Eriathwens piggies

Thankyou all, its a lot less raw today and its a big comfort how she went so suddenly after being so well.
I'm still so sleep deprived though, while I was getting ready to head off to the crematorium to drop her off I looked out the window and thought I'd better go pick her some grass to eat on the way 🤦‍♀️

Sorted appointments for 2 of the new pigs while I was out, cancelled Daisys appointment for the 11th and let them know she had passed away. So thats all the horrible bits done now..she will be home again on Friday.
 
Take care of yourself, such a sad time but Daisy had a wonderful life with you and her friends x
 
Daisy came home today, she is now sat on the shelf beside Bramble.
Veg time is so much quieter now, she was such a big personality her loss makes even a group of 19 seem quiet 🤦‍♀️ luckily Foghorn Forrest is making up for it in the other room!

I will be picking up the 3 new ladies on the 1st, so that's something to look forward to. I'm still not 100% on names, but I'm sure they'll let me know when they're here. Setting up a quarantine area will be a welcome distraction for the next few days.
 
Bill & Ted said:
Glad Daisy has come home, the 3 new girls will be a welcome distraction, you will miss her so much x
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I really do, I keep looking for her in the groups and panicking I've put her in the wrong cage when I cant see her. It just feels unreal, even when she was gone, she just looked asleep. I've taken her meds up a few times too before realising she isnt there to have them. It's going to take a long time to adjust to her being gone I think, there will never be another like her.
 
The boys are doing well, I have removed their evening bowl of critical care and they have continued to thrive. They are now living totally independently of help from me! They are still little miniatures at only 600g but even with round the clock syringe feeding that wasn't changing so I guess they will just stay small. Silver has decided his favourite place to nap is the back corner behind the hay pigs bed so I dont often see him sleeping anymore but Forrest will nap anywhere lol


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Had Tilly out for a cuddle, she peed on 100% of the people in the house 🤣 which is only 2 but that's still quite an achievement for such a little animal lol
She also got into the position in the last picture herself if you can believe it, I dont think she has any concept of comfort because how on earth is that remotely comfortable? 😅

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Oh Tilly, you can’t be comfy like that, funny little piggie 😆
The boys are doing so well, it’s lovely to see them so healthy and independent. Sending hugs Daisy has left a huge whole in your heart, take time to grieve her x
 
So I've been speaking to a friend of a friend who is a mobile vet and using Thistles urine we have ruled out diabetes, my next train of thought is maybe hyperthyroidism? I don't remember that being mentioned during any vet visits but I could be wrong, honestly I've been so tired since August I'm not sure of my own name sometimes 🤣 but I'll probably bring it up with my vet at some point, I mean, if she has a lump or something in her chest it seems possible? I just don't know where the lump is, I never saw the xrays.

Also, today is the day! I'm just setting up quarantine space because I've been putting it off, I get a bit superstitious about setting up too soon for new pigs 😅 but we collect them at 1:30
 
We're home! They're quite skittish after the drive and all 3 have little patches of fungal but nothing a bit of cream won't fix. They are all absolutely gorgeous. The blind girl definitely isn't a lethal, both sisters are lilac himilayan types, except the lilac areas are also marbled over their entire bodies.
We have settled (for now 🤣) on the names Pearl and Cherry.

We have decided to, for now, keep the rescue name for the 3rd, who is Bella, until we decide if we want to keep or change it permenantly. I almost lost Bella down the back of the sofa while doing her health check 🤦‍♀️ little bags of character would be the best way to describe them.

I'll have to remember to tell my vet they'll probably take a flying leap off the table when they go for their appointments although as Pearl is definitely not a lethal, she doesn't really need to go, I may take Forrest instead as his teeth aren't cooperating as well as they have been.

Anyway, here they are!

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Oh what a delightful trio 😍aren’t they gorgeous! Hope they settle soon, lucky little ladies, they’ve found you x
 
So, I made the decision to remove Bella from quarantine and place her into Paddingtons herd, her fungal looks like it was just dry skin as today it has gone, but I will continue treatment to be safe.

She really wasn't doing very well on her own and couldn't go in with the 2 sisters due to her behavioural issues. She has been in the herd for a couple of hours now, said hello to everyone and things are quiet and settled. They've had some forage..some decided to wear more than they ate 🙄 but so far so good.

The 2 sisters are extremely scared today, their fungal patches are also already almost non existant which makes me think its all just dry skin rather than fungal but again, they'll get 2 weeks treatment just to be safe, plus they could do with the human interaction!

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Beautiful Bella has been accepted into the herd with very minimal fuss, not bad for one with behavioural issues!
The 2 sisters have learned where the food comes from..I managed to get a bike of them wheeking! Excuse the terrible camera skills, I was trying not to bump the bars and frighten little Pearl while dropping food through the top 😅

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Oh super news, so glad Bella has been accepted into Paddingtons herd. Gorgeous little sisters, they are settling well x
 
Making progress with Pearl this evening, I've been sat talking to them both every time I go upstairs and throw a couple of pellets into the cage. She decided to come up to the front to take one for herself! She did her first popcorn earlier today, and Cherry is feeling comfortable enough to start moving under the hay while I'm sat there talking. Baby steps but being only day 2, I'm happy with how they're doing!

 
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