Wiebke's Tribe: Sows and the City Boars

Just caught up on this. I hope you're feeling much better now. Thanks for all that you do! :) Sending big hugs x
 
Here is a little time lapse sequence of Meleri's eye removal operation recovery:

About a quarter of an hour after her arrival home on the evening of her operation
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Two days post-op:
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Ca. 1 week post-op
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Ca. 2 weeks post-op

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5 weeks post-op (yesterday)
As you can see, the hair has nearly fully grown back and the scar has fully knitted now.
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Here are two portraits of Carys 'Love' and her new sow companion Tegeirian 'Orchid', who arrived a year ago after the end of the first Lockdown after a nearly 20 weeks' wait. Rhian's first 'Gotcha Day' (adoption anniversary) will be this weekend.

I took these pictures before giving them a short summer haircut. Because of an exceptionally frosty Spring, I allowed their hair to grow out further than I usually do. Don't they look stunning? If it weren't for all the tangles and hair mats that come with hair as long as this...
5 years old husboar Gethin was unfortunately not at all struck by the photo session nor the haircut; so he declined to co-operate with either.

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Wiebke said:
Here are two portraits of Carys 'Love' and her new sow companion Tegeirian 'Orchid', who arrived a year ago after the end of the first Lockdown after a nearly 20 weeks' wait. Rhian's first 'Gotcha Day' (adoption anniversary) will be this weekend.

I took these pictures before giving them a short summer haircut. Because of an exceptionally frosty Spring, I allowed their hair to grow out further than I usually do. Don't they look stunning? If it weren't for all the tangles and hair mats that come with hair as long as this...
5 years old husboar Gethin was unfortunately not at all struck by the photo session nor the haircut; so he declined to co-operate with either.

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Stunning girls :wub: :wub: :wub:
 
I have taken a few more piggy pictures of some of the lesser spotted Tribe members last week:

Cerian 'Little Love' and Breila 'Briar Rose' (who are coming up to 4 years of age)
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Barri 'Summit' and Llawen 'Merry' (Barri is coming up to 5 years and Llawen has already her 5th birthday in March)
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Hapus 'Happy' and Heilin 'Generous' (Hapus is Llawen's sister and also 5 years old) while Heilin is now 2 years old but still very skittish. However she and Hapus are very much best of friends)
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Hyfryd 'Lovely' and Nye 'Noble'. (Hyfryd is already 5 years old and Nye will have his 5th birthday likely next month) IMG_1687_edited-1.jpg IMG_1693_edited-1.jpg

Begw 'Little Pearl' is now 2 years old. Dylan, another 5 year old Tribe member, declined to sit still for a picture. Begw is a bit of a runt but right now, at the height of her life, pretty sturdy for her small size. She is also quite a drama queen!
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Bill & Ted said:
How many piggies have you got at the moment @Wiebke ?
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Still 27 with the same crew I have had for the last year.

I am very lucky to be in a generational gap after losing 20 piggies between in 2017-19 (mostly thankfully to old age) as I haven't lost any for the last 16 months since shortly before the pandemic really took off. However, since half of my current Tribe have been born in 2014-16, they will be officially elderly by the end of this year, provided they make it that far (Mererid and Morwenna are both very frail now). There are some more stampedes to the Rainbow Bridge in the offing in the coming years especially with the big 2016 class. Right now, I am hugely grateful for the well-timed respite!
 
Wiebke said:
Still 27 with the same crew I have had for the last year.

I am very lucky to be in a generational gap after losing 20 piggies between in 2017-19 (mostly thankfully to old age) as I haven't lost any for the last 16 month since shortly before the pandemic really took off. However, since half of my current Tribe have been born in 2014-16, they will be officially elderly by the end of this year, provided they make it that far (Mererid and Morwenna are both very frail now). There are some more stampedes to the Rainbow Bridge in the offing in the coming years especially with the big 2016 class. Right now, I am hugely grateful for the well-timed respite!
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Well they all have such a wonderful life with you and live so long because they are happy 😊 Long may your respite continue x
 
Stunning piggies. I hope that your run of good fortune lasts a good while longer and that these fur babies enjoy their twilight years with you in relative good health.
 
They are very beautiful piggies! I’m so jealous. I’d like to have a big herd, but space and my finances are against me.
 
h_and_piggies said:
They are very beautiful piggies! I’m so jealous. I’d like to have a big herd, but space and my finances are against me.
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I had to wait 30 years until I could realise my own childhood dream of having a herd. It wasn't necessarily lost time because I learned more about guinea pigs and could go into it with my eyes open and frankly appreciate it much more and get more out of it than I would have been able to at a younger age.
There may be a time for you when conditions are right, too. ;)

PS: Unfortunately, I will have to reduce my numbers over the coming years due to health and family commitments and not replace any piggies making their way to the Rainbow Bridge unless absolutely necessary. 10 pairs, two trios and one single amounts to cage cleaning and washing nearly every day; it can be hard work, especially when you are not well or very busy and it is certainly not cheap even though some cost go down a bit if you can buy in bulk.
I would rather go back to having a couple of medium-sized groups again and perhaps the odd pair that are much easier to maintain eventually. You have to always stay realistic and be very aware and honest about your limits even more than your abilities at all times - but then that is life.
 
Alan is currently a short-haired pig, having lost his train courtesy of his barbering wife Lissie (Brathlys), who in turn is suddenly sporting a rather noticeable congenital cataract in her right eye.
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Mererid and Morwenna have made it through the hot weather and are still here, too. They are still turning up for meal times although Morwenna may occasionally need some waking up and has the odd off day.
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Just two weeks short of 18 months of not losing any piggies at all now - which is an absolute record since I started the Tribe group adventure twelve years ago.
After losing 6-8 piggies every year in the four precending years (mostly the second Tribe generation), it does make a much appreciated breather before the third generation is coming increasingly into the years now - although I will be very much looking forward to having less cages to clean again!
 
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