German baked goods aka Knäckebrot und Co KG GmbH

Reiswaffel joined us for dinner today. Someone is getting more and more confident with each passing hour. Seems like the heirachy has been established.

Knäckebrot thinks he's in charge, Pfannkuchen knows she's in charge and Reiswaffel is Pfannkuchens sergeant at arms.

It's so lovely to see them all bonding and getting along finally. PXL_20240312_170508191.webpPXL_20240312_170555425.PORTRAIT.webpPXL_20240312_170618129.PORTRAIT.webpPXL_20240312_170745336.MP.webpPXL_20240312_170755060.MP.webpPXL_20240312_170802267.MP.webp
 
The gang have settled in nicely now. Reiswaffel was in heat on Friday evening, luckily the kids were all sleeping so I avoided being asked a million times what was going on with Reiswaffel and why was Knäckebrot climbing on her.

Today the gang had treat time from the 3 assistant slaves supervised by head slave.

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We at the German Baked Goods company are excited to announce that a new item will be appearing on our menu as of this evening:

Pumpernickel will officially join the gang this evening at 1730EST.
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I don't know much about her at present except for she was part of a huge group rescued yesterday. The Rescue station put out an urgent call on Facebook this afternoon as they rescued 10 sows and a few boars and don't have the capacity to care for them all, especially as they are taking in a few boarding guests this week too.

We are very much looking forward to this new menu addition and hope that she is as deliciously beautiful as our other menu participants.
 
Meerschweinchen_Blackforest said:
We at the German Baked Goods company are excited to announce that a new item will be appearing on our menu as of this evening:

Pumpernickel will officially join the gang this evening at 1730EST.
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I don't know much about her at present except for she was part of a huge group rescued yesterday. The Rescue station put out an urgent call on Facebook this afternoon as they rescued 10 sows and a few boars and don't have the capacity to care for them all, especially as they are taking in a few boarding guests this week too.

We are very much looking forward to this new menu addition and hope that she is as deliciously beautiful as our other menu participants.
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Hi

Please make sure that you put in her quarantine for 2-3 weeks (or until any necessary treatment for transmittable problems has finished) and on a 10 weeks pregnancy watch.

We have got a pregnancy/mother and baby care section where we provide ongoing practical and moreal support for members with pet shop pregnancies, private rescue intakes, mis-sexed piggies or surprise babies. It is only visible to registered members who have accepted our strictly no intentional breeding forum rules.
You may want to open an ongoing support thread there. The section is closely monitored by me and some experienced rescue fosterers. We have got extensive practical guides on all related aspects which have been specifically written for members without experience.

You may also want to open an ongoing support thread for Pumpernickel in our health/Illness section so we can support her during her quarantine and any necessary treatment during that time with practical tips.
@Wheekallweek and @VickiA have both ample first hand rescue/fostering experience (Notstellenpraxis) with neglected and pregnant piggies.
New piggy problems: URI - ringworm - skin parasites

On this forum we can let each support thread run for as long as needed but we have found that is much more efficient to keep it to one thread per case in both the closely monitored Illness and Pregnancy/Babies for best personalised support as this way all information is kept together an easily available so we can refresh our memory; especially after a bit of a time lapse and you are not having to repeat the background info or get the same standard advice yet again. ;)
 
Wiebke said:
Hi

Please make sure that you put in her quarantine for 2-3 weeks (or until any necessary treatment for transmittable problems has finished) and on a 10 weeks pregnancy watch.

We have got a pregnancy/mother and baby care section where we provide ongoing practical and moreal support for members with pet shop pregnancies, private rescue intakes, mis-sexed piggies or surprise babies. It is only visible to registered members who have accepted our strictly no intentional breeding forum rules.
You may want to open an ongoing support thread there. The section is closely monitored by me and some experienced rescue fosterers. We have got extensive practical guides on all related aspects which have been specifically written for members without experience.

You may also want to open an ongoing support thread for Pumpernickel in our health/Illness section so we can support her during her quarantine and any necessary treatment during that time with practical tips.
@Wheekallweek and @VickiA have both ample first hand rescue/fostering experience (Notstellenpraxis) with neglected and pregnant piggies.
New piggy problems: URI - ringworm - skin parasites

On this forum we can let each support thread run for as long as needed but we have found that is much more efficient to keep it to one thread per case in both the closely monitored Illness and Pregnancy/Babies for best personalised support as this way all information is kept together an easily available so we can refresh our memory; especially after a bit of a time lapse and you are not having to repeat the background info or get the same standard advice yet again. ;)
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Thanks Wiebke. She will be going into Quarantine straight away as you have stated. I think I have read through 90% of the care guides on the forum so I now have a pretty good idea of what we are getting ourselves into.

I'll be keeping a very close eye on her over the coming weeks, more so than with the other 3 (as they were at the rescue for quite a while and had finished all of their treatments).

I had hoped that we could wait a while before taking another one on but they were in such an emergency to get them all taken care of that we had to step up. Luckily I have the extra space. I'll be sure to open up new threads if I have any difficulties with her.

Thank you so much for the invaluable advice. It has been a great help so far.
 
