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Eriathwens piggies

Little Daisy has been out and about exploring the landing! 2 months ago to the day she was having surgery and we learned she only had months left. No ones told her yet 🥰

It's also 1 year to the day that we brought home Coco and Biscuit! I cant believe that went so quickly.

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Shellybean has developed the same issue Leonard had, with a blocked tearduct on her left side so she's been out having the surrounding area massaged to hopefully move the blockage out. She decided she would do some climbing! I stopped her before she made it up to my shoulder just in case given how fragile she is..but clearly no one's told her she's meant to be careful! I was quite worried how she would fare in the heat with her dodgy heart but other than a little blip with some soft poops from hogging all the slices of marrow I gave them one day, shes been fine.
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Hasn’t Shelley done well, I don’t think any of my piggies liked this constant heat. If you get hot days and cool evenings then that’s fine but it’s been so hot for furries and humans alike 🥵
 
Bill & Ted said:
Hasn’t Shelley done well, I don’t think any of my piggies liked this constant heat. If you get hot days and cool evenings then that’s fine but it’s been so hot for furries and humans alike 🥵
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Shes been an absolute trooper, I must admit, I had a little listen to her heart and I can't hear anything abnormal..my vet did say it was only every so often so I doubt it's gone completely but I'm hoping its at least maybe improved? Likely wishful thinking but we will have to see.

Theyre all very much enjoying the much cooler temperatures, theyre all much more active during the day.
Poor Paddington has an appointment first thing Wednesday as he has an issue with his penis, when I rolled the skin back to clean it as he had a large build up of either pus or smegma, blood started pouring through the skin but I cant for the life of me find where exactly it comes from, it's doing it off and on so it's not a constant thing, but if it's doing it when I check it, it'll be doing it when he mounts the girls and could end up infected. Poor little man! I have a picture of it but I'll spare you all the details 🤣 instead I'll stick a couple nice ones up of Panda, Delilah and a nicer angle of the man himself 😅

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Ouch! Poor Paddington that does sound sore. Let us know what the vet says. Christian always had a good amount of smegma on his willy as he couldn't clean it properly because of his spinal arthritis and he hated me cleaning it off very gently with a cotton bud and luke warm water. Dennis on the other hand was a very clean boy.
 
Will do! Yeah Padds doesn't much like it either, I've cleaned it just now and it appears to be a couple of small sores or blisters on the skin inside. I've never seen anything like them on any of my boys before.
Oliver needed a bit of a clean today but bless him, Finley got a lot of praise for being the only clean willy in the room 🤣
 
Aw poor Paddington, hope whatever it is heals well, probably the heat or a bit of hay been stuck up there and made it sore. Boys and their privates! 😆
 
Well that's that over with, I was dreading having to go and talk about his penis 🤣 Its pretty much healed up now so just need to check it once or twice a week for a bit to make sure he's alright. Hopefully he keeps it to himself for a while..knowing him it's from over use 😅

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I've been rearranging my bedroom now our cat Willow is happy to utilise the rest of the house, I can make it more of a bedroom instead of a cat room 😅
While I was vacuuming behind the radiator, this fell out. It must have belonged to the previous owners daughter.

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Little Shelly made a pretty good attempt at dying over night, she bloated massively, started retching up clear fluid, stopped eating and pooping and just generally looked like she wasn't going to make it.
With stomach massages to move the gas, extra pain medication, gripe water, critical care and a lot of luck she turned around quite quickly and was nibbling hay again by 6am, she already had an appointment booked this morning luckily and we have her booked in for xrays Monday to check her heart and the rest of her chest. She has been sectioned off to live with Daisy out of the main herd to reduce stress as much as possible, Oliver has been bullying her a fair bit so hopefully she should now feel more relaxed. Not entirely sure what happens now, depends on what the xrays find really so I'll know more next week.

Looking forward to a very uneventful evening and an early night, with any luck. I've not had any sleep still! Our cat Willow and Ash the gerbil had to go in later in the afternoon too which was...fun, hair and urine everywhere 🤣🤣 I dont know why they still put up with me, my animals are a nightmare!

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Glad to hear Shelly is feeling better, what a time you are having! Healing vibes being sent to Shelly, Willow and Ash. I hope you get some sleep tonight.
 
👍 You are doing a great job there, glad to here Shelly has recovered from that nasty bloat, hope you get a peaceful night x
 
Thankyou both, scared the hell out of me. I was convinced I would go in to feed her and find her gone. Her and Leonard got a pretty poor hand, genes wise, but they really got a will to live!
 
Glad Shelley has pulled through her nasty bloat.
She’s lucky to have such a star ⭐️ of a slave.

Hope you get a good night’s sleep
 
I dont have it in me to write up a rainbow bridge post just now, but I figured I would say here that unfortunately Shelly passed away about an hour or so ago.
The room is very quiet, our Queen piggy has gone 💔

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Oh no, I’m so so sorry to hear this.
Thinking of you and sending lots of love.
Enjoy the bridge beautiful Shelly, you were very loved 🌈 💗
 
Oh I'm so sorry to learn this. She went to The Bridge on her own terms at home surrounded by love and that really is the best way for a piggy to toddle off there. Huge hugs at this sad time. :hug::hug::hug::hug:
 
So very, very sorry 😢
Shelley will be sorely missed.
She had the best life with you.
Look after yourself and be gentle with yourself as you grieve.
 
I am so sorry Shelly decided it was her time to go over the bridge, she had the very best of lives with you, sending big hugs x
Sleep tight gorgeous little lady x
 
I'm so very sorry that your beautiful, unique Shelly Bean has gone. You have poured so much love into her life. Sending lots of sympathy 🌈
 
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