The Pigglingtons

After saying how well Timmy is doing he refused his Metacam in the cage this morning. I had to catch him to get him to take it which was a struggle, he knows the carrier or fleece bed is not for a trip to the garden and absolutely refuses to get in! I went shopping and all the time I was out I had a niggling feeling so I weighed him when I got home. 48gm drop in 2 days, given his recent history he's gone back to a whole Cystease capsule daily and syringe feed. Will take him back to the vet if no improvement soon. There's no blood spots in the cage and he's not complaining while toileting so I may be worrying over nothing.
 
We said goodbye to Brillo this morning.
He has been slowly going downhill the last week or two. He stopped eating yesterday and refused syringe feed by the evening, he spent the whole day in his snuggle sack sat on a snuggle safe. Despite being extremely ill in the past Brillo has never refused the syringe or grass so I was braced for the worst. The vet did offer to hospitalise him and rehydrate him and do some tests but we felt he has had so much going on with his lungs, bladder and arthritis it would be cruel to put him through this.
Will post a rainbow bridge tribute later when I can bear to look at his photos.
 
I’m sorry to read this - dear Brillo one amazing piggy
Take care of you and your family
Popcorn pain free at RB lovely Brillo ….reunited with The Rainbow Gang ❤️
 
I am so sorry that you have lost Brillo.
He was a very special piggy and a forum favourite
Be gentle with yourselves as you grieve
Hugs 🤗
 
I understand ….it is really hard
You did everything for Brillo and he’d decided that was enough and it was his time
Take care of yourself @piggieminder
 
Oh I’m so sorry Brillo crossed the rainbow bridge ❤️ he was such a lovely piggie to read about. You gave him the best life. Take care of yourself while you grieve
 
Brillo was such a character, he entertained the other piggies and was the patriarch of the herd, they may not all live in the same cage or even on the same level but they work the humans as a herd! The others were quiet for a few days and then each pair got rumble strutty and grumpy for a while, they seem to be settling again now thank goodness. When we buried Brillo in his pot next to Red a rainbow appeared. That happens a lot when we lose the piggies, I'm not really superstitious or a believer of signs but it's uncanny how that happens. Spike and Bracken got a thunder clap and some of the other's have had rainbows, someone got a small feather land at my feet, can't remember who that was.

Health check day to day, when I was cutting his nails Fizz bit me, yes quiet little Fizz. I was so surprised, it was quite a bite too not a little nip. Luckily I was wearing a thick fleece top with a long sleeved t-shirt underneath, he still broke the skin on my arm though. Brillo was a biter for many years although he mellowed more recently. I hope he didn't instruct Fizz on the art of biting in his last few days, he was a devil for getting you when you least expected it, he nipped a few vets over the years too!

Timmy has lost weight again, it was too much to expect not to be worrying about at least one of them. I was hoping to have a little while off the vet visits and medicating. Timmy just having 2 x daily Metacam and 4 joints was fine we were getting into a nice routine. His xray didn't show stones or a thickened bladder so it looks like my bank account is going to get hit for more expensive tests. I've been watching him and he eats so well, as soon as I top the hay up he's in their munching, it's not one strand of hay either, he picks up mouthfuls of the meadow. I'm hoping he is just adjusting down to an old piggy weight but it's back to syringe feeding top ups for a few days, I will have to see how he goes over the weekend and make a vet appointment next week if no improvement.
 
IMG_2318.webpDuck has started to put up a privacy curtain between him and Bertie!

IMG_2285.webp One of the last photo's of Brillo, he's visiting the neighbours.
IMG_2314.webpMemorial for Brillo's pot. The wings and halo are not really my thing but the piggy looks so much like Brillo I couldn't chose any other. I had to chose a birthdate I know he was born in November but don't know an actual date.
 
Fizz went to see the vet today, he has a clean bill of health. He had been choking on hay for a few days, that kind of noise that suggest a respiratory infection, of course he stopped as soon as I made the appointment on Thursday. I didn't cancel. I thought it would be good to check his health out anyway, even though he was not showing any other signs of infection. I'm glad he's not ill but .........

