Eriathwens piggies

I'm so sorry that you have lost lovely Treacle. You did everything you could for her and her life was full of love.
RIP little one. 🌈💕
 
I am so sorry. You must be so devastated, be kind to yourself you did absolutely everything you could for her, no one could do more. Just remember however long or short their lives are with you life is full of love and kindness. Sending you hugs.
 
Thankyou, I'm absolutely heartbroken even though really, I knew it was coming. I've barely slept, sat there until about half 7 waiting for my alarm to go off to go back up and feed her even though I knew she wasn't there anymore :(

There's also Ebony to consider, she's so sad, 3 friends lost in as many months, poor thing.
 
So I had planned to do this prior to Treacle becoming unwell, in order to avoid this exact situation of Ebony being left all alone again. She hasn't moved in 12 hours..just lay in Treacles house, miserable. I had expected to wait a little while before going in search of new friends for her, knowing she would not fit in with the main herd. But her behaviour made me think it would be selfish on my part to make her wait when she was clearly so sad and lonely, I didn't want to risk her not eating. So while I was out getting shavings and hay, I saw these 2 little sweethearts. Pippins dark face reminded me so much of Bramble, I felt a little like she had sent them to me to help Ebony and me deal with all the losses.

Some rubbish pictures taken during their health check before putting them in the cage. The first 2 are Pippin and the second 2 are Baliey :) and bonus picture of them in their box on the way home..apparently they join together to make one giant superpig..
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So nice that you are putting Ebony first at such a difficult time. I'm sure she will be happy to have some new friends. They are gorgeous.xx
 
Ebony absolutely adores them, they're waddling around the place in a conga line hoovering up the hay. First I was crying because I was sad and now I'm bawling because Ebony is so happy..honestly I'm such a mess XD I think the sleep deprivation is still affecting me.
I'm so glad I decided to bring them home, I was unsure at first, but it was the right call for Ebony, and the girls, they seem to like Ebony too.
 
Stuck my head around the door to see how things were going and Ebony and Bailey were side by side having a nap together, Pippin was somewhere under the hay. They weren't brave enough to come out for veggies but it's only day 1. Ebony has been popcorning around the place, happy as anything. A complete 180 to this morning! At this rate their hideys can go back in tomorrow once the F10 I pretty much dunked them in has dried :)
Everyone else knows there is new faces too, they keep giving the air a good sniff and trying to talk to them!
 
Just caught up with this and I am so, so sorry about Treacle.
Even if expected, losing a pet can be devastating.
Allow yourself time to grieve for her.
It’s wonderful that Ebony is happy with her new companions
 
The room feels weird, their cage is right in the middle of the room, it's the heart of it and now it contains mostly piggies I don't know yet :hmm: it'll take a bit of getting used to I think.
I did however sleep like a log at last, although I spent a lot of yesterday suddenly panicking that I had forgotten to syringe feed Treacle.
I've had these 2 out for some cuddles to start working on taming them, poor things are terrified. I've never had one jump vertically into the air out of my hands before! Luckily I can juggle so I managed to catch her. Bailey is going to be quite a live wire I think XD

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Kept myself busy today which was a good chance to chat away to the new ladies and get them used to me rambling on about nothing while I'm in the pig room :xd:
Clean cages, nails, cuddles and bum baths for those that seem to be trying to dye their hair. I don't think Baby Pumpkin can really be called a baby any more...she's one of my biggest pigs already! Shellybean decided to wipe her bum all up my arm after having a wee.. bless her, they all know they can get away with anything!

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I've had the babies out for another cuddle and gave them a much better once over, what I originally noted as 'thin' seems a bit of an understatement, I can feel every single rib 😡
I need to give my scales a good disinfecting after using them for Treacle but I need to get a weight for them. They had very little hay in with them, none to put in the box on the way home they had to open a bag from the shelves. Luckily they've done nothing but eat me out of house and home since arriving so hopefully they chunk up soon, if not I'll take them for a proper check over with out vet.
 
Oh no, hope they regain a more healthy weight (hopefully they’ve had a healthy weight before...)
 
Aw thankyou, thats kind of you to say.
Bailey is 429g and Pippin is 413g which seems rather on the light side?
They're 8-12 weeks old, the paperwork says 8, but they seem a little bigger but that could well just be all the hair which also seems a little long for 8 weeks. I'm sure Blackberry and Brambles hair was shorter at that age, Pippin has already had a rather questionable haircut :doh:

Between Treacle and Leonard though I recently ordered in Alfalfa, Orchard grass, Oat readigrass as well as their normal meadow hay so they've got quite a selection to choose from, the readigrass seems popular so far. No doubt they'll be chubsters like the rest in no time :)
 
So glad these lovely little ones are helping you and Ebony through your loss! Look at their beautiful crazy fur! I'm sure you'll feed them up in no time :)
If it helps, Piggle was 430g and Puggle was 390g when they first arrived at 11 or 12 weeks old, and they are now over a year old and Piggle is a consistent 1.1kg fatty (so many double chins her eyes disappear at nap time) and Puggle (bloat issues for a few months, still a sensitive tummy, our most petite piggy) topped 900g for the first time this week.
 
By the sounds of it they're not too far behind what they should be then! :) I just found the likely reason for poor Pippins shocking haircut though..there were some little matts stuck tight to the back of Bailey's thighs so I guess Pippin got herself a bit tangled!
They're settling down quite well, Pippin is mastering her stink eye, I've a feeling I'm going to be on the receiving end of that quite a lot over the years :xd:

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It would seem so! I can't wait, grooming long hairs is something I always find quite relaxing once they get used to it, although I'm still not 100% sure which direction most of it wants to go in :lol!: I told Bailey those were the last knots she would ever have, bless her. She still wasn't very impressed at having them cut off though.
 
Betsy isn't too keen on knots and mats being cut off. During the Spring and Summer months she is knot and mat free it's just when the temperature goes down and it's too cold for a bum bath (she is an outside piggy) she has them in the winter and I just cut off what I can. She is in desperate need of a bum bath and a trip to the ironing board salon but it's still too cold at night. In a few weeks time she will be treated to a very fashionable wedge cut once more.
 
I swear if it's not one thing it's another! Poor Ebony is in pain again, peeing blood. Will call the vet tomorrow and see how quickly he can see her. I've managed to flush her bladder out quite a bit and give her painkillers so she is no longer painful when passing urine, hopefully I can keep her comfortable until we can be seen. I wanted to ask about Cartrophen injections for her last time I was at the vet but with how poorly Treacle was I forgot.
I've only ever seen such bloody urine once before! Couldn't believe it. But an hour or so later it's just a little pink, by morning I'm hoping it will be more normal.

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I am so sorry you are having all these problems. Sending poor Ebony healing vibes, hope that's lots of nasty sludge passed and all will now be well. Xx
 
Hopefully! I collected the first sample in a syringe to do a sludge test, I rinsed the bowl out and put it to one side to try again the second time and even though it was rinsed there was still a dried calcium stain where that wee had been! :( poor thing must have had loads in there.
 
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