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These 3 piggies. These are all babies who've had babies & are no doubt carrying babies again :(

http://leeds.gumtree.com/leeds/37/39985437.html

I haven't contacted the advertiser as i cannot commit to them long term. I have posted in the Free-Ads part of the Rehoming Section but by posting here they stand a better chance of being noticed :)

Although i can't keep them here long-term i could collect them & keep them here until they could be collected from me if needed.
 
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that's appalling. i really hope someone on here can do something to help these poor pigs.
 
Niki, I've contacted the seller as not sure when you will be on. I've dropped you a couple of Pms too. :)
 
I should hopefully be collecting them tonight (waiting for the advertiser to send me her address). They'll stay here until Sunday & then are going to live in sunny Liverpool with Louise (the star she is) :)
 
Louise, you're a Piggie Angel - and so are you, Niki, for sorting this out.
 
Plenty of room here so why not, and i've Maggies winnings from Wagg so dried food isn't a problem! :))

I'll keep the boy here for 4 weeks quarantine and then put him up for rehoming.

The girls will stay all being well if one each will bond with my 2 groups. If they are pregnant I will bond a smaller babe and put the rest up for rehoming!

Niki is gonna call when she has them! :) x
 
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Plenty of room here so why not, and i've Maggies winnings from Wagg so dried food isn't a problem! :))

I'll keep the boy here for 4 weeks quarantine and then put him up for rehoming.

The girls will stay all being well if one each will bond with my 2 groups. If they are pregnant I will bond a smaller babe and put the rest up for rehoming!

Niki is gonna call when she has them! :) x
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:(|):(|) @ Maggies winnings. I feed Wagg too Lou. That's a good start & i've bought extra veggies today for them :)

I've got butterflies waiting for a reply. :(|)

EDITED TO ADD: I will be leaving to get them in bout 20mins!
 
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LOL Nan's sayings...horseracing winnings are rubbing off on me!

Yeah it's exciting! I've a spare cage as well incase they are pregnant and so much C&C its coming out me ears!

Leeds is only an hour from us! I thought it was further! PM me your addy when you can! x
 
oh well done you too! so pleased they will be well looked after! x
 
Thats brill news! I wish i had the space and am not really allowed any more animals unless if its a friend for phoneix! lol
 
Hi Guys,

Well I've just had a good old gossip with Niki. The pigs are with her now. The black one and the white one are girls and most definitly pregnant. They were in with 9 boars! The lilac one is the boar.

We came up with the idea of naming the white sow with ginger flecks Glynis after our lovely Australian friend and the boar I've decided to call Ron after our good mate RonInNorfolk and the black sow I'm calling Ellie after Squeakypigs because without her this forum wouldn't be possible.

The pigs are never 6 months, I said to Niki Logan is 7 months and 2lb well these are half that! :( Skinny and pregnant and every possibility they will have lethals as we suspect one of the older boars was blind. And Ellie has 2 extra toenails one on each foot.

Just glad they are out of there, Niki said she will post snaps when she can, I'm collecting them on Sunday. The sad thing is Ellie and Ron are very close so the option is to have him neutered when he is older.

Thanks for all your well wishes!

Louise
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Beautiful idea for the names but poor old Ron, don't know how he'll react when he learns he might be neutered... :))
 
Aww Louise i love their names & they suit them! I was dead excited at the prospect of taking pics & realised my camera's at my mums so will collect that tom.

Glynis & Ellie are together in a 4x2 & attacked a romaine lettuce leaf like nowt i've ever seen. Little Ron is next door in a 3 x 2 & is absolutely terrified.
All 3 of them are in remarkably good condition hair/nail wise but all are (to me) quite thin. Glynis & Ellie are really good temperament wise, esp Glynis, both will sit quite happily on your knee where Ron omg if he could turn himself inside out to get away he would :(

Their weights are Glynis - 765g
Ellie - 770g
Ron 619g

These piggies are supposedly 5-6 months old. Tait who at exactly 4 months old & who was half the size of his sisters when i got him weighed 804g on 1st June.

Whilst Glynis was on my knee earlier i could visibly see her hip bones and feel her back bone but i'm sure they'll start to gain weight; they're like kids in a sweet shop at the mo. Girls have eaten veg, hay & readigrass. Ron's been at the dry food & hay & has drank water like he's been in the desert - he almost yanked the bottle off the grid :(

The person i got them from said she got them from someone else & hadn't had them long. There were these 3 along with 2 or 3 other older boars then the 6 babies from these girls, 5 of which were boars all living together which means these 2 are bound to be pregnant again & to which boar i've no idea.

The babies from these 2 girls, now 6kws old, went to the petshop this morning. She had an older aby boy left who she said she had a "special" home lined up for as he was blind & she thought he was the father to the babies.

Ellie is crested & black & white. Ron is a crested lilac, red & white tri & Glynis is white with an intermingled lilac/red patch around one eye with a teeny bit round her other eye. They are probably ALL related & as Louise has said Ellie has 4 toes on each back foot.

I got the feeling she's trying to help others out but just isn't educated regarding the care of piggies. She had them in a run on the grass when i arrived & what i saw of one bunny it looked to be in good condition altho' i thought it's hutch seemed small but there are many people out there with hutches that are small.

Altho' these piggies are on the lean side their coats are good, no hair loss, no lice. Their nails aren't dirty, ears, eyes, noses are clean & she realised they were too much for her albeit she didn't go about rehoming them in a better way than on an ad site.
 
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It sounds like they are trying to do their best but going about it the wrong way, if the RSPCA were involved they would help them further with advice. Like me with Radley's original owners I sexed all pigs seperated them. People don't realise how fast pigs can breed thats the problem.

From those weights Niki and they are all the same age it does appear the girls are pregnant. As you said earlier it will be a miracle if they aren't anyway. Soon have them fat. I better get sorting my spare room!

And I need to buy fleece! :(|)
 
Well i'm very very honoured to have a beautiful little one named after me xx>>>xx>>>xx>>>
i'm actually a bit speechless :red

Thankyou both Niki for rescuing these little darlings and Lou for taking them in xx>>>xx>>>xx>>>
 
Aww Glynis, thats ok. You are always there for everyone so it seemed fitting to name a pig after you. :) I was going to call Kitty after you but Emily wanted to name her I got in first this time. :(|)
 
oh wish I had seen this earlier I am looking for a young sow to keep my recently bereved sow company. Never mind will keep looking.
 
I could have helped you though as i have an empty large indoor cage as my remaining sow went outdoors recently. And I have looked after pregnat and nursing pigs in the past. Never mind. Will keep looking.
 
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