I quickly mentioned Timmy while we were there, the vet agreed with me that if he is stable it's not in his best interest to take him in for more tests. Although his weight is lower than it was it's stable and maybe his new normal. I am to keep up the regular weigh ins and keep a close eye on him.
 
It's been a horrible week. I was scammed last week although I don't know how, spent quite a bit of time last Saturday on the phone to the fraud department at the bank. The money has been reimbursed now but it's been very stressful. I'm always so careful not clicking links and of what sites I use for internet shopping it's really knocked my confidence. I have been in tears a lot. It's a horrible time of the year, the weather has been awful and I know it's a bad time for lots of us. After picking up yesterday I was low again today and then I remembered what day it is.

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In memory of Brillo on his 7th gottcha day.
 
So sorry this has happened.
It sometimes seems that no matter how careful we are a scammer can succeed.
My bank told me that sometimes a card will be cloned in a store without us realising, or be part of a batch stolen from an online retailer and that is how we can be scammed.
Glad you were able to get everything sorted but it’s a horrible experience.
I recommend chocolate for recovery.

What a lovely picture of Brillo - he was such a gorgeous piggy and I miss him on the forum.
Hugs 🤗
 
piggieminder said:
It's been a horrible week. I was scammed last week although I don't know how, spent quite a bit of time last Saturday on the phone to the fraud department at the bank. The money has been reimbursed now but it's been very stressful. I'm always so careful not clicking links and of what sites I use for internet shopping it's really knocked my confidence. I have been in tears a lot. It's a horrible time of the year, the weather has been awful and I know it's a bad time for lots of us. After picking up yesterday I was low again today and then I remembered what day it is.

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Oh no how horrible.
It’s so stressful trying to sort something like that out.
Well done for spotting it and getting it sorted !
It does seem however careful we are it can happen
I always think January and February are difficult months
Take care 🥰
 
Brillo was such a special guinea pig. :wub:


Sorry to hear it’s been such a horrible week for you. Sounds like you managed to sort everything out.

Keeping all fingers crossed 🤞🏽 for some sunny weather soon.
 
The boys are all doing well, Timmy's bladder problems are managed, long may that continue.
I am feeling slightly deflated about Snoopy and Parker. I have had to separate them today. They have been a bit argumentative the last few days and around 2am this morning there was a lot of noise, investigation showed them to be chasing, teeth chattering and rearing up at each other. There was also fur in the cage but I couldn't find any scabs or broken skin on either of them. I divided the cage so I could get some sleep. This morning I put them in a bonding pen, they were fine eating hay together as if nothing happened. They went back into the cage together and were fine all day, this evening it all started up again, hackles up the lot. They don't mount or do the normal dominance stuff and I've noticed with boars that don't do this that when they fall out it get's nasty quickly. I am going away tomorrow and I can't leave my OH with the worry of an imminent serious fight, he's so good taking on the cleaning and feeding of the boys as it is. They are next to each other for company and I will decide what to do about them when I get back.
 
weepweeps said:
Oh dear. Maybe some time out with help them realise they want to be together.
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I'd really like to think so but they were divided twice last year, now they are older the tension is a lot worse. I've managed to get Freddie and Timmy and Fizz and Fuzz through similar situations. I will be away from all things piggy for a week now so will come back to the problem when my head is clearer. They are so nice running around together when they are getting on, they have a big space to keep apart when they want to.
 
Sorry the boys are being difficult.
Enjoy your holiday, relax and hopefully things will be better when you’re back
 
My partner was looking after the piggies while I was away for a few days. On Monday I got a call to say Bertie's eye was looking odd, he had already booked a vet appointment for that afternoon. He thought he better warn me to keep my phone nearby in case the vet wanted my permission to treat Bertie as he is registered in my name. The vet removed a very large hay seed from Bertie's eye. I offered to come home early but my partner said not to everything was under control. Bertie had 2 types of eye drops and Metacam. I came home today and most of the clouding in the eye has gone already. I was presented with a hay seed in a bottle and a beautifully written colour coded time table for drops seven times a day and Metacam twice!
 
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