Eriathwens piggies

Bill & Ted said:
Fern is doing so well, she’s looking lovely. Hope you get your boiler fix, typical it happens when the weather is at its coldest 🥶
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Thankyou, I hope so too but I'm doubtful, the landlords already been told a year ago the pump needs replacing and the pipes need flushing...we don't even have smoke alarms 😓
We have the last of the forms to sign for the new house today so hopefully we won't have to put up with this for very much longer anyway. Once the contracts are exchanged we could be in the new house in as little as 2 weeks! But yes, it's a shame it had to be on such a cold week, the radiator is only just taking the edge off the cold downstairs. Luckily the piggies room is nice and warm 😅 spending even more time than normal in with them haha
 
:yahoo: :yahoo: Aw, that’s fab news, how lovely moving into your new house. Will be so much better for you all. It will be cold but at least it should be raining
 
So seeing as Ebony and Misty couldnt be bathed, they saw the vet today. They've got an ivermectin solution for the next 4 weeks :)

Typically, it was a louse my vet has never even seen before 🤣 I wish something normal could happen to my pigs, for once! Never mind, hopefully they will be gone soon.
 
Eriathwen said:
So seeing as Ebony and Misty couldnt be bathed, they saw the vet today. They've got an ivermectin solution for the next 4 weeks :)

Typically, it was a louse my vet has never even seen before 🤣 I wish something normal could happen to my pigs, for once! Never mind, hopefully they will be gone soon.
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Yes, get those louse sorted, do they come from hay?
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes, get those louse sorted, do they come from hay?
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I can only assume so! I would hope if they came from Clover, the last pig in, that I'd have noticed them before now. Especially as my quarantine procedure is daily louse checks, so I'm as confident as I can be that they didn't come in on a piggy. But as its a type that isn't in any of the books my vet looked in and he hasn't seen them before, I suppose its hard to say where they're from. But when Misty wasn't eating I bought a load of cheaper brands of hay to see if she would try them, so the timing for that matches a lot better.
 
Eriathwen said:
I can only assume so! I would hope if they came from Clover, the last pig in, that I'd have noticed them before now. Especially as my quarantine procedure is daily louse checks, so I'm as confident as I can be that they didn't come in on a piggy. But as its a type that isn't in any of the books my vet looked in and he hasn't seen them before, I suppose its hard to say where they're from. But when Misty wasn't eating I bought a load of cheaper brands of hay to see if she would try them, so the timing for that matches a lot better.
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Yes, that sounds like that where they have come from x
 
Ebony had to stop her panacur while on the lice treatment from the vet, unfortunately thats lead to a pretty bad relapse today with eye flickering, wobbling, falling over and a head tilt so I've put her straight back on the panacur. The lice can wait I guess.. Paddington has an appointment to check his eyes Monday so I might call up and see if he wants to check her over, although I'm not sure what else can really be done apart from the metacam and panacur shes already on, and time. But we will see, I guess. She is at least eating well and not losing weight. The falling over has also stopped since getting the panacur again but whether its related or wishful thinking, I dont know.

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Aw, poor little Ebony hope she feels better now she is back on the Panacur, you are right a few lice won’t matter for now. How is lovely Paddington ?
 
Shes getting there, she was a bit bloated yesterday but I've been getting her out and encouraging her to move around, get used to how to move again and shift the gas. I'm not sure if she will get back to 'normal' but hopefully.
Paddington is good, still a little crusty around the eyes but hes otherwise normal. I think he's getting dry eyes from time to time but just want to make sure its nothing more serious.
 
