Emx93
Adult Guinea Pig
Daddy pig lost his grandad malcom on the 29/02/20, a week later in a small local pet shop (as far as pet shops go by far the best I've ever seen) he spotted a litter of baby piggies born the exact same day. No daddy pig you cannot have a pet shop baby pig or two was my initial reaction but we had been thinking of extending nuggets group for a while and he seemed pretty attached due to the day they were born, in the end I figured we were prepared for options if the bonding failed, any potential vet trips etc so I caved and agreed. Then the lockdown happened and we forgot all about it because we had enough going on and we hadn't heard anything. On Monday we had to help our princess over the bridge so when they called on Tuesday to say there was one baby girl and she was ready they'd deliver her, I wasn't at all happy with daddy pig! I was not ready for another piggy yet and quite frankly this was horrific timing (I feel awful saying this but I just couldn't get my head around the idea) daddy pig once again won me round by saying giving the limitations of lockdown a 7 week old baby while never intended for fluffys group may just work for her 
somewhat reluctantly I set up the bonding pen, I knew given she was 7 weeks old I had to waiver quarentine and I'd just had to deneighbour nugget from fluffy due to fighting through the bars so I figured give this a shot. I found it really hard to look at her at first I wont lie, I wasn't ready yet so a quick health check, weigh in and sex check and she was in the bonding pen with fluffy. Fluffy initially refused to acknowledge her existence and just stared into space, then turned to look at me with a look that just said 'what is that' then turned to face a corner. Very timidly the somewhat shell-shocked baby pottered over to try and cuddle into fluffy and it was at that point fluffy lost it, full on flying balls of fur... The bonding was well and truly over.
I am now somewhat panicked, there's a tiny baby piggy in my house and only one bonding option left, their bond already on tenterhooks from their earlier neighbouring with fluffy this could not be more of a disaster, at this rate I could have a lot of pigs requiring rescue dating (seriously daddy this is why we don't have Ooops in petshops at any time let alone while grieving during lockdown). So much guilt and shame and anxiety now running through me I go to get nugget and marshmallow, I have a surprise for you girls, please please get on
thankfully after some initial alterations between nugget and marshmallow the bonding went OK and they seem to be getting on very well now. I'm still struggling to bond with the baby but I know in time I will grow to love her, I'm happy that nugget is happy, I've always seen her as leader of a group and she's taken on the challange well but I'm still grieving and very sad that despite a night at cavy corner fluffy is still rejecting every pig but I am starting to interact with baby mal more, we've had a cuddle and I'm smiling seeing her popcorning around, I know had she joined us at any other time idve fallen head over heels for her already. I also know that princess wouldn't want me to never love another piggy again. I had to get my own head around her being here before I could introduce her to you all... So every one this is baby mal born 29/02/20 named after daddy pigs grandad malcom 
somewhat reluctantly I set up the bonding pen, I knew given she was 7 weeks old I had to waiver quarentine and I'd just had to deneighbour nugget from fluffy due to fighting through the bars so I figured give this a shot. I found it really hard to look at her at first I wont lie, I wasn't ready yet so a quick health check, weigh in and sex check and she was in the bonding pen with fluffy. Fluffy initially refused to acknowledge her existence and just stared into space, then turned to look at me with a look that just said 'what is that' then turned to face a corner. Very timidly the somewhat shell-shocked baby pottered over to try and cuddle into fluffy and it was at that point fluffy lost it, full on flying balls of fur... The bonding was well and truly over.I am now somewhat panicked, there's a tiny baby piggy in my house and only one bonding option left, their bond already on tenterhooks from their earlier neighbouring with fluffy this could not be more of a disaster, at this rate I could have a lot of pigs requiring rescue dating (seriously daddy this is why we don't have Ooops in petshops at any time let alone while grieving during lockdown). So much guilt and shame and anxiety now running through me I go to get nugget and marshmallow, I have a surprise for you girls, please please get on
thankfully after some initial alterations between nugget and marshmallow the bonding went OK and they seem to be getting on very well now. I'm still struggling to bond with the baby but I know in time I will grow to love her, I'm happy that nugget is happy, I've always seen her as leader of a group and she's taken on the challange well but I'm still grieving and very sad that despite a night at cavy corner fluffy is still rejecting every pig but I am starting to interact with baby mal more, we've had a cuddle and I'm smiling seeing her popcorning around, I know had she joined us at any other time idve fallen head over heels for her already. I also know that princess wouldn't want me to never love another piggy again. I had to get my own head around her being here before I could introduce her to you all... So every one this is baby mal born 29/02/20 named after daddy pigs grandad malcom 
she's settled very well but I know she was handled a lot previously, she's very cute, I still miss princess a lot though 
Baby is more of a...salve of sorts for your husband. And maybe for you in some way.
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up to 433g at today's weekly weigh in (didn't see the point waiting till Tuesday when I do the others today) she's very calm the others were all a bit crazy as babies 
never had a baby this young though 
but my nugget is currently the happiest pig around so for that I am thankful