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I am so sorry for lack of updates for a while, but it has been a very difficult few months for me.
My dear friend, Linda, passed away in January. I had been back and forth to Hertfordshire, visiting her in hospital, and then in the hospice prior to her passing, and it was heartbreaking to see her deteriorating. She had always been so positive about her illness and I truly believed she would beat it. She was a very special lady, and I am missing her so much.
The day after Linda died, I found sanctuary resident, Bruno, in his forever sleep. This was a dreadful shock and not expected in any way. He had severe dental disease but was managing well with regular dentals and hadn't dropped any weight or appeared poorly.
Although I was devastated by how poorly Linda was, life at the sanctuary had to continue, as I can't ever take a day off. Long term temporary sanctuary resident, Sniffy, passed away between Christmas and New Year, and a poorly piggy called Chutney needed intensive supportive care, but failed to make any progress, so the decision was made to put to sleep in early January. Simba, who was taken in from a very bad situation, sadly passed away very soon after arriving at the sanctuary, with suspected bordetella. He was very young and it broke my heart that we weren't able to make him better. Just last Saturday we had to say goodbye to another beautiful sanctuary resident, as we made the decision to help elderly lady, Sparrow, over Rainbow Bridge, after she didn't respond to treatment for severe breathing difficulties.
It hasn't all been sadness here at TEAS though. Monty continues to do very well since his eye removal, due to a retrobulbar abscess. He is now off antibiotics and things are going well. He needs very little treatment on his teeth, although we are sticking to fortnightly dentals as that seems to work best for him. Toby, who had severe dental disease and was very underweight when he arrived last year, is now a big solid piggy, who lives very happily with three lethal boys. Toby hadn't had a friend before, and he has really come on in leaps and bounds since the lethal boys moved in with him. Lethal girls, Edith and Florence, need a little work on their teeth from time to time, due to having missing bottom incisors, and very misplaced top incisors. One of Ted's incisors grows in a very strange way, so he needs treatment from time to time too.
Four other piggies who arrived from the same dreadful situation as poorly Simba are doing well. Baloo and Mowgli will be neutered next week, Belle looks as if she could be pregnant and Athena gave birth to three beautiful babies on 3rd March. The babies are adorable and Athena is a wonderful mum.
We currently have two temporary residents. Toffee arrived a few weeks ago with the worst case of jaw misalignment I have ever seen. He is now doing very well but is currently needing weekly dentals. Once he can go two weeks between dentals, he will return home and his family will be able to travel from Essex for his treatment. Eccles has a very strange condition, whereby she seems to be making excessive saliva and is needing a lot of supportive care, while we can hopefully cure this problem.
Once again my apologies for not being very active on the forum, but the animals must always come first.
My dear friend, Linda, passed away in January. I had been back and forth to Hertfordshire, visiting her in hospital, and then in the hospice prior to her passing, and it was heartbreaking to see her deteriorating. She had always been so positive about her illness and I truly believed she would beat it. She was a very special lady, and I am missing her so much.
The day after Linda died, I found sanctuary resident, Bruno, in his forever sleep. This was a dreadful shock and not expected in any way. He had severe dental disease but was managing well with regular dentals and hadn't dropped any weight or appeared poorly.
Although I was devastated by how poorly Linda was, life at the sanctuary had to continue, as I can't ever take a day off. Long term temporary sanctuary resident, Sniffy, passed away between Christmas and New Year, and a poorly piggy called Chutney needed intensive supportive care, but failed to make any progress, so the decision was made to put to sleep in early January. Simba, who was taken in from a very bad situation, sadly passed away very soon after arriving at the sanctuary, with suspected bordetella. He was very young and it broke my heart that we weren't able to make him better. Just last Saturday we had to say goodbye to another beautiful sanctuary resident, as we made the decision to help elderly lady, Sparrow, over Rainbow Bridge, after she didn't respond to treatment for severe breathing difficulties.
It hasn't all been sadness here at TEAS though. Monty continues to do very well since his eye removal, due to a retrobulbar abscess. He is now off antibiotics and things are going well. He needs very little treatment on his teeth, although we are sticking to fortnightly dentals as that seems to work best for him. Toby, who had severe dental disease and was very underweight when he arrived last year, is now a big solid piggy, who lives very happily with three lethal boys. Toby hadn't had a friend before, and he has really come on in leaps and bounds since the lethal boys moved in with him. Lethal girls, Edith and Florence, need a little work on their teeth from time to time, due to having missing bottom incisors, and very misplaced top incisors. One of Ted's incisors grows in a very strange way, so he needs treatment from time to time too.
Four other piggies who arrived from the same dreadful situation as poorly Simba are doing well. Baloo and Mowgli will be neutered next week, Belle looks as if she could be pregnant and Athena gave birth to three beautiful babies on 3rd March. The babies are adorable and Athena is a wonderful mum.
We currently have two temporary residents. Toffee arrived a few weeks ago with the worst case of jaw misalignment I have ever seen. He is now doing very well but is currently needing weekly dentals. Once he can go two weeks between dentals, he will return home and his family will be able to travel from Essex for his treatment. Eccles has a very strange condition, whereby she seems to be making excessive saliva and is needing a lot of supportive care, while we can hopefully cure this problem.
Once again my apologies for not being very active on the forum, but the animals must always come first.
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. You do a wonderful job and those piggies are so lucky to have you (and Simon) x
