Secret Santa Presents

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Hi Rosierum - just thought you'd like to know I've had the same problem! I'm sure all the rescues will be understanding. It must be a nightmare to be a parcel courier at the moment! Sorry little piggies who are still waiting, I'm sure your lovely human slaves will have explained that the white stuff falling from the sky is responsible for your (nearly) late pressies...?!
My parcel was finally collected today and *should* be delivered tomorrow if the weather allows, but goodness knows! There is an additional pressie going direct from somewhere else so that might have a chance of getting there too... Exactly the same as you Rosierum! We both have our fingers crossed I think :)
Loving this thread again this year - just cant wait to see & hear about my parcel being received :))
 
keep them coming I love the photos, how are guinea pigs sooo cute!

And my piggies have opened and shared their pigturesdrool
 
Part two of the Secret Santa parcel from Australia came today this time for Dyson - pics tomorrow as the camera died today.

Suzy x
 
Autumn (Walsall RSPCA) would like to say a huge thank you to her secret Santa :) She had a lovely present which she will share with her 2 babies :)

oOoh whats this?
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The paper is beautiful! Looks at it!
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WOW Thankyou! (can you spot me in the photo?)
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I love the snuggle cup!
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Thank you Secret Santa - you've made my christmas :)
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It's lovely to see the photos,hope my rescue posts some photos soon,I know they received mine 2 weeks ago.I understand they are busy,but it makes it all worthwhile when you see the pictures.
 
Jac62 said:
It's lovely to see the photos,hope my rescue posts some photos soon,I know they received mine 2 weeks ago.I understand they are busy,but it makes it all worthwhile when you see the pictures.
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me too mine arrived last week would be so nice to see the piggies all happy :)
 
Joan receives some surprise presents....

I apologise to Joan and Tiffany's Secret Santas, I have done the photo shoot but am now locked out of Photobucket... created a new account but the uploader just isn't playing ball, I will try again tomorrow! Sorry guys

Sophie
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BIG thanks to the secret Santas out there.

Sinbad is so very grateful for his cosy that matches him!

Marigold, Dickens and Matilda are very grateful for their cosy warm beds and chew toys

And Fatboy is over the moon with his house, tunnel, food, hay and treats. I have photos of mostof it and will be taking lots more tomorrow to post.

Many thanks from them all, we are really touched! Its been hell of a day rescue wise, stuff like this makes it feel easier. All the rescue pigs say thanks!
x
 
Finally!

Joan couldn't believe her eyes when the postman arrived with a parcel with her name on it:
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She unwrapped some of them herself:
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And had a good read of the card:
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She loves the pink fleece!
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Joan had a rotten start to life before being sold at auction in a terrible state, we weren't even sure she would survive the journey home. She has lots of lumps inside and is one of our permanent residents (and sponsor piggies) here at GPRN, she's certainly never had a Christmas present before!

Thank you SO much to Joan's Secret Santa - the fleece is already in use, as Joan is indoors in a hospital cage keeping poor Kiki company, who had a stroke and needs some TLC. We're so touched by everyone's generosity

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Merry Christmas

Sophie and Joan
 
Tiffany gets a visit from Secret Santa

We came home to find two big boxes in the garage, addressed to Tiffany :)

She couldn't believe her eyes!

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One box was full of things for Tiffany - treats, tunnels, big bags of really nice food, pigloo... so many things, it was like Christmas for me too!

You can only see her bottom in this one:
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And this box was full of really excellent practical things, that anyone running a rescue would be very grateful for!

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Big box of syringes, cotton wool, cotton buds, and two huge bits of vet bed, which we use for post op pigs or sickly piggies. It is already in use as poor Kiki had a stroke a couple of days ago, here she is snuggling down on it:

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Thank you SO very much to Tiffany's Secret Santa, we were overwhelmed by the parcels and more tears were shed! I always think at this time of year that people are so very kind and generous, that it more than balances out the less kind people we have to deal with on the rescue side of things, it really warms the heart.

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Thanks again to Vicky for organising this, and for everyone who has volunteered to be a Secret Santa (or angel!) for a rescue piggy - you are all stars!

Many thanks

Sophie and Tiffany and all at GPRN
 
Oh wow there are some lucky piggies this christmas! :)) I can't wait to see photos of 'my' piggy with their present. It's funny but I can't help thinking of them as 'mine' xD
Miss Tiffany is one lucky piggy this christmas :) Your santa is a real angel!
 
Awww wowie x) I love seeing all the piggies opening their pressies, and enjoying the festive activities too! :)) I can't wait to see 'my' piggie, also, open their pressies :))
 
Awwww what stunning pictures :) thanks so much for sharing, it looks as though Joan, Kiki and Tiffany must all have been very good little piggies this year - Santa was very generous with his enormous boxes of goodies!

They're all absolutely gorgeous, you can just see their little personalites in the pictures too! I hope Kiki makes a good recovery from her stroke & that Joan and Tiffany enjoy all their lovely pressies (here's hoping that Santa leaves my stocking that full this year!) x
 
Dyson gets his parcel

The postie managed to get here again yesterday to deliver a second Australian surprise. This time it was for DaddyPig's nextdoor neighbour Dyson.

