Merab's Herd

[Merab]

Death of a Hay House by The Piggies

 

[Merab]

I have no idea why Priscilla chose to be under a nearly flattened hay house.



Job done, hay house flattened



Not even Priscilla could get underneath it now.

 

[Merab]

For the last few days I’ve had a slight concer about one of Phoebe’s eyes.
It wasn’t a haypoke but I knew something was not quite right so today we went to the vet.
At least I was able to go into the reception area and talk face to face with vet.
She took Phoebe into the consultation room to check her over. Their room is very small so it wouldn’t be safe to allow owners in.
The result is that Phoebe has a possible slight infection, there may be a tiny cyst but that’s not certain.
Phoebe now has an eye drop twice a day - Isathal - for a week.
Hopefully that will sort it and she won’t need to go back.

Phoebe hates being caught and she hates being held.
This piggy does not do lap time.
We’re going to have fun.

Vet commented about how beautiful Phoebe is - very true.
She also mentioned that she’s a bit chubby.
I was a bit put out given that her weight has been stable all her adult life, but I did check her heft when we got home and it’s
Good job this vet hasn’t met Micah yet!

 

[PigglePuggle]

For the last few days I’ve had a slight concer about one of Phoebe’s eyes.
It wasn’t a haypoke but I knew something was not quite right so today we went to the vet.
At least I was able to go into the reception area and talk face to face with vet.
She took Phoebe into the consultation room to check her over. Their room is very small so it wouldn’t be safe to allow owners in.
The result is that Phoebe has a possible slight infection, there may be a tiny cyst but that’s not certain.
Phoebe now has an eye drop twice a day - Isathal - for a week.
Hopefully that will sort it and she won’t need to go back.

Phoebe hates being caught and she hates being held.
This piggy does not do lap time.
We’re going to have fun.

Vet commented about how beautiful Phoebe is - very true.
She also mentioned that she’s a bit chubby.
I was a bit put out given that her weight has been stable all her adult life, but I did check her heft when we got home and it’s
Good job this vet hasn’t met Micah yet!

Healing wheeks for Phoebe, hope she is a good girl having her eyedrops and the infection clears up fast! Cheeky vet, Phoebe has a perfect heft, and Micah just like Jezzy is just big boned with a lot of fur x

 

[Merab]

I think sometimes they go just by weight rather than heft.
Given that mine probably get less than 3 tablespoons a day of pellets between them, unlimited hay and sugary veg less than once a week there really is nothing wrong with the diet.

 

[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

Honey pot cosy washed!
Unfortunately the bee came off in the wash

 

[alpacasqueak]

Get well soon beautiful Phoebe! Hope the drops aren’t too stressful for everyone involved! x

 

[piggieminder]

Get well soon Phoebe.
Can you sew the bee back on? It's such a lovely cosy.

 

[Merab]

All piggies weighed and checked today.
All within their normal weight span.
Phoebe is very good about having her eye drop put in, but only after she’s made catching her a challenge.

 

[Siikibam]

Good girl Phoebe. It’s always good not to lull those slaves into a false sense of security

 

[Bill & Ted]

Aw beautiful Phoebe, your not fat! Cheeky vet, give her a little bite next time you see her. Hope Phoebe makes a swift recovery x

 

[Flutterby]

Loving all these beautiful pics!

 

[Merab]

New paper bag yesterday- 2 hours later



Phoebe this morning- If I hide in the bag I won’t have to have my eye drops



Not only did Phoebe have her eye drops, she also had to go to the vet to check her eye. No sign of infection now
However as her lower eye lid has a slight droop which may be a tiny cyst or may be a little fatty deposit I just have to keep an eye on her and go straight back if I’m concerned.
Phoebe was not happy with me and went back into the remnants of the paper bag to hide & sulk.

 

[alpacasqueak]

Glad gorgeous Phoebe’s got no sign of infection now, hope her eye’s ok x

 

[Bill & Ted]

Hope Phoebe’s eye Is alright and eyelid goes back to normal soon x

 

[Merab]

Just a bit of spam because I’m a bit besotted by my gorgeous herd

 

[Betsy]

Good to see Priscilla tucking in !

 

[CocoAndOreo]

Such beautiful and gorgeous piggies!

 

[Merab]

You just can’t get better than a piggy in a paper bag.
By today the bag had been completely turned around and moved about a foot acro the cage

 

[Betsy]

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You just can’t get better than a piggy in a paper bag.
By today the bag had been completely turned around and moved about a foot acro the cage

Priscilla on prescription? Yes please!

On a side note that is a very neat bum trim.

 

[Bill & Ted]

I love Priscilla's gorgeous coat markings such a pretty girl

 

[Merab]

I agree @Bill & Ted , Priscilla is beautiful.
She’s almost like a 2 in 1 piggy but with her it’s the front end and the back end which are completely different.

Thank you for the compliment about her bum trim @Betsy
There’s a fabulous guide to piggy coiffure on the forum - have you seen it?

 

[Merab]

Micah and Phoebe busy destroying the latest hay bag.
Good job my next prescription is due!

 

[Merab]

Spam!

 

[Merab]

The latest paper bag died after 5 days of loving attention from the piggies.
I’m out of paper bags so there’s a newish box.
Just right for pretty, petite Priscilla

 

[Merab]

Update on Phoebe’s eye.
Saturday - the day before we were going on holiday I noticed her eye was weepy, squinty and had some white over it.
My vet couldn’t fit us in so the piggies are now registered with 2 vets. One in Wirral and Battle Flatts in Stamford Bridge (forum recommendation).
We had an appointment for Monday so off we went.
Eye is all better- no sign of the cyst at all.
The Saturday problem could well have been the cyst bursting but her eye is now fully recovered.


Very impressed with Vet Mark - an exotic specialist.
I was grilled about their housing, did they ever go outside? What was their diet?
I think I passed!
I was also very happy that Phoebe had a thorough examination as well as the eye as I mentioned she’d lost 40g in a month.
She appears to be in excellent condition.

 

[Betsy]

I’m out of paper bags

What do you mean you are out of paper bags?!? Call yourself a piggie slave?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Packitsafe...=1&keywords=Paper+bags&qid=1602877495&sr=8-16

 

[Merab]

The lack of paper bags has been remedied at great sacrifice to the slaves who had to go shopping in York just so we could get paper bags.
After just a few hours the first bag had acquired a back door!

 

[PigglePuggle]

We buy 10 inch square old fashioned brown paper green grocer's bags from Amazon or eBay, 100 for about £5- one day I ran out of bags and Ollie had to make do with an A4 brown envelope and he was not impressed! So I obsessively buy his preferred bag type now just as anxiously as I stockpile hay, Ollie cannot possibly ever have a playpen time outing without a bag, he is not a very forgiving pigwig if his bag habit isnt catered for on a twice weekly basis!

 

[Merab]

Phoebe’s weight was down again today so we’re going back to the vets.
She had a thorough check over last week but something is going on.
She first at the food bowl, sits in the hay and munches steadily, popcorns happily and generally behaves as normal- but is losing weight.
She’s been very enthusiastic about the syringe feeding today as I decided it was time to step in with that.




When I put her back I also put the remaining feed in the cage with strict instructions that it was for Phoebe only!