Pigging Out

Rocky's weight is still not going up. He weighed 1355g this morning. He is still probably getting used to his new teeth. He's mainly having a hard time using his incissors, Kim has shortened it. He can't bite some of the food like lettuce. So sometimes I have to cut it in strips for him. But he has interest in food and eats with the girls whenever they eat. We can see he eats hay and pellets too but obviously not much. He does get distracted by Vegas though. He keeps on chasing her haha. The other night he chased her down their hutch and when Vegas hid from him, he went back up the hutch to try and eat pellets. So we still feed him CC along with the other food. Good thing no snow now and we can get grass.
 
Hopefully he’ll grow into his new teeth soon and start some serious munching.
 
When Phoebe had a dental I gave her shredded veggies which I tried to keep separate from the others.
I also put a dish of Critical Care with mashed banana in the cage to help encourage her.
No idea how much she got as 2 other noses promptly shoved themselves into the dish!

Hope Rocky begins to get over his treatment and journey soon.
 
He just finished loads of grass by himself so that's great. Yeah we also cut food in strips for dental piggies. I always have a separate bowl for him of veggies on the sofa for his feeding time. We can see he can pick up pellets and some hay so he just needs to be more confident in eating them.
 
anyar.dris said:
Rocky's weight is still not going up. He weighed 1355g this morning. He is still probably getting used to his new teeth. He's mainly having a hard time using his incissors, Kim has shortened it. He can't bite some of the food like lettuce. So sometimes I have to cut it in strips for him. But he has interest in food and eats with the girls whenever they eat. We can see he eats hay and pellets too but obviously not much. He does get distracted by Vegas though. He keeps on chasing her haha. The other night he chased her down their hutch and when Vegas hid from him, he went back up the hutch to try and eat pellets. So we still feed him CC along with the other food. Good thing no snow now and we can get grass.
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They have to “wear them in a bit” and get that lovely sharpness on ends. It usually takes a couple of days. My Ted would sometimes struggle if Simon had trimmed his incisors too x
 

Rocky during feeding time. He also had porridge instead of CC coz he's bored of it already. He was eating hay and lettuce earlier. He weighed 1375g before feeding time early this morning. I weighed him again before feeding time lunch time and looks like he maintained that weight.
 
Rocky boy has been eating by himself the whole day! :yahoo: He's been eating hay (meadow and timothy), grass, pellets, pea flakes, veggies, and been running around back and forth in the living room. He's been bright today and I couldn't be happier! 😊 I weighed him at around 6pm just to see if he's been eating enough and he weighed 1395g. 👍 Here he is with Sierra and Vegas munching some salad.

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alpacasqueak said:
Big hugs and kisses to my lovely Rocky boy! 😘 So glad he’s tucking in properly again! x
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He weighed 1376g this morning. Hubby said he's been eating when he woke up and was asking for food as well. Before he got the dental problem, he trained us to put the pellet bowl under their rattan chain whenever he ask for it. He would chew the chair until we notice him so we can put the bowl in front of his face! 🤦‍♀️🙄 Hubby said he was doing that this morning. 😁 He's stuffing his face with cucumber now. 👍
 
anyar.dris said:
He weighed 1376g this morning. Hubby said he's been eating when he woke up and was asking for food as well. Before he got the dental problem, he trained us to put the pellet bowl under their rattan chain whenever he ask for it. He would chew the chair until we notice him so we can put the bowl in front of his face! 🤦‍♀️🙄 Hubby said he was doing that this morning. 😁 He's stuffing his face with cucumber now. 👍
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Haha Rocky’s definitely feeling better and like his old self then! Slaves, feed me now! :D:))
Aw so pleased he’s feeling good and munching! ❤️
 
Yay, sounds like he’s back to his demanding self. I’m glad he’s eating better now 😍
 
Don’t you worry Rocky, they’re just confused. Guzzle it all up quickly before they remember and come back! 😘
 
Update:

Rocky weighed 1383g this morning. He has been eating everything now and more active. As soon as he wakes up from all his naps, he goes for food, which is the normal. He goes in every food bowl they have, eat loads of hay and plays with the girls. He rarely wheeks for food but he stares at us if he wants something (he always lets Vegas do the begging and he'll just hover around showing us he wants food too). He runs to where we place their veggies and eats with the girls. So we think he is fully recovered by this time. We started weaning him off the Metacam yesterday and bringing it down to 0.2ml 2x a day. He'll probably stop having it by the weekend if he continues being normal. 😁👍
 
alpacasqueak said:
Go Rocky! 🥳😘
Haha love the image of Rocky giving you the stink eye while Vegas does all the hard work! Such a cheeky, spoilt boy! :))
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He always give me the stink eye! I was surprised though that when I had to pick him up every morning for weighing time, he started hissing at me, no sound by the way. He just open his mouth like what a cat does when hissing! I've never seen a piggy do that. So I got the stink eye and the hissing these past 2 weeks! But by the time he's on the weighing scale, he looks at me like Puss in Boots! 🤣🤣 He looks so sweet and stink eye is gone. He just hates the picking up process but stays so sweet when I already have him, unless he's had enough of me or after a bum wash. 😁
 
Oh Rocky you chunky hunk of a boar! Well done for making mummy happy today.

Many kisses from another slave 😘 😘
 
First time Sierra has slept on this bed. They usually don't sleep in the bed that exposes them, but she's been there for the past hour trying to find a comfy position. I think I better remove the 2 pillows later coz she keeps on turning round and round having the pillows on the way.

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