They were nominated together as they live side by side - both are extremely aggressive boys yet live harmoniously with bars to separate them, they love the odd swearing session and on their bad days they chew the bars just to annoy each other. Most of the time they potter about their cages quite happily and if one decides to have a bite to eat or a drink the other thinks it must be a good idea and copies them.

Here's Dyson getting his secret santa this morning.

Humph - and just what do you expect me to do with that!
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What! But that's my name...what's going on?
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Ohhhh you mean it's all mine? I don't have to share it with grumpy guts next door?
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I have never seen Dyson smile before, that is one happy piggy!
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You have made a very grumpy old man very, very happy!

Thank you for making him smile!

Suzy x
 
Wow so many lovely and deserving piggies with their pressies. Santa really has been busy.

It is so nice to see the photos and the gifts that the rescues have received. They do such hard work all year and some of the cases that are mentioned on here really do beggar belief of how people can treat piggies and how much suffering they receive.

It brings a lump to my throat of how generous everyone is in their presents to the rescues and how all the presents can make such a difference.

I am glad that "my" piggie has received their present. I know what people mean when they say that it is "their" piggie, even though I have never met my piggie I do feel protective and a little bond with them.

Keep up the wonderful photos. :))
 
Two special boys get names for Christmas

A very large and wonderful box of presents arrived this morning, although the piggies it is for are out on foster at the moment I had a chat with their foster mum and we decided as there was so many presents it would be ok to share them with the other piggies that will be in the rescue for Christmas, but haven't got a secret santa of their own.

The piggies from the farm rescue and their babies have had a pressie or two each.


The two farm rescue boys - Father and Son have now been named Benjamin and Thomas after their Secret Santa's nephews.
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So much to share!
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Cassie and Laurel got some nibbles
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Blanche and her girls got a fleecey igloo - a big hit!
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But they will have to wait for Christmas day for this one - and share it with everybody else.
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The farm baby boys couldn't wait to open theirs - the little monkeys!
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To be continued...
 
...and so the sharing goes on.


Lindy-lou and her baby are very keen!
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Her sister Carrie is too - and yes she is still feeding her baby, even though she is over 6 weeks old.
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And they finally managed to open it.
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Perhaps one of the happiest piggies is Oriel as she has detroyed every tunnel she had - this one should last her a while!
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What an amazing array of gifts, Secret Santa whoever you are, you made me cry this morning - all the piggies at the rescue will benefit from your generosity and once Benjamin and Thmoas return from the fosterers they will have a special fleece all of their own to snuggle in.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I am quite simply overwhelmed.

Suzy x
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What a fabulous bunch of people you are, i've just spent the last 15 minutes looking through all the posts and am quite misty eyed having read all the lovely stories and by folks generosity. Lets hope all these special piggies have a fantastic Xmas and that those that are looking for thier forever homes find them in the New Year.x)
 
Today the postman came with present's for
Dexter and Lucky(Becklen)
who had been in rescue for over 3 months...
they got an extra special surprise by finding a fabulous family and left on their new journey on Thursday:)...
THANK YOU so much to their secret santa....
I had 4 lovely little 5 week old babies handed in over the weekend who would love and really appreciate the secret santa gift's...all girl's and with no name's yet!
and will be up for rehoming in a few weeks..​
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Thank you so much for your kind and very generous gift secret santa
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Lisajazz said:
BIG thanks to the secret Santas out there.

Sinbad is so very grateful for his cosy that matches him!

Marigold, Dickens and Matilda are very grateful for their cosy warm beds and chew toys

And Fatboy is over the moon with his house, tunnel, food, hay and treats. I have photos of mostof it and will be taking lots more tomorrow to post.

Many thanks from them all, we are really touched! Its been hell of a day rescue wise, stuff like this makes it feel easier. All the rescue pigs say thanks!
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Lisa we dispatched for Fatboy on behalf of your secret Santa person and the courier had tears of laughter running down his face after seeing the label. He thought it was a nickname for a mate, when I said "Nope it's a gorgeous rescue Guinea Pig", he thought it was really sweet but couldn't stop laughing at how it was actually addressed to the pig:)) Am sure he thinks I've lost the plot with all the Secret Santas we've sent out from here with the animals names on:))
 
Just sent mine off earlier today. Sorry again for it being a bit late. At least I know something has arrived for my piggy.
 
Right here are my photos and they are PANTS compared to everyone elses! Sorry I'm hopeless.

Firstly Sinbads Cosy that matches him

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Photos of Sinbad in the cosy after his clean out today.

Next Marigold, Dickens & Matilda, pretty wrapping
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Pretty beds inside and chew toys
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And happy campers!
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More in a mo...
 
Next Fatboy, he came here after living with a rabbit who died. He is a funny looking chap, someone coming to look at pigs the other day brought her friend and she described him as 'scary' looking. I think it's going to be a while before he's adopted. He's VERY skitish and hard to take a photo of so I do apologise, but he's VERY grateful of his new stuff. Honestly

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Fatboy is the white one

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Fatboy claimed this house and is absolutely loving it.

Many thanks to everyone for their wonderful pressies, the rescue pigs are very happy indeed so thanks to all.

x
 
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