Salvatore pigtures (9 pix)

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well done! he is looking much brighter:))

I will be following this thread with interest, and updates on this little one:))
 
Aww he is so cute! It is wonderful to see him looking so much better. I am so pleased you found him. :)
 
Awww he looks amazing! A couple more weeks and i bet he's back to full health!

All i can say is i am truly proud to be a member of this forum! Its at times like this where everyone pulls together and saves the life of a suffering animal!

Well done to everyone for the amazing advice! And a huge well done to Pat for following the advice and saving this beautiful boy. Who know's what could have happened to him, but at least he is safe and very well cared for now! xoxo
 
lauralucy said:
as katie says he doesnt looks very old i would guess he's not hit 6 months old yet (closer to 3-4)
gogoguineas said:
He does look young but also, if he's been deprived of a good diet then that will have affected his growth, difficult to tell.
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This is a puzzle to me. Redemption is not quite 6 months old yet but already he is a few grams over 1 kg. Salvatore is quite small and weighed only 650 g on Sunday, with no fat between his skin and flesh, but if one is to judge by genital development then he is a lot older than Red. Sal was in with two very large boys at least a year old when I got him. At first glance I thought Sal was a pup, but when I picked him up and saw that he was even more developed than Red in the boar bits department, I assumed he had been stunted because he couldn't get to the food.

Regardless, I don't think he is older than a year based on his fellows, but I also don't think he is as young as his size indicates. If he is older I hope the good food I provide will help to eliminate or at least diminish any lasting deficit from growing up with poor nutrition. He is eating eagerly now; I put a pile of grass in earlier today, and when I was awakened from sleep at 5 a.m. the grass and clover were gone, so I went outside and picked more for him. (Who in their right mind goes outside at 5 a.m. harvesting grass for guinea pigs.)
 
A piggie slave thats who :))

Well done for what you did for Salvatore xx
 
Connie said:
Besides the skin condition hes starting to look like a normal healthy piggy! Well done pat your doing a great job. :) I wish i could meet him. Did you know he is part abysinian? Not a pure bred, but has atleast one roset that i can see. The boar in my picture is also an abysinian cross. :)
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sorry this is going a bit back in this post, we have a part aby as well ,the one in my avatar, he is such a character, so vocal, and very curious about everything that is going on- a real little devil! you will have your hands full with salvatore once he has fully recovered (and wont you just love that!)
 
Oh he's beautiful! He does look part aby to me as well (lots of wheeeeks to him from my aby, Twirl). I'm so glad he's pulled through. What a lucky little jinny wig!
 
Salvatore you are such a handsome boy x)

Pat you are fantastic, you have done so well with him. I hope he continues to improve. You should be very proud of what you've done, you are a very special person and Sal is lucky to have found his way into your life. x
 
he does look so cute in his lay on back piccy :D
*tickles his tummy and gives him a iccle teddy* :)
 
Pat Shields said:
This is a puzzle to me. Redemption is not quite 6 months old yet but already he is a few grams over 1 kg. Salvatore is quite small and weighed only 650 g on Sunday, with no fat between his skin and flesh, but if one is to judge by genital development then he is a lot older than Red. Sal was in with two very large boys at least a year old when I got him. At first glance I thought Sal was a pup, but when I picked him up and saw that he was even more developed than Red in the boar bits department, I assumed he had been stunted because he couldn't get to the food.

Regardless, I don't think he is older than a year based on his fellows, but I also don't think he is as young as his size indicates. If he is older I hope the good food I provide will help to eliminate or at least diminish any lasting deficit from growing up with poor nutrition. He is eating eagerly now; I put a pile of grass in earlier today, and when I was awakened from sleep at 5 a.m. the grass and clover were gone, so I went outside and picked more for him. (Who in their right mind goes outside at 5 a.m. harvesting grass for guinea pigs.)
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With regards age I thought you'd like to know that Rocket is also coming up to 6 months ( 22 weeks this week ) and weighs over 1kg ( 1125g on Monday ) like Red but his bits are very well developed already like Sal's. Don't know if that helps with trying to pin an age on him.
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