Eriathwen said:
Shes getting there, she was a bit bloated yesterday but I've been getting her out and encouraging her to move around, get used to how to move again and shift the gas. I'm not sure if she will get back to 'normal' but hopefully.
Paddington is good, still a little crusty around the eyes but hes otherwise normal. I think he's getting dry eyes from time to time but just want to make sure its nothing more serious.
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Aw I remember seeing Paddington on the RSPCA website of hoping he would get a lovely caring home and he did 😊
Have you got a moving date yet, hope you haven’t long to wait now x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw I remember seeing Paddington on the RSPCA website of hoping he would get a lovely caring home and he did 😊
Have you got a moving date yet, hope you haven’t long to wait now x
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Aw thankyou, hes a lovely boy. He was funny earlier, Coco is in season and kept trying to mount him, he was most offended 🤣

We've been offered the 25th, which we agreed to! But we haven't heard anything since, so that isn't set in stone, but it could be very soon! Very excited :)
 
Eriathwen said:
Aw thankyou, hes a lovely boy. He was funny earlier, Coco is in season and kept trying to mount him, he was most offended 🤣

We've been offered the 25th, which we agreed to! But we haven't heard anything since, so that isn't set in stone, but it could be very soon! Very excited :)
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You can’t blame him 😆
Aw brilliant news, exciting times, hope the move goes well x
 
Right! Vet visit went well, which is a relief, we have a plan for Ebony, start the panacur from day one, so another 28 day course from when I restarted it, unless she is still improving by day 28 then we will carry on until improvement stops and its clear whatever issues are left are permenant. She has lost about 70g but she is still eating well so hopefully we will get that back onto her again.

Paddington has been put on a lifelong course of an eye lubricant, he has some inflammation similar to Tillys, but hoping the lube fixes that, if not I can call up and get another kind of drops for that. He should be a lot more comfortable now :)

I forgot to add..my vet is still neutering this lockdown so once I'm moved I can book Oliver and Finlay in to be castrated! 🥳

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Today has been a good day, Paddingtons quality of life has improved so much! He has been running around and even trying to climb! He doesn't mind the lubricant being applied at all, in fact he seems to be quite enjoying it.
Ebonys weight still isn't up, but she is walking much better and was able to groom herself without falling over. Her back left leg still doesn't move normally but it seems deliberate in an attempt to adapt to her wobbly-ness instead of being uncoordinated.

Some of the canvasses I ordered for the new piggy room arrived too! :)

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Aw Paddington and Ebony look such a perfect match x
The canvasses are lovely too, is that one of Leonard 💙
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw Paddington and Ebony look such a perfect match x
The canvasses are lovely too, is that one of Leonard 💙
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Yes, one of my favourite pictures of him. He can sit on the wall and watch over everyone :)

Picked up the keys today! So I sat and made a rough outline of the cage, it will be split down the middle into 2 squares, one for Paddingtons herd + Clover and the other for the main herd which will have Oliver and Fern going in when neutered. I've yet to mark out where Tilly, Hazel and Finley will go but I'll find somewhere. I've not worked out how many pigs per sq ft this will take so it may take some adjusting if it isnt big enough but my brain doesn't want to do maths 🤣 but its 5x5.5 for one square and 5x6 for the other..I think.

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Eriathwen said:
Yes, one of my favourite pictures of him. He can sit on the wall and watch over everyone :)

Picked up the keys today! So I sat and made a rough outline of the cage, it will be split down the middle into 2 squares, one for Paddingtons herd + Clover and the other for the main herd which will have Oliver and Fern going in when neutered. I've yet to mark out where Tilly, Hazel and Finley will go but I'll find somewhere. I've not worked out how many pigs per sq ft this will take so it may take some adjusting if it isnt big enough but my brain doesn't want to do maths 🤣 but its 5x5.5 for one square and 5x6 for the other..I think.

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Wow what an amazing space, they are going to have such fun in their new home aren’t they 😄 and Leonard watching over them all, how lovely 💙
 
Tomorrow is the day! I unfortunately won't have any Internet for at least a week so won't be able to upload anything of them moving in for a while as I don't get 4G either.. but all the animals are moving over tomorrow and my bed is being delivered. So from then on, I will officially be living in the new house :)
The correx for the cage bases will also be delivered tomorrow so they'll be finished then, but I've got the skeleton sorted for all except Oliver and Finley who will be up on tables in 2x3's until they've been neutered, recovered and had their 6 week wait.

They were so excited to see me when I got home to do their meds, but I've a feeling its because their veggies are late haha

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