Hannah’s Herd thread!

[Hannah_xx]

Thought I’d do an update on my herd.
Everyone is well. Patrick still has the cloudy pupil in one eye, he has no idea though, he’s as happy as ever so definitely thinking It’s cataracts. He’ll go back to the vet on the 20th for a checkup on his eye. Mary has the vet on the 20th too, to see if her Bladder issues are any better after the 6 weeks antibiotics. In fact I’m going to see if I can take the whole herd to that appointment for checkups. Olive seems a bit quieter than normal, but she has always been a quiet pig so it’s probably just my anxiety talking as she’s happily eating, drinking and weight is ok. However I’m not sure if I can feel some lumps in her armpit.. BUT I can also feel some in Patrick’s armpits too! Hopefully nothing sinister..
Opal has had a few bouts of her runny poops lately but she’s active and happy otherwise.

Here they all are just half an hour ago munching on some grass during floortime..



And some photos from the past week or 2..


Patrick being inpatient..

 

[piggieminder]

Such a gorgeous herd. I hope everything goes well at the vets.

 

[Merab]

So cute.
Herds are such a joy

 

[Rivervixen]

Beautiful herd

 

[Darcey15]

So lovely to see your piggy pics- what a lovely clean cage!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Update time!

I posted in the ‘health and illness’ thread about the whole herd having health checks at the vet today. All is well, Patrick, Olive and Opal all have fatty lumps/cysts But hopefully nothing to worry about. Just to keep an eye on them growing.
Mary still has bladder issues even after 6 weeks of medication but she hasn’t got stones, She is acting fine. so again, just keep an eye on things and see how she goes rather than running the risk of putting her under.
Patrick’s cataract eye is much the same. Just keep up with the drops.

I took some photos of them all today, here they are

Opal and Patrick snoozing after a busy mor


Olive got her turn in the bed after Opal.


There new big hay tray I made them from a large storage box..


Mary and Patrick sharinhay..



And floor time fun..




Percy, the new feathered pig

 

[Winniepeg]

Update time!

I posted in the ‘health and illness’ thread about the whole herd having health checks at the vet today. All is well, Patrick, Olive and Opal all have fatty lumps/cysts But hopefully nothing to worry about. Just to keep an eye on them growing.
Mary still has bladder issues even after 6 weeks of medication but she hasn’t got stones, She is acting fine. so again, just keep an eye on things and see how she goes rather than running the risk of putting her under.
Patrick’s cataract eye is much the same. Just keep up with the drops.

I took some photos of them all today, here they are

Opal and Patrick snoozing after a busy mor
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Olive got her turn in the bed after Opal.
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There new big hay tray I made them from a large storage box..
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Mary and Patrick sharinhay..

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And floor time fun..
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Percy, the new feathered pig
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Percy looks like king of the castle surveying his kingdom

 

[artcasper]

Aww @Hannah_xx lovely photos and nice read your updates

 

[Hannah_xx]

Thanks guys!
I recon that Percy will start wheeking like a pig one day!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Just wanted to add a photo a took of Patrick and Opal looking out of their run yesterday ..


And non-piggie related. Victoria is shutting many places down from tomorrow due to the Virus, which means I have lost my job, for now. At least I can spend time with my animals.

 

[Darcey15]

Just wanted to add a photo a took of Patrick and Opal looking out of their run yesterday ..
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And non-piggie related. Victoria is shutting many places down from tomorrow due to the Virus, which means I have lost my job, for now. At least I can spend time with my animals.
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Lovely pics Hannah.

I'm in a similar boat here as I'm self employed & work is non existent but its not in my control, nor do I have any help....yet but we shall see. Will your employer help you in any way?

Good news is the grass is growing back now so the piggies are delighted!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Lovely pics Hannah.

I'm in a similar boat here as I'm self employed & work is non existent but its not in my control, nor do I have any help....yet but we shall see. Will your employer help you in any way?

Good news is the grass is growing back now so the piggies are delighted!

I work in a small cafe and luckily went on the books a few weeks ago. So hopefully the government will be true to their word and help pay wages while staff aren’t working. I’m lucky that I have a lovely boss who will try her best to keep me financially okay. And thankfully my boyfriend will still be able to go to work, it will be a tight few months but everything will be okay in the end. I could always go and work in a supermarket I guess!

 

[Darcey15]

I work in a small cafe and luckily went on the books a few weeks ago. So hopefully the government will be true to their word and help pay wages while staff aren’t working. I’m lucky that I have a lovely boss who will try her best to keep me financially okay. And thankfully my boyfriend will still be able to go to work, it will be a tight few months but everything will be okay in the end. I could always go and work in a supermarket I guess!

