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I am taking the gang to the vet next week to have the nails cut
I haven't broken the news yet
I will be the most hated person on the planet even though I'm trying to do something to help them in the first place
Honestly
 
I've just cleaned out the pigs cage
I love it when I've got a clean cage
Unfortunately it doesn't stay that way for very long
But I always get a sense of achievement when it's actually cleaned out
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The pics have been enjoying exploring the clean cage for the last four hours
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They have got gem lettuce for a change because I was exploring Tesco's salad shelves and found them and they quite like the gem lettuce
 
The gang had a good time in a plane closure yesterday
Chilling having a day at home today
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I am aiming to take the pigs to the vet on Tuesday if all goes well
 
What amazes me is how much these little animals can actually eat in a day
 
Hoping all goes well tomorrow and I don't sleeping I'm going to aim to take my lot to the vet to have the nails cut
I hope stripey doesn't bite the Vet
Again
 
They will probably hate me for going to the vet to have their nails done for several days but it has to be done because three of them are displaying some rather fantastic looking sharp talons
How do I nails gross are fast I will never know
 
The guinea pigs were doing each other's heads as well as mine so I took them out and put them in the plane closure downstairs as I felt that time out of the cage was what was needed and they seem quite happy in their little sweet bags
I can now get on with doing a spot clean
 
That's the cage spot cleaned I just have to sort the pigs out and bring them back up and put them in
 
Hi Maddy I'm now back from my holiday. Yes I did have a lovely time and did practically nothing for nine days ..... Bliss! My 5 pigs were pleased to see me and they desparately needed cleaning out as they had been in there 9 days! Before I even unpacked I had them on the grass chomping happily while Tom and I cleaned out the hutch. They are still on the grass now but will put them in the nice clean hutch soon. I have no veg for them tonight but my neighbour who piggie sat while I was away has some for me tonight.
 
Took the gang to the vet yesterday to have a nails cut and while I was there I got Trixie looked at because I was a bit worried about her and she has been a very very silly girl
She has chewed on the hay houses so much that her mouth is bright red and her jaws are all swollen
She has also managed to hurt her shoulders and her neck somehow now there are a couple of reasons as to how she's done this either she has slept underneath another guinea pig and they have squashed her or and this is the theory that I'm going to go away to try and stop her chewing someone has bitten her and because she hasn't stopped they've kept going
The vet gave her a 24 hour slow release injection of Mettacam to bring the swelling down I will be taking her back to the vet tomorrow to get checked over
I will keep you posted
 
Just to let you know that Trixie is okay the swelling is gone down
I do have to try and feed her vegetables separately from the others which is going to be interesting but I do have a cage set up as a hospital cage which I will use to fit her in because that way she will be near the other guinea pigs and be able to hear them eating which should encourage her to eat fingers crossed
She's only 500 g
Bless her
 
Managed to get the cage cleaned this morning before I went to the vet and then when I came home I caught up with the laundry so I've been on a roll with them today
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Woo hoo! Well done Maddy caught up at last! I only wish I could! However hard I try there's always something to do! They say a woman's work is never done! How true that is!
 
Trixie's first solitary feed went really really well
To begin with she wasn't really sure as to why she been put in a cage on her own but then she realised there was a bowl of lettuce in there and there were the guinea pigs to scare her off so she went nom nom nom
When I went to get her out because she decided that she was going to try and have a little sleep half the bowl of lettuce had disappeared
As a first feed on her own that is pretty good going I think
Well done Trixie licks!
 
Trixie ate the entire bowl of lettuce today and she has also found her wheek
I hadn't realised she finished eating because there was nothing left and I was putting hey in the other cage that she obviously wanted to get to so she started calling for me is the first time I've ever heard her
Bless her...
If she keeps going like this she will have weight on her in no time
 
Update on Trixie
She is steadily gaining weight which is a really good thing
She is now coming out to communal eat with the others which are also good
Clever girl
 
Sunny is trying to throw her weight around and become the alpha pig
She's a bossy little madam
Trust me to get the ones with attitude
Typical!
 
Cleaned out the cage yesterday so they're happy because the house is nice and clean
 
I will try and get a recent Picture of Trixie because she started to grow now
 
I have just ordered another 7 kg of the Burgess XL longstem feeding Hay as I'm going to my last kilogram
 
Will be cleaning the gang out tomorrow so I can try and get a picture then
 
This is a recent picture of the four pegs and look at the size of Trixie!

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