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Merab's Herd

They are all lovely, Jemimah is the “Nora Batty” of the girls if you don’t mind me saying haha, my Ted weighs in at just over 1300gms and he’s a broozer :))
 
Such a hard life - they were all exhausted after the excitement of breakfast and needed a nap before doing anything else. Jemimah had her eyes tight shut and was sound asleep
 

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You’d never believe this pair took a while to sort themselves out when first bonded.
Now Jemimah and Priscilla are firm friends
 

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Lovely girls! My Primrose is a terrible veggie thief. The problem is that Stanley is such a neat and refined eater whereas she just inhales food, so she scoffs her share and then goes to nick Stanley's food too. This morning I gave her a big leaf of lettuce, poor little Stanley came out to see what was in the offing and Primrose turned round and slapped him in the face with it!
 
Poor Stanley.
Phoebe will take anything from either of the others but will ensure no pig gets her food.
Primrose's usual trick (as she is more on the ball as to when the bowls of veggies arrive) is to go to the first food bowl and take what she considers to be the best bits, before going to the second food bowl and claiming the whole of it as hers. By this time Stanley has arrived and started eating from the reduced first bowl. Then as Primrose usually polishes off the contents of her bowl twice as fast, she then goes to 'help' Stanley with what's left of his veggies. I try to slip him some extra but she has a sixth sense for food... I've gently explained to her that Stanley needs his share as he is younger and still growing but this cuts no ice with her!
 
Primrose sounds a right little character and so much fun
Yes - from being last in the pecking order when there were three of them, I think she is the dominant one now that it's just her and Stanley. She makes the right noises when he is on a major rumblestrutting kick, but I think she is humouring him rather than submitting as such! They rub along together okay though and him being younger has brought out her fun side - they enjoy doing zoomies round the cage together. It pains me to say it as I miss Jess a lot but I think Stanley and Primrose seem happier now it's just the two of them.
 
It's been interesting with my herd to see how relationships changed when we lost Merab and they became 3 instead of 4.
Jemimah and Priscilla seemed to decide amicably to share the top spot - although a strong season can be fun!
Phoebe is still bottom but became much more confident when she no longer had Merab to hide behind.
They do have a fascinating social structure
 
It's very interesting - Stanley also seems to have become more confident with me (though that may just be because more time has passed). I think it's a bit less stressful for him than when he was trying to be alpha male over two mature ladies! He was always trying to hump Jess but he doesn't really try it on with Primrose (except when we were at the vets :eek:) though he now seems to have developed a thing about frantically sniffing where she has peed instead... Jess was very flighty and picked on Primrose a bit, so she's a lot more relaxed now its just her and Stanley.
 
It’s such a hard life!
 

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My lot wish you all a calm and relaxed Advent
What a lovely thought :)
I have a houseful of extended family today clamouring to put up the Christmas tree, bake mince pies, and visit the Christmas market today- so calm and relaxed is quite a way off for us!
 
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