Wiebke's Tribe: Sows and the City Boars

Bill & Ted said:
So sorry you lost Pioden, he looks really happy with his little wife x
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It was so endearing watching this big, no longer young boar trying his best to play popcorns with baby Dryw. It is one of those memories that stay with you and that never fail to make you smile.
 
So sorry for your loss of such a big boarly character, but what a way to go, with all those lovely young ladies brightening up his last weeks x
 
Hugs! So sorry for your loss. Your piggies are so lucky to be with you. You take such good care of them. I hope the happy memories can comfort you.
 
Sorry to hear about Pioden Wiebke. 8 is a great age! Popcorning with the girls; such a lovely memory.

The first photo with Macsen and his wives looks like it could be on an album cover. What would their greatest hit be?
 
My own Hazelcroft babies are coming on really well and are total cuteness bombshells.

They have really made all the difference for Dryw, who is a lot calmer and more confident - and surprisingly gentle with her babies. Both girls were begging initially but this is the only picture that is sharp. Since no food was forthcoming, Lleian had by then lost interest. Llinos has remained more hopeful. She is starting to allow me to touch her in the cage now.
@Flutterby

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Merab's Slave said:
As we can’t reply to your photo thread of all the tribe, I shall say here how much I’m enjoying seeing all the piggies and reading their stories. :luv:
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Thank you so much! I have thought long about this but with now over 70 Tribe piggies since I have joined the forum, it would have become rather confusing if I ran this as a normal thread like this one, which is about my current piggies and new developments; so I have decided to just do it as a simple gallery in a locked thread.

Once caught up with events, the link will be included in my signature. I've also added it to my first post on this thread.

It is something I have wanted to do for quite a while, so there is a picture and some background information on all my 'forum' piggies, however long or short they have been with me. But with so many piggies and so many years on the forum, it is also quite time-consuming job!

Here is the link for those that would like to have a look at my work in progress - still three more years to go through, though!
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As I can’t reply to your A - Z of piggy behaviour post, I just want to say how helpful and interesting it is.
I recognised Micah in the bit about rumble-strutting to himself and then popcorning.
It’s reassuring to know he really is a happy boy.
Thanks for doing all these information threads.
 
Merab's Slave said:
As I can’t reply to your A - Z of piggy behaviour post, I just want to say how helpful and interesting it is.
I recognised Micah in the bit about rumble-strutting to himself and then popcorning.
It’s reassuring to know he really is a happy boy.
Thanks for doing all these information threads.
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Thank you. We have to lock guides to prevent posting on them which won't necessarily generate alerts and will go therefore often unanswered. The guides are really there for information only and any questions or problems should be dealt with in a new individual thread in the Care sections so we can really concentrate on the poster's specific problem and create more 'google fodder', which is how the majority of our members find us.

I don't know anywhere else that has a full list of guinea pig behaviours with their meaning and social context but so much behaviour is misinterpreted or simply goes unnoticed. Behaviours can often be much more complex than expected and have to be seen in their respective situational contexts in order to be properly understood.

The guide has been months in the making whenever I had a bit of free time. At least that is one of my last year's promises finally fulfilled!
 
Merab's Slave said:
As I can’t reply to your A - Z of piggy behaviour post, I just want to say how helpful and interesting it is.
I recognised Micah in the bit about rumble-strutting to himself and then popcorning.
It’s reassuring to know he really is a happy boy.
Thanks for doing all these information threads.
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PS: I call those times a 'boarly moment'. You will notice that boars also have a special squeak that often erupts into a popcorning session. Just a happy time of being a boar living the dream... :love:
 
Wiebke said:
PS: I call those times a 'boarly moment'. You will notice that boars also have a special squeak that often ends with a popcorning session. Just a happy time of being a boar living the dream... :love:
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I have noticed the squeak too.
Micah is clearly living the dream.
It’s so much better than the single life he had been condemned to.
 
I guess I should introduce you to my newest piggy; especially as she has been here for a few weeks now!

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Betty (Tribe name Beti) is a referral from my local vet after her mate had to be pts and the family didn't want to continue with new guinea pigs but didn't want to keep Betty on her own, either; espcially as she was becoming rather depressed. She's about 16 months old now and arrived in Mid-December.

Unfortunately, Betty is also very afraid of other piggies. She would like to meet them but is rather alarmed by them and panics when being face to face other piggies and is definitely on the fear-aggressive aggressive side. So no easy sticking in with the Tribe somewhere or considering to have her spayed to serve as companion sow to a bereaved older boar... :(

After a failed bonding attempt with lookalike Tudur and old lady Teggy, I have had to stop bonding due to us needing the kitchen and and any spare space in the living room for things like a Christmas tree and dinners.

Beti has spent the time getting used to lots of neighbours - at least depression and boredom is no longer on the cards! I have to see where I go next with her.

She has been well loved and looked after and is a lovely squishy cuddler.

PS: The spot on the nose is actually white hairs and neither a fungal stripe or something stuck.
 
It's been a bonding afternoon and evening here with formally introducing Beti (new arrival Betty) with her neighbours for the last month, Dylan and Begw. Thankfully, Beti has had time to settle down and has this time round made a positive choice that she really wanted to be with them. While the bonding has had its moments, it has never gone quite up and most definitely not beyond the line despite a number of face-offs between feisty tiny Begw and big Beti and some teeth chattering episodes.

They will stay together overnight in the bonding run in the kitchen, so I can clean and reconfigure the cage layout accordingly tomorrow before they move into their new shared pen.

It's been the best possible outcome. Dylan and Begw were my last pair with a bigger age difference, and as Dylan is now plus/minus 6 years and starting to look his age, Begw will have well established company to help her over the loss of her own daddy-hubby who she's been with since she was a tiny baby three years ago.

Wish me luck that they get through the post-intro dominance phase well!

Here are some pictures of the earlier stages of the bonding:

(Beti at the front with Begw on the left and Dylan on the right)
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Beti having a sniff at Dylan
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And just what you want to see in a good bonding: commitment reaffirming mutual piggy washes in between dominance rounds!
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Viennese Furbabies said:
I hope everything stayed "calm" during the night. 🍀🍀
I'm always relieved when the first night has passed without any upheavals.
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Yesterday later in the evening did see some upset and plenty of teeth chattering but no real aggression. This morning has been quiet though. I am going to move them into their pen later on to see how they get on there once I have rearranged that ground section from 4 back to 3 pens.

It very much depends on how they are shaking down over the coming 2 weeks.
 
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