Eriathwens piggies

Today was cleaning day so that meant at least 20 extra minutes taking pictures 😅 Thistle is doing so well, no relapses at all so far *touch wood* and finished her antibiotics etc yesterday. She's very much enjoying being back with her friends and they're so happy to have her back as well, especially Ebony and Coco.

So just a little photo dump of some of the piggies! Seeing as I've been a little heavy on the Forrest and Silver pictures lately 🤣

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Eriathwen said:
Today was cleaning day so that meant at least 20 extra minutes taking pictures 😅 Thistle is doing so well, no relapses at all so far *touch wood* and finished her antibiotics etc yesterday. She's very much enjoying being back with her friends and they're so happy to have her back as well, especially Ebony and Coco.

So just a little photo dump of some of the piggies! Seeing as I've been a little heavy on the Forrest and Silver pictures lately 🤣

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Oh lovely photos, I can never quite get enough of Silver and Forest 😆 Glad Thistle is doing so well x
 
I must admit, as much as I adore them both, I cant wait until they're all grown up and can maintain their weight themselves 😅 the stubborn fool in me didn't take my vets opinion on board that my rate of syringe feeding is unsustainable, its starting to catch up with me however. Although it probably doesn't help that Thistle is also currently being syringe fed! As long as I can get them to nice chunky adults and give them the absolute best chance of living long, healthy lives, it'll all be worth it in the end :)

Truth be told, just sitting and watching how happy and relaxed they already are, already makes it all worth it.

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My heart just melts seeing those two. Wish I could give you a break from the relentless syringe feeds! Hope the end of having 3 piggies needing syringe fed comes around soon.
 
Seriously though you deserve a medal, syringe feeding piggies long term is exhausting and emotionally draining. hang in there though, they are doing so well under your care.
Can they eat at all from a bowl like oats or mushed pellets/critical care
 
Bill & Ted said:
Seriously though you deserve a medal, syringe feeding piggies long term is exhausting and emotionally draining. hang in there though, they are doing so well under your care.
Can they eat at all from a bowl like oats or mushed pellets/critical care
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Their bags are packed, whose first? 🤣🤣

Thankyou, I appreciate the kind words. Outside of the guinea pig world, what I do is often seen as not worth doing and it certainly becomes a little demoralising how little value people place on their lives :(

They can definitely eat from a bowl, but they pick and choose what, when and how much and end up losing weight. I tried to replace their pre bedtime feed with a bowl but they won't touch it for some reason! Has to be from a syringe haha

They will happily eat oats and their pellets from a bowl though so that's something. At the moment they get dual care pellets, a probiotic pellet and some broken up burgess pellets each night and they get through a whole bowl in 24 hours.

Ive been thinking about trying to mix the fine grind very thickly and roll it into balls to try to trick them into thinking they're pellets 🤣 but it's getting expensive so 8m reluctant to waste any lol I've got some of the intensive care emeraid coming this week, I'm hoping that will give them a good boost as well and maybe something they'll be happy to take from a bowl but we will see 😅 it took a while for Silver to even approach a bowl, for some reason he was scared of it to start with.
 
It doesn’t matter what other people think about what you do.
Every life is unique and special - even if that life is a furry poop machine!
You make a very real difference to every piggy in your care.
If others can’t see the value in what you do then it says more about their values and view of life.
To the piggies you make a difference and that’s all that’s important.
 
Just had to drop in and share these pictures of the boys 😅 I cant get over how trusting they are, all things considered. They're gaining weight well and Silver has gone to 12 hourly syringe feeds from 4 and Forrest is on 6-8 hourly feeds depending on how his weight is.
I trimmed Silvers tooth for the first time myself yesterday and he didn't bat an eye, so that's a relief!

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Daisy had an appointment today, she got some good and bad news, my vet actually seemed surprised she was still alive 😅

The good news is her mammary lumps are no bigger and even seem to have got a little smaller. The cancer also hasn't spread further.
The lump in her abdomen however has grown a little bigger and seems to be making her uncomfortable. She's now on metacam.
Shes lost some weight, but she is still very much herself and eating well. I'm hopeful we can continue to keep her comfortable for a while yet, shes a little fighter bless her.

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Eriathwen said:
Daisy had an appointment today, she got some good and bad news, my vet actually seemed surprised she was still alive 😅

The good news is her mammary lumps are no bigger and even seem to have got a little smaller. The cancer also hasn't spread further.
The lump in her abdomen however has grown a little bigger and seems to be making her uncomfortable. She's now on metacam.
Shes lost some weight, but she is still very much herself and eating well. I'm hopeful we can continue to keep her comfortable for a while yet, shes a little fighter bless her.

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Aw I hope Daisy has plently of happy times left with you and her herd x
 
I'm going to be creating a little OAP herd today with Gus, Daisy, Thistle and Ebony so fingers crossed it works out. The decline in Daisy seemed to have happened after removing her from the herd to go with Gus, I think she's a little lonely even though everyone is right next door. They're a bit too energetic for her now though so I didn't want to leave her for Oliver to keep knocking over incase she got injured. Hopefully some new friends help cheer her up a bit. It also means all the pigs I have who are struggling to gain or maintain weight are in the same group, so feeding extra bulking foods will be easier, with no one getting shoved out the way by young, healthy piggies.

Wish us luck!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, amazing, can I send my lot round to you to bond 😆 life would be so much easier with 4 in one cage 🙄
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I wish I could bottle and sell whatever it is that makes my lot so easy to bond 🤣

All 4 have perked up no end, which was the intention. They've had their veg, which was a very amiable affair, apart from Ebony stealing a few pieces from the others 😂 but not a single bad word between them at all.

I'll be taking down all their weights tomorrow, and will see how they are each week, hopefully there should be some improvement this time next month! All 4 could do with a good extra 100g on them at the very least.


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Eriathwen said:
I wish I could bottle and sell whatever it is that makes my lot so easy to bond 🤣

All 4 have perked up no end, which was the intention. They've had their veg, which was a very amiable affair, apart from Ebony stealing a few pieces from the others 😂 but not a single bad word between them at all.

I'll be taking down all their weights tomorrow, and will see how they are each week, hopefully there should be some improvement this time next month! All 4 could do with a good extra 100g on them at the very least.


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Yes, please put me down for a bottle of your special bonding magic too! 🙄😁
 
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