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Meet my adorable newest arrival, Nimue!

In the last weeks, the tiny fluff ball has not only made it - against all the odds - through a near fatal stroke, but also a massive eye infection immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, this has left her with a permanent head tilt and minimal or no vision in her affected eye. Sadly, it also means that she is now simply too frail to rejoin my friend's big herd in the dedicated shed again, so she has come here as a permanent foster for the remainder of her life; how long or short that may be!

She is currently settling in with my two largest, but rather placid sows Iola (who has very similar colouring) and Hafren. My friend wanted Petal to have a proper Welsh Tribe name (there is no Welsh word for "petal"), so we have chosen to name her after the Lady of the Lake in the Welsh Arthurian legend instead!

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She's a very pretty little fluff ball. She and Iola are a good colour match!
 
She's beautiful Wiebke, and very lucky. Glad she is settling in well.
 
Oh my oh my! What a stunner she is. So glad you were able to nurse her back from the brink, a huge well done to you! It's lovely that she has a quite herd to settle in to xx
 
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Oh my oh my! What a stunner she is. So glad you were able to nurse her back from the brink, a huge well done to you! It's lovely that she has a quite herd to settle in to xx
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I didn't nurse her back - my friend (her owner) did that! Nimue has come here as a permanent foster, but she is still my friend's very much beloved piggy, who wants Nimue to be in a place she can be looked after as much as she needs to after it has become clear that she is surviving, but not without permanent damage and that she is not fit to go back with her shed group. At least I am local, so my friend can visit as much as she wants to. ;)
 
Well she did a great job. Sorry I thought she had sent her to you for nursing and decided that staying with you quiet ones would be the best for her. It's great that she's local to you and can visit her :) x
 
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Well she did a great job. Sorry I thought she had sent her to you for nursing and decided that staying with you quiet ones would be the best for her. It's great that she's local to you and can visit her :) x
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No, I have only acted as moral support over the last few weeks... My friend is an experienced guinea pig owner herself, but she is unfortunately not able to give Nimue a permanent indoors life and a smaller group that she needs now.
 
Awwwwwww she's adorable :D Love the name if anyone is wondering I think it's pronounced Nim-oo-ay is that right Wiebke? ;)
 
It's a beautiful name for a beautiful piggy :love: I remember the film with Isabella Rosselini in it & she played Nimue & I thought what a beautiful name it was then :) I am still wondering what to rename my new young rescue girl, she was called Minx but she is nothing like her name, she's more of an Angel :) What's Welsh for Angel do you know? I fancy something different :)
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Thank you Wiebke :D Oooooo I like Dilys that's lovely & means "Perfect" :D
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Dilys was one of my MIL's friends. There are a few names which I haven't been able to use for that reason because they are family or friend's names. My MIL's name was Eluned (pronounced Ee-LIN-id).
 
Oh she's beautiful. Glad your able to provide a good foster home for her <3
Best wishes for you and her-Emma x
 
How lucky for your friend knowing that the infamous Tribe are around the corner with the ideal foster mum!
 
A lovely name for a lovely piggy and a very lucky one to find such a special foster mum.
 
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