what a week

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i have been pretty bad lately with some sort of virus and so has my lad, so pigs were fed but not over handled :-\ didn't want them to get ill. normally i remove all the extra hay laying around the cages and every week the cages are emptied and washed out. well with being ill ,i removed the hay but was a couple of days late cleaning out the large girls cage, which is 2 layers and stands quite high of the floor.

well when it came time to clean out, i removed the girls and just had little star to get out, she was a rescue pig very young and small. couldn't reach her so got my chair and went to catch her, picked up the small house that sits in the corner and there was an identical but small version of star :o i was taken back and then out popped a cute little tri coloured piggy :o took me a minute to realise that i had 2 new baby piggies ;D.

i felt awful that i hadn't given star the extra attention she needed but i didn't know she was pregnant, she had put a little weight on but i thought that was her just getting healthy.

still feel bad that i never saw them born, they have been hidden away and every nite i fed the girls star came up to the front which was unusual for her as she is a very nervous pig, it was like they hid the babies from me :-\ if only i had known she would have been well spoilt just like shea was.

any way reckon the piggies are now a week old, have weighed them twice and they are putting weight on, but not once have i seen them feed from star or try to, do they need milk ? they are eating the solids and hay.

the sad thing is the tri colour one had no eye from what i could see, have washed it for a few days and did find a slight opening. took it to the vets who looked inside and said there was a very small cloudy bit and reckons it would be best to let it seal over. :( never mind it is still so cute.

the sad news was i lost one of my girls on saturday, she wasn't that old and she hadn't shown any signs of a cold, i was trying to feed her but she was so weak and died in my arms before i could get her to the vets :( :'( how come you always feel so guilty when they die? her back legs were gone all so strange and so quick.

so sad but i buried her next to snoopy who i lost last year and placed a lovely pink flower above her, i think it upsets me cause on Friday i was at vets with 5 of my pigs and if I'd known she was ill i could have taken her.
 
Oh my! What an unusual series of events for you. Big hugs :)

Maybe you could name one of the babies in memory of your girl?
 
What a roller coaster of events, you poor thing. Congratulations on the new editions but I am so sad to hear you have lost one of your girls to! :'(
 
Oh you poor thing, what a terrible week :( glad to hear you're feeling much better.
RIP little one :'(
Congratulations on Star's new furbabies :smitten: :smitten:
 
What a week indeed, sorry to hear that you lost one of your girls and that one of the babies only has one eye (makes it a little bit more special). It doesn't matter how many guineas pass away you will always feel guilty and unlike humans they never show signs they are ill, if you didn't spot it the vet might of not done either. Good luck with Star and the babies. :'( :)
 
your piggy that died in the same way as Bertie he too lost movement in his back legs rolled over in my arms and died in a morning it was also very quick totally unexpected, maybe the 2 babies were sent as a sign of life after death, thats happened to me when babys were born twice once lilac had been got at by floo he climbed the high fencing between them balanced the walk and jumped in I got him out quick but not quick enough, then in jan I rescued some pigs and one of the young mums had an unexpected baby (Henry) one night I came to find him, a spitting image of mum ,
oh also many years ago I had a black self sow she was pregnant and the morning of the birth of 4 beautiful babes I took dad out, a few months later I got eh shock of my life to find 2WHITE babys in with her, to say astonished I think the whole neighbourhood heard me, we could not work it out until a while later I clicked dad got her pregnant in the first few hours of the first 4s birth, now i know all about post birth conception, as always a wonderful addition to my babys just shocked the life out of me
 
guilt is an awful thing, i keep thinking if i hadn't tryed to hand feed her she would still be alive, felt the same over snoopy but in my heart i know she must have been ill for her back legs to go. i reckon it must have been uri, unfortunately she showed no signs of runny nose or bad eyes. my poor little munchkin but when i lose one i just hope that i learn from it and become more aware of how quick they can go down hill.

my little one eye is very special and so cute, I'm still abit concerned about them at moment, mum is so young and i am sure she is not feeding them. the little brown one has lost a Little weight. will have to get some pics of my new girls( that's what i reckon they are) ;D
 
what a stressful week for you. So sorry for your loss and good luck with your new additions!
 
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