Yes everything will be fine. Good timing on your part getting on the books my challenge is having 2 boys, one of whom is pestering constantly about playing out with his friends...we havent even had a day off school yet good opportunity too to spend extra time with the piggies! X

 

[Hannah_xx]

The herd is doing well! They all seem very content and happy lately, which is just lovely!
They had a lovely afternoon out in the autumn sun today. Meanwhile I was changing their cage around.. I changed their upstairs to the other side..think they were slightly confused when I put them back in as everything was opposite
These photos are from today:


And a few from the past week or so:

Patrick has settled in SO well, I know I’ve had him for a good few months now but I must admit I struggled with the death of Spike and found it hard to accept a new boar. But he has a hilarious character, and I’ve grown to love him ever so much. He’s just utterly fabulous, He’s great with all his girls and he wheeks and stands up on the grids waiting for food all the time. He has so much energy, he power naps before sprinting into action again which usually consists of winding up the girls in the funniest of ways. I think he finds the girls quite boring sometimes as they sleep and be sensible quite often whereas Patrick just wants someone to cause mischief with

Love all my herd so much!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Hello everyone!
Winter is fast approaching here in Victoria won’t be long until the pigs won’t be able to go outside anymore, this week is supposed to be okay weather wise so we will make the most of it!
I could watch my herd all day, they do nothing but make me smile. Everything they do is so cute and the dynamic of the herd is perfect.
I have a feeling Mary is older than I first thought. Maybe she’s about 4, wish I knew.

I’ve got in the habit of picking them grass every morning.. which means I now CANNOT leave the house without a singing choir reminding me of my chore..


Anyway there just random thoughts..

I weighed all the sqwigs tonight, everyone has gained weight which I’m pleased with! Despite Olive and Opal being at a guesstimate of about 2years old they are slowly but surely still gaining weight and are at their heaviest. Yay!



Please excuse Mary’s nails! I can’t believe how quick they’ve grown, she only had them trimmed at the vets a couple of weeks ago! Crazy curly quick growing nails! I will trim them tomorrow!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Here is Mary letting me give her a rare cuddle


And the pretty rainbow out the window yesterday..

 

[Hannah_xx]

The piggums are happy and well.
Here are some recent photos, mostly from today

Patrick waiting on my foot for dinner to be prepared..


Olive having rare lap time a couple of nights ago..



Patrick waiting for a treat..




opal having a snooze..


exploring their clean house this afternoon..



Mary being a blob on her bed with opal being a potato next to her..


Opal hoping for a treat..

 

[Hannah_xx]

The herd having some fun while I clean them out..

Patrick wondering why his hay tray is empty..

 

[Hannah_xx]

Who’s is that little face..


It’s Opal..


Where is Mary?..


And Olive, also playing in the dirty fleeces..

 

[Bill & Ted]

Aw Hannah what a delightful herd you have there, Patrick sounds a real character, I want to pigknap Opal!

 

[anyar.dris]

Patrick's faces in those photos!

 

[Merab]

Soooooooooo cute - every one of your lovely herd

 

[artcasper]

Lovely photos! they are all adorable...

 

[Hannah_xx]

Hi everyone,
The pigs got an afternoon snack of a slither of corn skin each, which they love!
Olive,

Patrick,

Mary,

Opal,

 

[Bill & Ted]

Corn leaves are Ted’s absolute favourite. We grow corn in our allotment and feed the plants to the piggies. Your little herd look like they are enjoying them so much

 

[Betsy]

Corn leaves are Ted’s absolute favourite. We grow corn in our allotment and feed the plants to the piggies. Your little herd look like they are enjoying them so much

That reminds me I have some corn cobs in the fridge I need to give to the piggies tomorrow!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Corn leaves are Ted’s absolute favourite. We grow corn in our allotment and feed the plants to the piggies. Your little herd look like they are enjoying them so much

It’s my lots favourite treat too! I love watching them eat them.. and when someone tries to steal someone else’s and they play tug of war with it

 

[Hannah_xx]

A couple is adorable photos that I took of Mary the other day


And the pigs kept arguing over who was going to sleep in the sleeping bag/snuggle sack.. one cold morning I found 3 pigs in it! They must have been desperate to be that close and squeezed up together! So I just HAD to make another one yesterday..

 

[Hannah_xx]

Hmmm.. any idea what Patrick wants?..

 

[Siikibam]

Ooh Patrick you clever boy