Merab's Herd

[Merab]

Just bring the bag @Betsy - the piggies will love you forever

 

[Betsy]

Just bring the bag @Betsy - the piggies will love you forever

And you'll love me forever if I bring something from Hotel Chocolat in it!

 

[Merab]

And you'll love me forever if I bring something from Hotel Chocolat in it!

Here’s the order:
70% dark choc slabs - plain, mint and orange
70% chocolate batons
Ginger Puddles - 70%
Box of dark Hot Chocolate drink
Tub of Orange Tangs

I’m sure I’ve missed something but I can always let you know before you come

 

[BoredBellaaa]

We are now just over 2 weeks into the newly formed herd and they have really settled well.
Phoebe is still skittish but getting better. She loves everypig.
Merab is just getting on with being Merab.
Priscilla and Jemimah have sorted themselves out and look as if they’re becoming good friends.
Today, for the first time, Priscilla came out of the cage by herself and happily explored further afield. She and Jemimah trotted around together part of the time. She’s learning from Jemimah and giving Jemimah the active companionship she’s been missing since Keziah died.
We’ve had 2 noticeable seasons which was fun.
I love my little herd.

Wow! So much cuteness in one place. Amazing herd! Merab is especially a little character!

 

[Merab]

Wow! So much cuteness in one place. Amazing herd! Merab is especially a little character!

Thank you.
The herd has changed a bit since first formed 2 years ago.
Merab died a few months later - she was over 5 but had nasty cysts and didn’t survive surgery.
Micah - a rescued boar joined the 3 girls last year and I sadly lost Jemimah in June.



Priscilla and Phoebe. Micah

I think they’re cute and a lot of fun.

This afternoon Micah was determined to share the fleece house with Priscilla - she was having none of it and protested loudly.
A few minutes later I looked again - I have no idea how the pee pad from the house ended up half way down the cage!

 

[BoredBellaaa]

Thank you.
The herd has changed a bit since first formed 2 years ago.
Merab died a few months later - she was over 5 but had nasty cysts and didn’t survive surgery.
Micah - a rescued boar joined the 3 girls last year and I sadly lost Jemimah in June.

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Priscilla and Phoebe. Micah

I think they’re cute and a lot of fun.

This afternoon Micah was determined to share the fleece house with Priscilla - she was having none of it and protested loudly.
A few minutes later I looked again - I have no idea how the pee pad from the house ended up half way down the cage!

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Awww! Adorable piggies! I’m sorry about the loss of Merab and Jemimah. They were very loved and well cared for!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Well if Micah couldn’t get in then he decided to steal the pee pad instead!

 

[Merab]

Finally - time to do a deep clean.
Phoebe and Micah were determined to destroy the hay bag completely



Priscilla just waiting until it was all done


Home again - their patience rewarded with a nice bowl of veggies



Time for a nap in the nice new fleece house




All piggies in good health - all have put on a bit of weight since the last time. Nails need trimming - must tell Daddy Slave the good news!

 

[Betsy]

Loving the honey pot house! Where did you find that?

 

[Merab]

The honey house came from Amazon.
I’d ordered some headphones to make Zoom meetings easier and if I spent another £1 I would get free postage.
So I saw this and decided the piggies needed it - even though it cost more than the postage I was saving

@PigglePuggle would you believe that Micah is now 1480g ?
That pathetic little scrap has come a long way in a year

 

[Betsy]

So I saw this and decided the piggies needed it - even though it cost more than the postage I was saving

Quite rightly so! I may just have to get one for when we get back off holiday and I pick my piggies up from their 3 week holiday.

 

[PigglePuggle]

The honey house came from Amazon.
I’d ordered some headphones to make Zoom meetings easier and if I spent another £1 I would get free postage.
So I saw this and decided the piggies needed it - even though it cost more than the postage I was saving

@PigglePuggle would you believe that Micah is now 1480g ?
That pathetic little scrap has come a long way in a year

Aw such a lot of handsome floof! I will tell Jezzy, she will send him floofy coriander kisses

 

[Merab]

Aw such a lot of handsome floof! I will tell Jezzy, she will send him floofy coriander kisses

Micah would like to come over and reciprocate please

 

[alpacasqueak]

@PigglePuggle would you believe that Micah is now 1480g ?
That pathetic little scrap has come a long way in a year

Wow! And I thought Luigi was a porky pig! Even he was (only!) 1385g at his weigh in on Saturday! More to love I say gorgeous Micah!

 

[Hannah_xx]

Such a lovely herd

 

[Merab]

Wow! And I thought Luigi was a porky pig! Even he was (only!) 1385g at his weigh in on Saturday! More to love I say gorgeous Micah!

Micah just never stops eating!
I think it might stem from when he was a bullied baby and probably chased away from the food by others, then he was separated and kept alone in a small cage, labelled as unable to live with other guinea pigs.
Certainly since he’s lived here he hasn’t stopped eating or growing.

 

[Merab]

Sharing the hay nicely

 

[Siikibam]

Micah just never stops eating!
I think it might stem from when he was a bullied baby and probably chased away from the food by others, then he was separated and kept alone in a small cage, labelled as unable to live with other guinea pigs.
Certainly since he’s lived here he hasn’t stopped eating or growing.

He’s making up for the lost time in eating. Poor boy, but he found his right spot with you

 

[Bill & Ted]

Micah you turned from little scrap to such a handsome prince!

 

[VickiA]

Oh Micah has really blossomed into such a chunky hunky husboar. And I am LOVING the new honeypot hidey. I may have to go Amazon snooping.

 

[Merab]

The Hotel Chocolat hay bag went to its final rest on Monday and the piggies had a new bag.



It hasn’t taken long!

 

[Merab]

Who can resist piggies playing in the hay.

How to fool a piggy:
I often find them with paws on an empty pellet dish looking starved and pleading for more. Simple solution- move the pellets from the other bowl into the empty one. Piggies think I’ve given in and given them extra pellets!

 

[Betsy]

Very sneaky!

 

[VickiA]

Ingenious

 

[Rivervixen]

I also LOVE the honey pot hidey, where did you find it? Looks like an ozzy nap area to me

 

[Bill & Ted]

It’s a lovely cozy!

 

[Merab]

Honeypot cosy came from Amazon.
Piggies love it - after a few days of piggy love it really needs a close encounter with the washing machine

 

[Merab]

Phoebe Looking as beautiful as ever

A Micah puddle

Priscilla showing off her crazy colouring. Black and white front end with cream and very pale cream back end. With her summer fur do you can see the difference so clearly. Micah just had to get his nose in!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Priscilla has the most amazing colours very unusual x

 

[Merab]

Nail trims today. Out of 42 nails we only had one that needed the cornflour treatment.
Not bad as Phoebe is a gold medal wriggler who hates being held for any reason.
Priscilla, usually a real diva, was a little star today.



Back in the cage, waiting for the deep clean to be finished