This is the tribute I have dreaded most – Tegan Syndod ‘Little Beautiful Surprise’, my little Tribe-born baby, has followed her aunt Ffwlbri to the Rainbow Bridge two weeks later and only a month after her group mate Heulwen.
When I went to refill the hay trays on Wednesday, I found her collapsed on her side in her cave from either a massive stroke or heart attack; she passed away not very long after in my arms.
Tegan has beaten Ffwlbri by just a week to be the piggy that has been with me for longest. She was only two months from her own 8th birthday.
Tegan’s surprise birth in October 2011 did cause quite a stir, to put it mildly! Dad dad turned out to be a supposedly safe over 5 weeks’ post-op boar (not one of the Tribe boars). Not many piggies can say that they have influenced welfare policy on a national level, but Tegan’s birth has contributed to cement the 6 weeks’ limit in the good standard UK rescue world, including the RSCPA, at a time when it was still somewhat under discussion.
My avatar picture with Nerys carrying baby Tegan on her back for just a few seconds is one of my most favourite all time shots; but it also serves as a good back-up when pointing out the 6 weeks safety wait!
Not yet sexed baby Syndod 'Surprise' with her mother Tesni 'Sun-warmed' and her aunt Ffwlbri 'Moonlight'
My little baby had more than a passing resemblance to my first own piggy Strolch 30 years earlier while I had adopted her stuck-in-rescue mother for her resemblance to our first family piggy.
Tegan Syndod is named after Telyn (baby name Tegan), who I’d lost very young to sudden heart failure not long ago.
As engaging babies go, Tegan was definitely right up there! Her peru hair started growing out very quickly and gave her a very funky look before it became too long and heavy.
When I went to refill the hay trays on Wednesday, I found her collapsed on her side in her cave from either a massive stroke or heart attack; she passed away not very long after in my arms.
Tegan has beaten Ffwlbri by just a week to be the piggy that has been with me for longest. She was only two months from her own 8th birthday.
Tegan’s surprise birth in October 2011 did cause quite a stir, to put it mildly! Dad dad turned out to be a supposedly safe over 5 weeks’ post-op boar (not one of the Tribe boars). Not many piggies can say that they have influenced welfare policy on a national level, but Tegan’s birth has contributed to cement the 6 weeks’ limit in the good standard UK rescue world, including the RSCPA, at a time when it was still somewhat under discussion.
My avatar picture with Nerys carrying baby Tegan on her back for just a few seconds is one of my most favourite all time shots; but it also serves as a good back-up when pointing out the 6 weeks safety wait!
Not yet sexed baby Syndod 'Surprise' with her mother Tesni 'Sun-warmed' and her aunt Ffwlbri 'Moonlight'
My little baby had more than a passing resemblance to my first own piggy Strolch 30 years earlier while I had adopted her stuck-in-rescue mother for her resemblance to our first family piggy.
Tegan Syndod is named after Telyn (baby name Tegan), who I’d lost very young to sudden heart failure not long ago.
As engaging babies go, Tegan was definitely right up there! Her peru hair started growing out very quickly and gave her a very funky look before it became too long and heavy.
I suspect Tegan's already up to her usual antics at the Bridge, with Ffwlbri and even Calli.
