Merab's Herd

[alpacasqueak]

So glad Priscilla and Micah are feeling a bit better, really hope you’re ok too x

 

[VickiA]

So good to hear that they’ve adapted following the loss of beautiful Phoebe. I’ve got to give it to Priscilla, she sounds like she really gives you what for while you are forcing her to have a mani and pedi!

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

So pleased to hear they are doing well

 

[Bill & Ted]

Aw, glad they have adapted to loosing Phoebe, hoping you are coping too

 

[Merab]

Thank you.
I am coping fine but still missing Phoebe. She’s left a big hole but the grieving will pass.

Micah and Priscilla were particularly vocal today.
I think it was more about Micah, who doesn’t have an off switch, getting over excited.
He doesn’t always think with his brain.
Priscilla has always been a bit of a diva so she was in full ‘grumpy old lady diva’ mode .
Piggy soap opera at its best

 

[Merab]

My pile of hay My pile of hay


His and her hay piles.

Micah prefers the soft meadow hay as he’s trying very hard to get haypoke!

 

[eileen]

Look at all the lush hay !it looks so good I would like to jump in !

 

[Merab]

HayBox best.
Soft meadow hay and first cut. They love both.

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

Thank you.
I am coping fine but still missing Phoebe. She’s left a big hole but the grieving will pass.

Micah and Priscilla were particularly vocal today.
I think it was more about Micah, who doesn’t have an off switch, getting over excited.
He doesn’t always think with his brain.
Priscilla has always been a bit of a diva so she was in full ‘grumpy old lady diva’ mode .
Piggy soap opera at its best

Losing one of three piggies seems to leave a much bigger space than the simple numbers would suggest. My hutch still seems oddly empty without Rosemary there - it's 4 weeks this weekend since I lost her so suddenly - even though Squeaks still rumbles and chatters at me as much as ever, and Winifred's enthusiasm for nuggets is undimmed

 

[Merab]

Losing one of three piggies seems to leave a much bigger space than the simple numbers would suggest. My hutch still seems oddly empty without Rosemary there - it's 4 weeks this weekend since I lost her so suddenly - even though Squeaks still rumbles and chatters at me as much as ever, and Winifred's enthusiasm for nuggets is undimmed

True. It does feel more of a loss than when Jemimah passed away.
Glad your piggies are coping well.
How are you?

 

[Merab]

Realising that the Rainbow Bridge has been very busy of late, including Phoebe, I thought it would be nice to look back and see those I have loved and lost as the herd has grown and shrunk over the years.
Here’s some spam.

Merab, Jemimah and Keziah



Phoebe and Priscilla soon after arrival


Settling well and getting more confident

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

All so gorgeous

 

[Merab]

And then there were 3


And then a little would be husboar arrived







A very happy herd of 4 again

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

 

[Siikibam]

 

[Merab]

Then we were 3 again

And now we are 2

 

[Betsy]

I remember Micah as a tiny scared little scrap of a piggy. What a confident happy boar he's become.

 

[Merab]

And going back to the beginning

Jinx

Patch

Scamper

Childhood pictures- from the 1970s



Titus , he and his brother Philemon were my first adult piggies. Unfortunately I no longer have any pics of Philemon as the computer crashed. They were identical piggies.

Tamar and her daughter Merab.
They came after Philemon died and Titus needed companionship.
Tamar had not been well cared for and dies very young.

 

[Merab]

I remember Micah as a tiny scared little scrap of a piggy. What a confident happy boar he's become.

You’ll see a big difference in him next week

 

[Bill & Ted]

You’ll see a big difference in him next week

lovely photos of past and present piggies. Lovely to see Jemimah again x

 

[Merab]

Camouflage Piggy

The Dragged through a Hedge backwards look

I am not leaving this hay pile nest

 

[Betsy]

The Dragged through a Hedge backwards look

That's my hairdo most days!

 

[Seven7]

Realising that the Rainbow Bridge has been very busy of late, including Phoebe, I thought it would be nice to look back and see those I have loved and lost as the herd has grown and shrunk over the years.
Here’s some spam.

View attachment 202320 Merab, Jemimah and Keziah

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View attachment 202325 Phoebe and Priscilla soon after arrival

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Settling well and getting more confident

Just learned beautiful Jemimah passed. So sorry to hear about her passing. People would always joke about kidnapping—pignapping Jemimah and I would laugh whenever that was brought up.
She was truly a well loved piggy, who was blessed to have a such wonderful slave.

 

[Merab]

Just learned beautiful Jemimah passed. So sorry to hear about her passing. People would always joke about kidnapping—pignapping Jemimah and I would laugh whenever that was brought up.
She was truly a well loved piggy, who was blessed to have a such wonderful slave.

Thank you

 

[Merab]

I love my paper bag.

It’s tiring being this handsome

 

[Merab]

Is it breakfast time at last?


We love our breakfast leaf


After breakfast nap time

 

[Merab]

With help from the forum’s Furdresser, @Betsy , Priscilla had the neatest fur trim ever.
Despite wriggling and weeding and pooping like it was going out of fashion she looks much better and is probably more comfortable.


Before the furdo

And after

Micah has decided that guarding Priscilla from further assault is very tiring

 

[Merab]

Why is the hay so far away from my bed?

King of the hay pile


Excuse us, Slave, our forage basket is in the wrong place. Please return it to its corner. It will also need refilling.

Munching together

 

[Merab]

I am loving watching the new relationship between Priscilla and Micah develop.
They very rarely used to sit together munching hay like this.
It’s fascinating seeing how they are adjusting to being a pair.

 

[VickiA]

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I am loving watching the new relationship between Priscilla and Micah develop.
They very rarely used to sit together munching hay like this.
It’s fascinating seeing how they are adjusting to being a pair.

And since the new furdo, Micah is probably more confident about which end of Priscilla is which……