Pigging Out

Wonderful news! Can’t wait to see him
Hope everything goes well for Sierra, poor baby she’s having such a rough time if it lately x
 
Wonderful news! Can’t wait to see him
Hope everything goes well for Sierra, poor baby she’s having such a rough time if it lately x
Thank you!

She is. I had to give her a wash the other day and today because she smells of her wee. That's why I remove the hay on the floor that she keeps on burrowing coz she gets so wet when she's there. It's hay in racks for now until her IC settles down. Good thing she still eats a lot of hay and she has normal big poops because of that. We just have to put bowls of water and syringe feed the water too so she drinks frequently. The vet told us that what she needs are loads of fluids to flush out her bladder.
 
Sorry to hear Sierra is still suffering. Hopefully she will turn the corner soon. I read your post with a smile. I’m so glad they’re getting a young lad to join them. Hopefully he will fit in well with them. And he’s young enough to be moulded until a wonderful husboar ☺️
 
Sorry Sierra still isn’t well bless her, hope she improves soon 🤞 Great she’s still scoffing well though! ❤️
And :yikes: A baby boar! Can’t wait to see him, bet Vegas is going to love a little naughty boy around! So exciting! :D:wub: x

And I never knew you had a fish tank?! (Spotted it on pics!) What kind of fishies do you have?! :love:
 
Sorry Sierra still isn’t well bless her, hope she improves soon 🤞 Great she’s still scoffing well though! ❤️
And :yikes: A baby boar! Can’t wait to see him, bet Vegas is going to love a little naughty boy around! So exciting! :D:wub: x

And I never knew you had a fish tank?! (Spotted it on pics!) What kind of fishies do you have?! :love:
Had to bring the girls when we pick up the boar today. Sierra weighed 1365g this morning and she was weeing with blood again. 😔 So had to bring them so I can feed her on the journey. I can't wait for Monday when we can take her to her vet appointment. I'm not sure what else to do. 😭

Yes we have a fish tank. We have a plec which is around 15yrs I think. Hubby already have him even before I moved to UK 10 yrs ago! We also have 2 loaches and 1 corydora (we had 2 but one passed away just before Rocky passed away). The loaches and the corydora probably is 5yrs old or more. We used to have angelfishes too but they die earlier than the rest. So for a long time, it's just these fishes we have. We can't give more time to getting more fishes because of having sick piggies! Cleaning the tank is already quite tedious. I know it's awful that we can't replace the stones again (we put new ones May last year after we renovated our living room) and we just replace the water and clean the filter regularly.
 
Massive hugs, I’m so sorry she’s peeing blood again ☹️ Roll on Monday for you all. I hope it wasn’t too stressful taking everyone ❤️
Hope your new little boy settles in well! Can’t wait to see him! :D:love:

Catfish are my absolute favourite species of fish, how lovely your Pleco is such a great age! :love: Never kept loaches as have gravel in my tank and they like to dig etc but they’re brilliant fish too! Sure your fish are very happy if they’re that age so you must be doing lots right! :hug:
 
Massive hugs, I’m so sorry she’s peeing blood again ☹️ Roll on Monday for you all. I hope it wasn’t too stressful taking everyone ❤️
Hope your new little boy settles in well! Can’t wait to see him! :D:love:

Catfish are my absolute favourite species of fish, how lovely your Pleco is such a great age! :love: Never kept loaches as have gravel in my tank and they like to dig etc but they’re brilliant fish too! Sure your fish are very happy if they’re that age so you must be doing lots right! :hug:
The only annoying thing with our oldie pleco is that it poops so much! 🤦‍♀️ We also have gravel (sorry mistaken it as stones haha) but I haven't seen the loaches dig under it. It's usually the pleco that shifts the gravel whenever it sways its tail! 😂
 
The only annoying thing with our oldie pleco is that it poops so much! 🤦‍♀️ We also have gravel (sorry mistaken it as stones haha) but I haven't seen the loaches dig under it. It's usually the pleco that shifts the gravel whenever it sways its tail! 😂
Haha yeah they’re total poop-machines like the pigs! I love plecos, my Elsie is gorgeous but only comes out at night so don’t see much of her! :doh::)) Oh I’ve always read that loaches don’t do well on gravel with it damaging their scales etc and prefer sand but maybe it depends on the loach then! :)
 
Haha yeah they’re total poop-machines like the pigs! I love plecos, my Elsie is gorgeous but only comes out at night so don’t see much of her! :doh::)) Oh I’ve always read that loaches don’t do well on gravel with it damaging their scales etc and prefer sand but maybe it depends on the loach then! :)
Yep, our plec also usually gets out at night but he's massive that we can still see his tail during the day.

