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Chock is going to vet today so will let you know how he gets on...
Hopeing he wont bight the vet lol
He doesn't like vets at all....
 
Chock was a little star at the vets
He let them cut his claws and no bighting iether which was a mirical as usually he manages to get one in somewhere lol
 
We have just cut the claws of 8, had ear checks, & 2 had to have bum washes because of a over active grease gland. They are all in the cages sulking now. :lol!:
Well done Chock, you've been a brave boy.
 
Tiamolly123 said:
We have just cut the claws of 8, had ear checks, & 2 had to have bum washes because of a over active grease gland. They are all in the cages sulking now. :lol!:
Well done Chock, you've been a brave boy.
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Ah the dreaded bum wash. You'd think they'd be grateful for a nice clean bottom! Silly piggies.:wub:
 
Chock did get a reward bowl of greens for behaving in the car on the way to the vet, while in and on the way back from the vets
He also didn't gnaw the carryer iether which is something he usually does
He's finally forgiven me now i think.
I can now run him in his pen as his claws wont catch on the towl that i have to put down to stop him chewing the carpet
Naughty piggy...
 
Squeakz said:
Ah the dreaded bum wash. You'd think they'd be grateful for a nice clean bottom! Silly piggies.:wub:
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I tried to tell the ones that had a complete bath it's for they own good but they wouldn't listen.
Yet Tia the one in my avatar stands up, legs over side & loves it.
 
Chock has gone back to normality
Licking my eye brows and hands just like he did before yesterday
 
Chock is having some well overdue floor time
I couldn't run him because his claws were catching the towl so he got cot on it and i was scared of him braking something
He is currently eating dry dandelion bitween eating the hay inside his play box and the box its self
Hopefully now he can be let out for regular runs he will now be less grumpy...
 
Chock seems much calmer now after his run this morning...
Think its done him some good to be honest....
 
Chock is a lot happyer now he's had 2 runs 2 days in a row.
Will keep this up as i think its good for his mental state to have a brake from his cage...
 
Chock woke me up for his breakfast this morning with really loud wheekwheek noises
Naughty piglet...
 
Chock loves the pen time he's getting at present.
I love seeing a happy and contented and placid pig.
 
Been shopping for Chock this afternoon
I got him:
Mountain hay
Timothy alfalfa kings hay
Burjus marigold and dandelion hay
2 10 £ bails of wood flakes
4 bags of woodland dandelion feest
A new bull rush ball for playing with during floor time and some Chamamile harvist which is pure Chamamile stocks and nothing else
Can be useful to help them be quieter at night as it relaxes them as it does with us.
I have made a blend of different hays for his play box
Alfalfa hay, mountain hay which is really nice light and fluffy
Smells a bit like tea, anyway i digress,
Marigold and dandelion hay and some Chamamile and i've mixed it all together so he will have fun eating outside his cage as all the hays are mixed up on purpis so he will enjoy forageing through that in his pen tomoro...
 
Maddy said:
Been shopping for Chock this afternoon
I got him:
Mountain hay
Timothy alfalfa kings hay
Burjus marigold and dandelion hay
2 10 £ bails of wood flakes
4 bags of woodland dandelion feest
A new bull rush ball for playing with during floor time and some Chamamile harvist which is pure Chamamile stocks and nothing else
Can be useful to help them be quieter at night as it relaxes them as it does with us.
I have made a blend of different hays for his play box
Alfalfa hay, mountain hay which is really nice light and fluffy
Smells a bit like tea, anyway i digress,
Marigold and dandelion hay and some Chamamile and i've mixed it all together so he will have fun eating outside his cage as all the hays are mixed up on purpis so he will enjoy forageing through that in his pen tomoro...
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Crikey Chock is going to have some tasty food. :yahoo:
 
You should have heard the racket he made when me and my support worker were carrying it up the stairs
How do they know there is stuff for them in the house before you've even shut the front door?
Thats always intrested me regardless what animal i was looking after because every animal i have ever had has known stuf has been braught in for them but how they know i will never know...
 
I think its important for pigs to have different kinds of hay to eat as they would eat different grasses in the wild so i try and coppy that aspect in to his life.
 
Chock is really enjoying his run time in the morning
He was running about for 2 and a half hours before he fell asleep inside his hay box bless him
 
Maddy said:
You should have heard the racket he made when me and my support worker were carrying it up the stairs
How do they know there is stuff for them in the house before you've even shut the front door?
Thats always intrested me regardless what animal i was looking after because every animal i have ever had has known stuf has been braught in for them but how they know i will never know...
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Know what you mean :lol!:
 
Chock had another hour and a half run around before he crashed out in his hay box. With him being in the pen every day i can do things when he isn't in his cage that will make him stressed out if he's in there like having to take his sleeping space out to change the wood and hay under where it sits
He's very teritorial over his house
If i'd known that a rectangle of wood with another rectangle on top would make such a difference to a pigs life he would have had one right from the start...
Its the large cottage from pets at home that he has and he loves it
It also makes a very good hay rack as well, thats until he decides to push half of it out of corse :)
I have noticed since i've been running him every morning since he had his claws cut he's a much happyer pig all round
The good thing is when he's having pen time he cant escape as its made out of metal
Its the small play pen from pets at home he has to run around in
Each panel is a meter long and there are 4 of them so when its up its actually quite a big space where he can be aloud to be a pig but he's not able to get stepped on or access to my electric cables.
I know its just a bigger cage but confined floor time is better than no floor time at all thats the way i look at it.
 
Next monday when i have my 2 hour slot i will be going back to pets at home to get some more mountain hay and dandelion and marigold herbage as he loves them both
I only got 1 bail of each to try him on but now i know he likes them i will go and get more for him
 
Chock is enjoying getting out every morning like he did before he had talons as an issue
It makes him be less loud at night as well which isn't a bad thing :)
 
He has been having a 2 and a half hour potter about in his pen every day since his claws were cut and he's loving getting out and attacking things like the hay box or his bull rush ball or rolling his cardboard tube about the place or eating greens
I'm gonna have a look to see how much a bigger living space will be on monday when i go to get more hay.
Just so i can have an idea of the price range...
 
I could come back with a new living space for him on monday though but i'll have to see what the prices are like plus the current space will have to be factored in when making a choice so maybe upgrade him when i'm actually settled in my own house would be a better idea but i will have a look anyway, after all there is no harm in looking is there...
 
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