can be sorted soon and Poppet is in no pain and just a learned response x
 
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