These photos were taken last year, when we still have our last barb (it was oldie as well and it died probably a few months after). You can see how big one of the loaches is as well. Plec is also massive. Our fish tank is not as clean as that at the moment so I'm showing you older photos coz it's currently embarrassing. 😂

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New piggy is settling in well. He's been eating AND pooping loads! He only hides when I pass by the cage going to the kitchen. I will take photos in the next coming days. So far he has been rumble strutting in front of Vegas but he is very keen to meet Sierra. He was nose to nose with Sierra until Sierra tried to lunge on him thru the bars because he keeps on sniffing her nose a lot. He will join then on Sept 14. Fingers crossed no problems when it happens. 🤞

We are building the new set up tomorrow so will be a bit busy. 😊
 
The cage looks amazing. I love your fleece forest. Is that Vegas under the loft?

If you're having a springy youngster using the ramp it might be good to add a grid or some correx or something, at the top of the ramp. I found a previous boar outside the c and c a few years back, and seeing my springy new boar, I can see why.
 
The cage looks amazing. I love your fleece forest. Is that Vegas under the loft?

If you're having a springy youngster using the ramp it might be good to add a grid or some correx or something, at the top of the ramp. I found a previous boar outside the c and c a few years back, and seeing my springy new boar, I can see why.
Yeah that's Vegas. I will put an extra grid at the top part of the ramp. Just trying to teach Vegas to get up and noticed she can jump thru it if she tries!
 
Aw Vegas is still sprightly too! I love Vegas.
Vegas is only around 1.5 yrs old. That's why we adopted a new boar sooner than we wanted because after Rocky passed away and at the same time Sierra is sick, she has no one to play with and was just lying around with Sierra most of the time.

Last night she was sitting at the ajoining grids observing the little boar. He was rumble strutting in front of Vegas but was sniffing Sierra's nose non stop (until she tried to lunge him). He already knows Sierra is the boss. 😂
 
Hello handsome Bryce :wub::wub: sorry you’ve spotted that. Hopefully nothing. Can you squeeze him in with the vet next week? Maybe also ask the rescue about it?
 
We're taking him to the vet tomorrow. :tu:

Rescue replied and apologising about not noticing it. Although they told me to just use Leucellin and it will be cleared. I told them we are taking him to the vet just to be sure. We don't really want to do home treatment without proper diagnosis.
 
Aww he’s so gorgeous! That little face :luv: :luv: Sorry you’ve found that on him though, hope you can get him all healed without too much trouble and he’s ok bless him x
 
Aw Bryce you are a real cutie 💙 You have landed on your little paws, lucky boy. Hope it’s nothing that can’t be sorted very soon x
(I’ve been to Bryce Canyon, it’s brilliant)
 
I question why they’d recommend home treating. I would charge them for the costs. You’d have had him less than a week. He’s sure landed in his paws. What a life of fun and love he’s got ahead of him. If I were a piggy, I’d be chuffed to go hone with you 😁 starting to wonder if that sounds a little odd…🤔
 
I question why they’d recommend home treating. I would charge them for the costs. You’d have had him less than a week. He’s sure landed in his paws. What a life of fun and love he’s got ahead of him. If I were a piggy, I’d be chuffed to go hone with you 😁 starting to wonder if that sounds a little odd…🤔
They sell the product, that's probably why they promote the use of it.

We only adopted him yesterday! 😂 Hubby told him that should be the first and last vet visit for him in a long while! 🙄🤣
 
They sell the product, that's probably why they promote the use of it.

We only adopted him yesterday! 😂 Hubby told him that should be the first and last vet visit for him in a long while! 🙄🤣
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