A year ago today... a little tribute to our Special Little Piggie

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Last Boxing Day, Dylan had his stroke in the rescue before he found a home with us in early January. I spotted him on the rescue's website with details of his past and made an appointment to see him the following day. We had only been guinea 'slaves' for a couple of months with Blaze and Scampy (RIP both) and were learning all we could, and we had a couple of reservations about his condition as we were still so new to piggies. But when I held him at the rescue centre he buried his head under my arm and just sat there, quiet as anything, and we knew at that point he was coming home with us :)

For the first few months, he grabbed his food and dashed into his little stick house. Now he snuffles through his food happily and confidently and there is no more hiding.

Despite having a head tilt and thinking he would need medical attention regularly if he even made it much longer, we are happy to say that over the year the head tilt has diminished and he's the most nippy, fearless and chatty of all our boys. He enjoys the company of other pigs, but won't tolerate another pig without a divider. We think this was down to his past - he was kept in a tiny room free range with over 70 other pigs. He still has his down days and quiet periods, but we are so very proud of him.

Julie (Boureki) bought me a mousemat for Christmas with his picture on, and this is the picture she took of him:

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If the pic doesn't show, here is the link: https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb302/jumarty/Dylcorn.jpg

At this point he is snoozing in his slipper bed ;D
 
He's a very handsome piggy :smitten:.....and very special too,I loved his story of how he came to be with you :)
 
Aw i love Dylan :smitten: he's my fave of your lot :) he looks like such a little boy, you couldnt confuse him for a girl! he has really unusual markings too :smitten:
 
Thank you all :) He still has the remains of his head tilt and he's the favourite of my brother who has re-christened him 'Wonky-Head'! ;D
 
Dylan is a very fortunate piggie indeed, I'm so pleased for you both that he has progressed so well.

A lovely picture of him, he looks very relaxed. Special piggie hugs to him and yourselves ((((( O0 ))))))
 
had to much to drink am shedding a tear (thank go d for spell check ;D)
 
piggybaker said:
had to much to drink am shedding a tear (thank go d for spell check ;D)
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LOL, I hope that is a happy tear!

Louise, thanks, we wouldn't have dreamed he could have turned out so well :)
 
Awwwwww bless him - Hes gorg - and he looks similar to my boar named Badger :smitten:
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Congratulations to both of you for providing the gorgeous Dylan with a happy forever home. What a lovely story :smitten: :smitten:
 
aw it's so nice to hear a good story of pig happiness :smitten: he is gorge
 
Aww, i can't believe had cute he is, very good looking :smitten:
So glad he turned out so well
 
Thanks for your comments, we're chuffed Little D is a hit ;D

We went back to the rescue today with a few odds and ends for the piggies they have in, gave them the above pic of Dylan and they knew who he was straight away, even after a year, which was really nice! They said despite the many pigs they have go through the rescue, there are always the odd ones that leave an impression, and that Dylan was one of them, as they were worried that he would have struggled to find a home with his potential problems. So we're really pleased we made that visit and so glad they remembered him.
 
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