Eriathwens piggies

Sending love to Thistle and hope nothing much is the matter. I've always thought she is such a darling.
 
We didn't get the best news for Thistle today unfortunately, the possibility of it being cushings is back, or kidney or liver issues..we aren't sure. Honestly, putting her through all the testing when even if we did get a result, it would not lead to any treatment to make her better, seems unkind.
For the sake of doing something, shes on metacam, baytril and cisipride.
On the plus side her teeth are absolutely fine, as I'd already seen but it's nice to have it confirmed by someone who knows what they're doing.
I'm pretty gutted to be honest, bless her she had such a naff start to life, I had hoped to give her lots of happy years.

On the total flip side, Silver and Forrest are doing well, Silvers going in Friday to have his tooth burred again. They have really made me smile this evening, they have such a lovely bond.

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Sorry the news about Thistle isn’t better.
Even if her life isn’t as long as you would hope you know that you will have given her a second chance and all she will remember is wonderful todays.
Holding you in my heart
 
Sorry there was no good news for sweet Thistle. I know you will give her the best possible life for however long she has left. You have done so much already, I remember the state she was in when she first came to you.

And those little boars are adorable!
 
I’m sorry the news wasn’t better. You are giving Thistle the best life ever. Unfortunately we can’t fix everything. I hope she had lots more happy today's with you. You are doing all you can.

Loving he two cheeky rascals. Gorgeous.
 
So sorry it wasn’t better news about gorgeous Thistle, hope you have lots more happy time together ❤️ Glad her teeth are looking good x

The boys are such little stunners, hope Silver’s teeth burring goes well. They’re such a sweet little couple :luv:
 
Thistles been doing surprisingly well since being put on medication, shes gained almost 50g at least and has started to poop well and eat a little better. Pleasantly surprised.

The little boys went to the vet today, Silver had his tooth burred and I was shown how to do it myself, so I can go out and get a dremel and save him the trips in every month. I can do it more frequently at home and remove the risk of him catching it on the bars and snapping it off/damaging the root.
From what I can see so far, he is eating well by himself as it was only the wonky tooth done today, his other one didn't need doing again :)
They've gained about 25% of their own body weight which he seemed pretty pleased with, apparently he wondered what I'd got myself into 🤣 they're nowhere near as fragile as they had been. It's been a lot of work but once they've finished growing they shouldn't need nearly as much extra feeding.

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So glad it’s better news for Thistle, glad she has picked up.

I remember Simon Maddock saying that he placed his finger nail (finger) behind the incisors when he was filing as he then knew once the drill had got very close to getting through it protects the piggies mouth and would touch his nail not the piggie. He instinctively knew when he was a hairs breath from going too far as he has done it so many times. I think there quite an art to it, good luck 🤞
 
Hope it goes well, definitely a great plan to save all the stressful trips having to go so often, you’re very brave! So pleased they’re both gaining so well too! 🐷:love:
And go Thistle! :luv:
 
Thankyou! Hopefully he will forgive me for doing it 😅 but I'm sure it'll become as routine as nail trims eventually. I'm just glad he's deaf so the noise won't upset him at least.

Thistle is continuing to do well, I've begun reducing her syringe feeds and I'm hopeful in a few days she can come out of her hospital pen and back with friends.
The boys are getting their 1am feed in a bowl now, I'm hoping eventually all their critical care feeds can be done this way so I can get a bit more sleep and time to do other things. I will miss all the nap times after though 🤣 I should have done veggies an hour ago but I cant bear to move them so here I am until they wake up.
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eileen said:
I'm in awe of how much you do for your guinea pigs.ive 15,most are healthy,i find that is enough work.thanks for giving these piggies a great home,and start from some of the neglect some of your piggies have started with.
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Thankyou, that's very kind of you to say. Honestly, it's a pleasure to do and I consider myself very lucky to get to have them all in my life. They give me far more than I give them :)
 
Theyre absolutely fearless little boys bless them. Bags of confidence 😅

Also, look whose doing well! She's moved out of her hospital pen today to see her friends. I'll be putting her back for a while to make sure she eats her pellets but she's getting there! She was very happy to be back bless her.

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Oh and a few of the boys, I thought I'd already shared these but seems not! 😅

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Bill & Ted said:
Aw, good to see Thistle back with her friends 😊
Aw Silver and Forest, you are both adorable 🥰 How many front tee have they got between them?
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Moment of truth for Thistle in a little bit, time to weigh her is coming up. I'm expecting a small loss as she's had more space and friends to run around with again, but hopefully not too much.

Surprisingly they're only missing 1 tooth between them! Although Forrests top ones are so small and malformed it's like one tooth split into two.

My Piggies said:
I can't believe I missed this thread! Your piggies are absolutely gorgeous 😍
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Aw thankyou! 😅
 
Eriathwen said:
Moment of truth for Thistle in a little bit, time to weigh her is coming up. I'm expecting a small loss as she's had more space and friends to run around with again, but hopefully not too much.

Surprisingly they're only missing 1 tooth between them! Although Forrests top ones are so small and malformed it's like one tooth split into two.



Aw thankyou! 😅
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Thistle will certainly be happy back with her friends now. yes the top one almost s looks like one teeth, poor lads it doesn’t seem to get them down though, they are enjoying their very best life with you x
 
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