Learning to eat again and....

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making friends with Priya!

Little Jerry, who has joined the sanctuary as a permanent resident, is making great progress in learning to eat again. He arrived here, two weeks ago, with dreadful teeth (despite seeing various vets, and his previous owners spending a fortune) and today he started to eat for himself.

While he was enjoying tucking into his grass he got a very special visitor.

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He's looking so much better! Looks like a completely different pig. Think he's going to be there a while eating that grass one blade at a time!

Poor old Priya, putting up with all these rodents invading her home! :))
 
oh he is cute, well done you. Obviously the cat is not worth bothering about! clever piggie xxxoxo
 
What a delightful video - so good to see him eating like that, dainty blade by blade of grass. And so sweet to see him meet Priya.
 
Well done little Jerry x) (and Debbie)
 
It's great to see a dental piggy doing what piggies love best again after what they have been through! I am glad that Jerry can enjoy life again; Simon and you have certainly been working hard to get him that far that quickly!

It must be such a joy for his loving owner! :))
 
I loved watching that video. It is marvellous to see him carefully eating again. Thank you for showing us, it gives everyone with 'dental problem' piggies new hope.
 
Wiebke said:
It's great to see a dental piggy doing what piggies love best again after what they have been through! I am glad that Jerry can enjoy life again; Simon and you have certainly been working hard to get him that far that quickly!

It must be such a joy for his loving owner! :))
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Sadly little Jerry and his friend Ben won't be returning home to their family as Jerry is going to need ongoing dental treatment. However, we will all be keeping in touch and they will be coming to visit Ben and Jerry very soon. Although the boys are now permanent sanctuary residents, I will ensure his previous owners are kept updated with Jerry's progress and they are still playing a big part in the boys lives by sponsoring them.

I find it so upsetting that so few vets are competent in dental work on piggies, and only today I had someone ring for syringe feeding advice who had been told by the vet that she would need to syringe feed 5 mls three times a day! In reality 120 mls a day is needed to just hold their weight stable.
 
Sarah from Chucklebunnies said:
I loved watching that video. It is marvellous to see him carefully eating again. Thank you for showing us, it gives everyone with 'dental problem' piggies new hope.
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When my piggie Poppet developed dental issues I really thought she was going to die. However all I, and Simon, learnt from her has gone on to help so many other piggies live their life to the full despite dental problems. Someone once described Poppet as a 'piggie with a purpose', and that is so true! Although she went to Rainbow Bridge just over two years ago, she continues to live on in so many others who have been helped.

Caring for dental piggies isn't easy and you can never take a day off, but just seeing them start to eat again is the very best feeling in the world!
 
What an adorable little fella he is, and very cute when he meets Priya x)

I can just imagine what she's thinking lol......" not another one mum, sigh..."

Great to see him eating too, what a massive sense of satisfaction :)
 
Watching the cute fluffball Jerry and just when I think it couldn't get any cuter he and the cat rub noses together. One of those scenes that makes you go Awwwwwwwwww!
 
Lilly said:
Watching the cute fluffball Jerry and just when I think it couldn't get any cuter he and the cat rub noses together. One of those scenes that makes you go Awwwwwwwwww!
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Priya is very protective of the guinea pigs and when next doors cats were trying to poke the piggies through the bars of the run, Priya dived straight in to see them off. Normally she is such a wimp and keeps well away from confrontation, but not where the piggies are concerned. She does look a bit concerned when more and more arrive, especially if the owners don't acknowledge her. You can't ignore Priya though as she just wails louder and louder until she gets some attention. :(|)

However, in saying all that, I would never trust her alone with the piggies as after all she is a cat and has cat instincts!
 
This made me cry! It's so heartwarming to see jerry eating on his own. Well done to you debbie and Simon. I really look up to you and wish I could do what you do! Your amazing!
 
Oh Jerry you've made me smile and cry all at once!
Bless you, i did see you take more than one little blade at one stage droolx)
What a turn around!!


Me thinks Priya is a wonderful piggie guard..... nearly like her predecessor Schmichael x)x)
Pops taught Simon heaps.... she was a piggie in a million x) now that girl had pigtitude!
 
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