Wiebke's Tribe: Sows and the City Boars

Black piggies said:
Those of you with herds have lucky piggies knowing lots of their kind. If I ever win the lottery, that'd be the first luxury!
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It has taken me 30 years to realise my childhood dream - but the wait was worth it because I have learned more in the interim and during the experience thanks to a much more mature way of looking at their interaction. ;)
 
Black piggies said:
Having had cats for 20 years I still feel I can communicate with them better than pigs. You should run a piggy whispering workshop :)
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I have been thinking about it; but the practicalities are not quite as easy as I don't want to stress out my piggies too much.
 
Wiebke said:
I have been thinking about it; but the practicalities are not quite as easy as I don't want to stress out my piggies too much.
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That would be fantastic. Maybe it could be small groups of humans and extrovert piggies, or even you just showing video examples of piggy whispering and answering questions etc. I'd sign up for that :-)
 
Sadly on Tuesday (the 28th January) Briallen didn't turn up for dinner. She had obviously gently and very unexpectedly slipped away in her forever sleep sometime in the afternoon.

She's just turned 5 years this month and had been going strongly without any sign of anything amiss.

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Would you believe that Dryw 'Wren' has just celebrated her 6 months anniversary?
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Compare to her first snap with Pioden at 4 weeks old:
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But her baby name is definitely something of a misnomer! Pioden 'Magpie' is my largest boar ever, just to say...
 
Wiebke said:
Gareth - tanned head by nature, ragged hairdo courtesy of the of the wives!
He's actually a very rare combo of golden agouti/golden and blue.

One of @pig in the city 's rescue born foster babies!
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I remember the day he was born, l couldn't believe this beautiful golden baby born to a pure white mum and with a pure white sister. Truly a little miracle xx
 
He is stunning with that unusual colouring. I love his ragged locks, the seventies looks are coming back into fashion his wives have made him a trend setter. :love:
 
Neighbours cavy style!

Just a little glimpse of everyday piggy life with Dylan and his tiny wife Begw (who has reached her adult size for a few months now) and their neighbours Miaren and Llelo at the back.

Dylan was uncle boar to newly separated baby Llelo but struggled to cope with him when he was longer an abjectly submissive teenager (thankfully Llelo was just coming towards the end of his neutering post-op wait by then).
The two boars never had a real fall-out but have been both happily married to their respective wives now.

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Sadly yet another unforeseeably sudden loss! I hate multipacks! It is not even three weeks since Briallen never woke up from her afternoon nap...

Anyway, I found Betsan this morning still with a mouthful of hay sticking out of her mouth. She'd obviously suffered a heart attack right out of the blue. Just two days ago she was happily pottering around during roaming time.

Betsan was about 5 1/2 years old and has spent the last year of her life here as the piggy who finally helped dumped ex-single Beryn work through her social deficits and her fear-aggression issues. She was a very gentle, submissive and totally non-aggressive piggy that was very good at complaining. She and Beryn had become very close friends.
Betsan (previously Boots) was the last survivor of a large sow group, whose local long term owner (a friend of mine) wanted to stop keeping guinea pigs altogether; especially after the elderly companion she'd gotten for Betsan from the free-ads (the same way Betsan had come to her) had died after just a month.

Beryn is rather gutted, and so am I! It is going to take me some days to take it all in; especially as I haven't yet fully digested my many previous losses. :(

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I am so very sorry for your loss, how devastating for you. Betsan was so lucky to find you, she will have known love and kindness whatever went on in her life before. Sending you hugs.
 
So very sorry to hear this Wiebke, that must have been a really sad shock, and you’ve had some hard losses lately so it must be tough. Betsan was a beauty and she sounded like a lovely gentle pig whose manner really helped others. So sad. She was lucky to have you though. Take care of yourself.
 
Talk about a radical change of look that Brathlys has embarked on since her marriage to Alan in December!

December
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January
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February
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It's not my first change in colour but it is definitely one of the more dramatic!
 
Please keep your fingers firmly crossed!

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Young Macsen (Pooh from The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary TEAS) has just finished his neutering post-op wait and has come here to hopefully find favour with fickle ex-single Beryn, who has lost her first ever best friend Betsan last week. \
As Macsen is the victim of bullying/failed acceptance when he was added to a trio of adult boar, he will hopefully not stand up to Beryn at any point, which is something she cannot cope with.

It won't be necessarily a quick process in view of her social major insecurities but she has not taken against him instantly, which is the first hurdle taken! I just hope that it is not going to take another one and a half years again until she finds another piggy she likes.

Anyway, Macsen is a very happy boy right now; rumbling, popcorning and zooming...

Both my much loved previous lilac adoptees Maelog/Mallow (Born ca. 2010, adopted 2013-17) and Big Iola/Lola (born 2011, adopred 2015-18) have come via TEAS.
Macsen is a bit of a mix between them with this colouring and markings; but with his own charming personality. It is great to have another lilac piggy in the house again!
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Best of luck with the bonding! Macsen is very handsome and looks like he knows it :)
Blodwen pig our lovely breeder's reject white crested lilac piggy (who is losing her lilac colouring with age and becoming more true to her name but also has developed a marmalade coloured tummy and chin and underneath pants!) says hi and piggy kisses :)
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PigglePuggle said:
Best of luck with the bonding! Macsen is very handsome and looks like he knows it :)
Blodwen pig our lovely breeder's reject white crested lilac piggy (who is losing her lilac colouring with age and becoming more true to her name but also has developed a marmalade coloured tummy and chin and underneath pants!) says hi and piggy kisses :)
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Thanks for your good wishes! Macsen is a sweet boy. It is nice to have a piggy that clearly comes from a loving home every now and then...
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Hope the bonding goes well!
What does Macsen's name mean?
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Magnus Maximus was the last Roman emperor on British soil (he was proclaimed there) at the end of the 4th century and has made it into the Welsh Mabinogion legend under the name Macsen Wledig ('Maximus the Ruler'); especially as the Roman army left Britain just a few decades later, never to return.
Maximus means 'The Greatest' in Latin. Macsen has hints of a quirky and somewhat cheeky character that is waiting to come out in due time; I felt that the name would suit him much better when I met him in pigson than my initial favourite.

I have already had Llewelyn (the greatest of the Welsh princes) as my first Tribe patriarch - Llelo 'Little Llewelyn' is named after him - and his successor, the second Tribe patriarch Hywel (Hywel Dda 'the Good' was the greatest of the Welsh kings); so Macsen is in good company! :)
 
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