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Pigtures of your Golden Oldies Peeezzeeeee!

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hazeyg

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I'm convinced my little Theo is starting look a little old now and its so adorable, he hops about like a young think but yet he looks a little scrappy and has lost a little condition in his old age. he has had quite a few bad episodes of illness in his time but he's 4 now and rumour has it if a pig makes it over three your out the woods with the dangerous illnesses.

Id love to see photos of all your golden oldies, but please do tell me their age as well
 
Not exactly ancient, but Big Dave is about 4 and a half, possibly older. I've had him 3 years and he was "about 18 months to two years" when I got him. I lost his brother, Boxy, a couple of weeks back to kidney and/or heart failure.

Big Dave (he's bigger than he looks in this photo - a chunker at almost 1.8kg!)

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This is Lily - she made it to seven and a half years old.
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Jenny was my oldest pig - just over 9 years old. Here she is in the girls group, (black and white piggy in the top right corner). Lily is in the pic too (silver piggy in the middle).

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Suzy x
 
BEAUTIFUL PIGGIES. Although Theo looks significantly more scrappy than these gorgeous little (and big- 1.8kg- thats got o be some kind of a record no? piggies- hmmmm... maybe I should be trying to feed him up a little.
 
My avatar shows Caractacus who was "about three" when we got him and lasted another three years. He was pts with bladder cancer:-

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and here he is with little Nippoleon Furball

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Stripe was nearly four when he went from gut blockage/torsion:-

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Toffee was three and a half (stroke):-

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and Parkin will be four in August:-

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Still waiting for a true geriatric one to come along!
 
This is Duke he lived till he was 6yrs 9mths :)
BUT.......he had huge issues with abscesses and then toofie problems and was hand fed for a long long time by me....whee had an amazing bond x)

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Rusty and Squeak. both aged about 5 when they died 6 months or so apart..
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suem said:
Rusty and Squeak. both aged about 5 when they died 6 months or so apart..
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I love it....I get a better view from here.

I know piggies that yu hand feed despite their initial reservations always thank you in the end :)

Heres my old boy. Hes four now but looks a little older.
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So many beautiful older piggies on here! Love the phrase Golden Oldies :))

Here's two photo's of our first girls who passed away last year at 4 & 1/2 and 5 & 1/2

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sport_billy said:
Love this photo HazeyG he looks sooooo content, what a cutie x)
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yeah we like guiness (editing this to say glynis but think its funny the way ive spelt it ha ha) have spent some emoptional times together. We have a very strong bond. I syringe fed him for months until finally he ate again himself he also helped me through my break up with my ex. I didnt know we were over but I left to see my parents for a weekend to get some space and my instincts told me to take him with me. We never returned and my ex who lived themselves in our flat after I left admitted Id have never have gotten custody cos it was so lonely. So I certainly believe in fate. I remember one night as well me ex went out and never came back for two days and a cried myself to sleep with him on my chest. I know that was irresponsible and I pacniched when I woke up in the morning I have never felt so awful. He was lay inside my dressing gown pocket at the end of the bed all night fast asleep like in the pigture above.....such a good wee piggie he is.
 
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Bingo will either be 5 or 6 this April/May. This pigture is in her much loved homemade piggy snuggle bed!
 
This is Lucy who is 4-5 years old now and the oldest lifelong resident at the rescue at the moment. No-one has told her that she's meant to a grown up and still popcorns like a loon around her cage, that's when she's not sleeping of course.

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Suzy x
 
hazeyg said:
yeah we like guiness (editing this to say glynis but think its funny the way ive spelt it ha ha) have spent some emoptional times together. We have a very strong bond. I syringe fed him for months until finally he ate again himself he also helped me through my break up with my ex. I didnt know we were over but I left to see my parents for a weekend to get some space and my instincts told me to take him with me. We never returned and my ex who lived themselves in our flat after I left admitted Id have never have gotten custody cos it was so lonely. So I certainly believe in fate. I remember one night as well me ex went out and never came back for two days and a cried myself to sleep with him on my chest. I know that was irresponsible and I pacniched when I woke up in the morning I have never felt so awful. He was lay inside my dressing gown pocket at the end of the bed all night fast asleep like in the pigture above.....such a good wee piggie he is.
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He sounds like a very special boy indeed, it never ceases to amaze me the bond that can be built up with piggies.
 
Though despite Bingy getting quite old now, she still finds the energy to beg the slave to bring her her favourite things on command!

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I love oldie pigs. they are so much more relaxed and when you've had them a long time you know so much of their character that you really find them psrt of the family. These are my boys, Merry & Pippin who left us when they 51/2-6 about 6 months apart...

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Gorgeous Merry & Pip x
 
this is molly and pippa. i rescued these from a rescue centre - literally! they were keeping them outside in an indoor cagemallethead
they are both at least 4yrs old as we have had them 3 years and they were fully grown when we had them.
pippa is the one on the left and molly is on the right.




 
Our family piggy Wuschel from the seventies; he lived to nearly 10 years old and this picture was taken when he was about 7 or 8 years old.

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Our family piggy Wuschel from the seventies; he lived to nearly 10 years old and this picture was taken when he was about 7 or 8 years old.

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he was gorgeous. he reminds me of my lulu. she was 5 when she passed. i have been searching for photos of my 'gone but not forgotten' piggies but i can't find them:0
 
This is Rosie who is coming up to 6 years old. She doesn't run around as much as a young'un but i don't think she looks her age!

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This is Mimsi, who went to Rainbow Bridge last year at the age of 8. I **** miss him terribly.

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This photo was taken a month before Mimsi passed.

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Suzygpr said:
This is Lily - she made it to seven and a half years old.
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Jenny was my oldest pig - just over 9 years old. Here she is in the girls group, (black and white piggy in the top right corner). Lily is in the pic too (silver piggy in the middle).

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Suzy x
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I'd so love a herd! 9 is amazing!
 
OOoooh I LOVE this thread! Some amazing ages too, we can all only hope that our current piggies will make it to similar ages! Keep them coming, sure there are more golden oldies out there!
 
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