Two 7 months old sisters have travelled up from Little Pip's Rehoming in Southeast England this week thanks to @furryfriends (TEAS), who has very kindly provided the transport all the way from the South Coast on her way home from a holiday.
Hapus (Welsh for "Happy") and Llawen ("Merry") are Bracknell babies, resulting from a very large multi-rescue action of long-term neglected piggies, with most sows pregnant. Sadly, a large number of the rescue born babies were dead-born or died before the end of the nursing period; as did some mums before they could give birth. This was also the reason why several attempts to adopt Bracknell babies have failed over concerns of carrying bugs into the Tribe. Hapus and Llawen were amongst those I did enquire about over the last half year.
So I am very happy that several months down the line, they are now fit to travel so far and come here!
The girls are still very skittish around humans (which is why they were stuck in rescue), but they have settled in extremely quickly in the piggy room and have this morning bonded with my Trio. In fact, feisty Hapus has taken matters into her own paws and has managed to somehow wiggle through a dividing grid to introduce herself a few hours earlier than planned!
Thankfully, the bonding has gone very smoothly and the group is currently busy settling down together in their refurbished pen with the inevitable dominance. Needless to say that the Mighty Carwyn is a very happy husboar right now with his enlarged liquorice allsorts harem!
Coming after losing my two oldest Tribe piggies Nerys and Hywel so soon after each other, I am enjoying some much needed happiness!
Briallen ("Primrose"), Carwyn ("Blessed Love"), Hapus ("Happy), Llawen ("Merry") and Heini ("Lively") during the bonding.
Hapus (Welsh for "Happy") and Llawen ("Merry") are Bracknell babies, resulting from a very large multi-rescue action of long-term neglected piggies, with most sows pregnant. Sadly, a large number of the rescue born babies were dead-born or died before the end of the nursing period; as did some mums before they could give birth. This was also the reason why several attempts to adopt Bracknell babies have failed over concerns of carrying bugs into the Tribe. Hapus and Llawen were amongst those I did enquire about over the last half year.
So I am very happy that several months down the line, they are now fit to travel so far and come here!
The girls are still very skittish around humans (which is why they were stuck in rescue), but they have settled in extremely quickly in the piggy room and have this morning bonded with my Trio. In fact, feisty Hapus has taken matters into her own paws and has managed to somehow wiggle through a dividing grid to introduce herself a few hours earlier than planned!
Thankfully, the bonding has gone very smoothly and the group is currently busy settling down together in their refurbished pen with the inevitable dominance. Needless to say that the Mighty Carwyn is a very happy husboar right now with his enlarged liquorice allsorts harem!
Coming after losing my two oldest Tribe piggies Nerys and Hywel so soon after each other, I am enjoying some much needed happiness!
Briallen ("Primrose"), Carwyn ("Blessed Love"), Hapus ("Happy), Llawen ("Merry") and Heini ("Lively") during the bonding.
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