Meerschweinchen_Blackforest said:
Thanks Wiebke. She will be going into Quarantine straight away as you have stated. I think I have read through 90% of the care guides on the forum so I now have a pretty good idea of what we are getting ourselves into.

I'll be keeping a very close eye on her over the coming weeks, more so than with the other 3 (as they were at the rescue for quite a while and had finished all of their treatments).

I had hoped that we could wait a while before taking another one on but they were in such an emergency to get them all taken care of that we had to step up. Luckily I have the extra space. I'll be sure to open up new threads if I have any difficulties with her.

Thank you so much for the invaluable advice. It has been a great help so far.
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PS: We are here for any practical questions whenever needed; brand names my of course differ . You can always spot the official section monitors by the badge in their signature.
 
Thank you for rescuing her.
Can you please post how to say meerschweinchen phonetically 😁
 
It's a bit like Mear (rhymes a bit like the animal bear) - shvine (rhymes with swine and is the same Saxon word) - khen (rhymes with hen, only that the aspiration is against the top of the palate with a slightly raised tongue to create the soft German ch sound; the hard German ch sits at the top of the throat in high German and right down in the throat in Swiss dialect; as a Swiss you won't have any trouble with the Welsh or Scottish ch! :))

'Sea-pig-kin' (or 'little pig from over the sea')
 
Wiebke said:
It's a bit like Mear (rhymes a bit like the animal bear) - shvine (rhymes with swine and is the same Saxon word) - khen (rhymes with hen, only that the aspiration is against the top of the palate with a slightly raised tongue to create the soft German ch sound; the hard German ch sits at the top of the throat in high German and right down in the throat in Swiss dialect; as a Swiss you won't have any trouble with the Welsh or Scottish ch! :))

'Sea-pig-kin' (or 'little pig from over the sea')
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I tried typing out something similar but I was stuck on the pronunciation from Schwein. I considered using Welsh analogies as a Welsh man but even then sometimes English natives have issues. Your explanation is fantastic
 
Wiebke said:
It's a bit like Mear (rhymes a bit like the animal bear) - shvine (rhymes with swine and is the same Saxon word) - khen (rhymes with hen, only that the aspiration is against the top of the palate with a slightly raised tongue to create the soft German ch sound; the hard German ch sits at the top of the throat in high German and right down in the throat in Swiss dialect; as a Swiss you won't have any trouble with the Welsh or Scottish ch! :))

'Sea-pig-kin' (or 'little pig from over the sea')
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...I'm having memories of trying to explain the pronunciation of Ahoghill and realising my accent is more of a hindrance than I remember :)) oh well, I love a chance to learn.
 
Lorcan said:
...I'm having memories of trying to explain the pronunciation of Ahoghill and realising my accent is more of a hindrance than I remember :)) oh well, I love a chance to learn.
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I capitulate with Irish! It's like playing lottery - fish out the right vowel, guess how to pronounce the consonants blindfolded only to discover that that particular part of the word is just a verbal road sign left standing after the road has been straightened in order to confuse any foreigners trying to read a map and get somewhere that is not a bog in the middle of nowhere...

My guess is that about three letters from that place are actually spoken?
 
fluffysal said:
And some of the Irish names that look NOTHING like they sound!
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Ciara, Aoife, Oisín, Padhraig, Niamh, Siobhan, Maire, Sinéad, Caoimhe, Áine... :))

Wiebke said:
My guess is that about three letters from that place are actually spoken?
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For once, it's not that bad. You've got: A, then hu, then ill. In the middle of those last two you've got a heavily gutteral ch sound that also affects the last syllable. Closest I can explain without saying it is "Ahawchill" with a ch like Loch.

The ch in Loch works like a gh in Irish - Strangford Lough, Lough Neagh. Same word, I don't know where the spelling diverged.
 
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And some of the Irish names that look NOTHING like they sound!
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Agoghill sounds a bit like the quick test whether you can speak Swiss dialect or not, @Lorcan - if you can pronounce Chuchichaestli (little kitchen cupboard) as far down the throat as you can without getting a coughing fit, you're in. :)


Try to navigate in Ireland with only a very general road map and a dyslexic sign reader in the days before satnav. I can assure you that the scenic route is occasionally getting very scenic indeed! Especially when it suddenly runs out and there are only some sheep two miles or so back at the end of the previous wrong turn that you can ask for directions...

With Welsh you have at least the choice between Llanreadable, Llanunpronounceable or Llanfartoolongtofigureitout but there are usually not enough roads and too many mountains to give you a fighting chance at getting really badly lost outside of Snowdonia.
 
Pumpernickel is doing well. She came to us with Lice which the rescue hadn't noticed. So she's been treated on Monday with a Spot on treatment from the vet, who has also given her a clean bill of health so she's slowly being introduced to the rest of the Clan, no actual contact yet though.

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I've had some more information about her but unfortunately not a lot. She was kept outdoors all year which is tragic, especially as this winter we hit - 25°C some nights.

As the others have settled into life with us so well, Knäckebrot and Pfannkuchen had a bit of exploring time today.

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