Hannah_xx
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Thought it was about time I made a dedicated ongoing thread about my herd.
First, a little about me. I’m Hannah. Originally from the U.K. But moved to Australia with my boyfriend in September 2018. Animals are the biggest passion in my life, I love all creatures great and small. I take great joy in being around and caring for them. Small animals make my heart melt with cuteness and larger animals are my fantastic companions. I have 3 horses, 2 of which are Australian Brumbies which I trained from the wild. Other than animals I enjoy occasionally doing crafts such as sewing for the piggies or a little bit of painting. I’m also not too bad in the kitchen, I’m a vegan cook.
Enough about me! Who cares!
We’re here for the Guinea sqwigs!
First up I’ll introduce Olive and Opal. My first 2 pigs here in Aus. I went with a friend to rescue a few pigs from a bad situation, I was still on a working holiday visa so wasn’t going to keep them..just bring them back to health and find them good homes. We got to the house and was shocked at the conditions the 30+ guinea pigs where living in. They were in a small outdoor aviary along with lots of finches. All of the Guineas where Underweight and covered in sores from mites, fighting and dirt from the birds. They were breeding non stop and living in a very stressful situation. They were ONLY fed carrots. No hay, no pellets no grass. Just carrots.
We took 5 adults and 4 week old babies. And got out of there fast. I cried the second I got in the car. It was awful to leave the rest behind. We reported him to the RSPCA.
I took on 2 adults (young, I’m guessing where maybe 8-12 months old?) whom I named Olive and Opal.
They were very skittish and scared, But clearly delighted with the abundance of food they suddenly had available. They couldn’t get enough of the hay they’d been deprived of all there life. I treated them for their mites and skin condition, Fed them good quality pellets, vegetables and love. In a clean and quiet environment.
In just a few weeks they were starting to recover well.
Olive and Opal have now had a home with me for a year and a half, they are still shy but full of personality. I don’t tend to give them lap time very often as they don’t enjoy it. But they love floortime and it’s great pleasure to watch them happily and healthily popcorn and play. Olive is at the bottom of the pecking order but she has a temper! She loves to tell Patrick off and boss him about. Opal tells Olive to get out the way quite often in which Olive does as she’s told straight away. But they are still good friends and look to each other when worried.
Olive day
Opal day 1:
The girls now..
First, a little about me. I’m Hannah. Originally from the U.K. But moved to Australia with my boyfriend in September 2018. Animals are the biggest passion in my life, I love all creatures great and small. I take great joy in being around and caring for them. Small animals make my heart melt with cuteness and larger animals are my fantastic companions. I have 3 horses, 2 of which are Australian Brumbies which I trained from the wild. Other than animals I enjoy occasionally doing crafts such as sewing for the piggies or a little bit of painting. I’m also not too bad in the kitchen, I’m a vegan cook.
Enough about me! Who cares!
We’re here for the Guinea sqwigs!First up I’ll introduce Olive and Opal. My first 2 pigs here in Aus. I went with a friend to rescue a few pigs from a bad situation, I was still on a working holiday visa so wasn’t going to keep them..just bring them back to health and find them good homes. We got to the house and was shocked at the conditions the 30+ guinea pigs where living in. They were in a small outdoor aviary along with lots of finches. All of the Guineas where Underweight and covered in sores from mites, fighting and dirt from the birds. They were breeding non stop and living in a very stressful situation. They were ONLY fed carrots. No hay, no pellets no grass. Just carrots.
We took 5 adults and 4 week old babies. And got out of there fast. I cried the second I got in the car. It was awful to leave the rest behind. We reported him to the RSPCA.
I took on 2 adults (young, I’m guessing where maybe 8-12 months old?) whom I named Olive and Opal.
They were very skittish and scared, But clearly delighted with the abundance of food they suddenly had available. They couldn’t get enough of the hay they’d been deprived of all there life. I treated them for their mites and skin condition, Fed them good quality pellets, vegetables and love. In a clean and quiet environment.
In just a few weeks they were starting to recover well.
Olive and Opal have now had a home with me for a year and a half, they are still shy but full of personality. I don’t tend to give them lap time very often as they don’t enjoy it. But they love floortime and it’s great pleasure to watch them happily and healthily popcorn and play. Olive is at the bottom of the pecking order but she has a temper! She loves to tell Patrick off and boss him about. Opal tells Olive to get out the way quite often in which Olive does as she’s told straight away. But they are still good friends and look to each other when worried.
Olive day
Opal day 1:
The girls now..
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. Always look forward to reading your posts
