Eriathwens piggies

The rescue I adopted Bella, Pearl and Cherry from (and previously Poppet and Clover) put this up on their website at some point in their 'rehomed' section.

I've read it a couple of times now and had a good cry 😅 Bella is such a lovely girl when she wants to be and its been a privilege to see her settle so quickly and make friends.

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Well done you, you give piggies who have “little behavioural problems“ or classed as “imperfect” just like Bella and Paddington a second chance of a permanent loving home, it must make you very proud x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Well done you, you give piggies who have “little behavioural problems“ or classed as “imperfect” just like Bella and Paddington a second chance of a permanent loving home, it must make you very proud x
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It does, mostly I'm proud of them! They always seem so determined to make the most of their second chance. I'm glad I can offer them the space and time to feel safe enough to be who they are, even if they're a little bit difficult. I mean, aren't we all, sometimes? 😅
 
Eriathwen said:
It does, mostly I'm proud of them! They always seem so determined to make the most of their second chance. I'm glad I can offer them the space and time to feel safe enough to be who they are, even if they're a little bit difficult. I mean, aren't we all, sometimes? 😅
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Absolutely, that’s what makes them so special there individual characters just like humans!
 
So, honorary guinea pig Willow went to the vet today to have his claws trimmed, he's sleeping off his gabapentin after vomiting all over my floors 🤦‍♀️
While I was there I asked if we could try Thistle with a different motility medication, the cisapride just hasn't been helping her as well as it had been, she's had dodgy poops, stringy stasis ones, multicoloured ones, all sorts and her appetite has been up and down. This morning she was just 790g and figured we don't have much to lose at this point.

Anyway, since then after just one dose she's up at 845g! I'm really, really hoping this is the start of a bit of an upwards curve for her, if I could get some time back not having to syringe feed her I'd be able to catch up on sleep 😅 she's much perkier at least.

I figured Willow could make an appearance too bless him, not that he knows about it 😅

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This little one is doing so well, she has spent most of her time laying down the last week or so, it's been a full time job cleaning her feet, drying her saliva, moving and stretching her legs and moving her to different spots in the cage.

Shes actually started standing up! I haven't seen her stand up in the cage for a while now.
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Aw congratulations on your new additions, all little stunners! :luv: That Paddington and Bella pic is so lovely! :luv:
But I may have to come and pinch Pearl, so beautiful! :bal::wub:
So glad amazing Thistle is doing better and moving those liccle legs! :love:
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And Daisy sends some old lady cat love to Willow 😘 She also thinks she’s a pig, hates vets and likes to puke on floors so she’s with you gorgeous! :))

So sorry about your losses recently, they couldn’t have lived with a better mum or gang of piglets and had an amazing life with you :hug:xx
 
alpacasqueak said:
Aw congratulations on your new additions, all little stunners! :luv: That Paddington and Bella pic is so lovely! :luv:
But I may have to come and pinch Pearl, so beautiful! :bal::wub:
So glad amazing Thistle is doing better and moving those liccle legs! :love:
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And Daisy sends some old lady cat love to Willow 😘 She also thinks she’s a pig, hates vets and likes to puke on floors so she’s with you gorgeous! :))

So sorry about your losses recently, they couldn’t have lived with a better mum or gang of piglets and had an amazing life with you :hug:xx
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Aw she's absolutely gorgeous!

Thankyou for the kind words xx

I have even more good news about Thistle, not only is she still up and about, for the first time in a very long time she actually ran!
 
I noticed just as I was going to bed last night that Silver had a weird dark area under his coat.. apparently he has lice! Forrest is totally clear of them as is everyone else, but I guess being more compromised than everyone else, Silver is more susceptible? Either way, they both got a bath. I skipped them when everyone else was done as I didn't think they had them and they're in a completely different room but I guess I was wrong, they were just hiding.

Forrest has an appointment next week to check his eye, he's got a weird white floaty inside his pupil, if he did have any minor sight in that eye, sadly I don't think he does anymore.

He isnt letting it bother him though, same cheeky, noisy little bugger he always is luckily!

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Eriathwen said:
I noticed just as I was going to bed last night that Silver had a weird dark area under his coat.. apparently he has lice! Forrest is totally clear of them as is everyone else, but I guess being more compromised than everyone else, Silver is more susceptible? Either way, they both got a bath. I skipped them when everyone else was done as I didn't think they had them and they're in a completely different room but I guess I was wrong, they were just hiding.

Forrest has an appointment next week to check his eye, he's got a weird white floaty inside his pupil, if he did have any minor sight in that eye, sadly I don't think he does anymore.

He isnt letting it bother him though, same cheeky, noisy little bugger he always is luckily!

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Aw poor little man, that little face 😍
 
Thistle has been feeling very cuddly lately, it's become difficult to keep weight on her again and her drooling has got worse. But she is still quite full of beans. It's taking a good 2-2.5 hours to get 25ml of critical care into her now, ive ordered her some dual care pellets to see if that helps.

I sat and worked it out today..this is the 17th week of syringe feeding her, and prior to that Silver and Forrest were being syringe fed since August..so no wonder I'm tired! 😅

I just wish it was making her better, poor little sausage.

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Thankyou guys 🥲 theyre so worth it though!
Thistle has been very sleepy, although she's starting to perk back up (helped along by a piece of melon earlier 😅) I've swapped her critical care to half fine grind and half dual care pellets and she seems much more enthusiastic about food bless her. I've ordered more ointment for her feet as all the drooling is causing the skin to peel on one of them, trying to keep her clean, dry and warm is a full time job at the moment but she's so happy still, she had a great time earlier diving into the hay piles 🤣

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Well the next 28 days is going to be fun! After taking Forrest and Tilly to the vet, all 23 piggies are going to have a course of panacur. Forrest had some discolouration to his right eye that I couldn't really explain, turns out he has some bleeding and scarring which could be trauma, a tumour or E.cuniculi.
And of course we already know Tilly has E.cuniculi but she's been having issues with her back legs. Once the panacur is finished she will be put on metacam in case of arthritis.

What with Pumpkin having a bit of a blip the other month and a couple others with e.cuniculi that we know of, it just seems the best thing to do for them at the moment!

What was nice though was being blind and deaf, Forrest and Silver don't really hide while in the carrier and were quite the hit with some of the people in the waiting room and Pets at Home 🤣 one little girl asked her Mum if they could get some guinea pigs 🤦‍♀️ it made a nice change from hearing people pity them or say they should be pts!

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Thistle had a really bad weekend bless her, yesterday was a little better but I had decided to give her this week to see how she went.. if she was no better I would make the decision to let her go.
Clearly she had been listening as I went up to get her out for her syringe feed just now and she came racing over to me to be picked up, she has stopped drooling and is currently finishing off some coriander between mouthfuls of her critical care! Shes such a little fighter, I'm sure she's determined to decide for herself when it's time.

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Aw clever girl Thistle, she is such a fighter and still has a zest for life, long it may continue 😊
How can people get so cruel saying that, some people are so heartless, every being deserves to live their best life despite their disabilities humans and animals x
 
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