Meet A Very Special New Tribe Girl!

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I have been rather naughty making the two dozen full, but after losing another three of my elderly piggies over the summer, I do feel like I deserve a little cheer!

Little chocolate Angharad has sadly had a very rough start into her short 13 weeks long life. She's lost first her three siblings and then her mum, leaving her with just a rabbit for company before coming into The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue in Stoke-on-Trent.

But she's been settling in well over the last few days with her new lively ready-made family of three sisters, a mum, an auntie (all permanent non-medical fosters for TEAS sanctuary) and a very caring daddy boar (who also hails from The Potteries GP Rescue) and she has now started to come out of herself and zoom around the cage.

PS: Angharad is a traditional Welsh name that is pronounced An-CAR-rad and translates roughly as "much loved" - a name fit for an orphan in need of lots of it, don't you think?

Saying hello to her new sister Morwenna during the introduction.
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Sitting still for a close up and a first nibble of readigrass from my hand on Friday
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On her first outing to the lawn with her family this afternoon (Mererid on the left and "daddy" Bedo on the right)
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Busy exploring the delights of the big outdoors
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Aww, Angharad is beautiful :love: She will be very happy with you!
 
She's gorgeous :love::drool: and looks quite at home already ... x
 
She's beautiful! She looks like she fits in well with your tribe too! I was nearly named Angharad:D
 
Awwww, she is gorgeous! She will hopefully very rapidly forget her first 13 weeks as she learns what a happy, safe life is all about. X
 
Lucky girl to have such a loving instant family (of the human & piggy kind) after going through so much bereavement.
 
madguinealady said:
How does permanent fostering work, she is gorgeous
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My foster piggies are residential/non-rehomeable sanctuary piggies that live with me as if they are were mine. But they remain officially in possession of TEAS sanctuary, and any major medical or other decisions have to be made with the consent of the sanctuary owner.

As Debbie runs a pioneering sanctuary for mainly dental piggies, she needs as much space and attention for that task. However, over time non-medical piggies end up with the sanctuary for a variety of reasons - because their dental companion or the owner (with ties to the sanctuary) has passed away or in the wake of an emergency rescue intake etc... I have currently got 6 of Debbie's living with me.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/forums/the-excellent-adventure-dental-sanctuary.50/

Most rescues have got a residential herd of piggies that are too old, too frail or left with a problem that needs lifelong regular medical attention; some just because they are unsightly and get overlooked. Some rescues work with a foster system, but not all. It usually takes time to win the trust of a rescue to foster for them in whatever form.
 
What a fantastic thing to be able yo do for them.I am a sucker for the ones that get overlooked.
 
Oh she's beautiful! I don't think she realises how lucky she is to have the best guinea pig home in the world!
 
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