Well Wilma is coming along slowly, but nicely. She no longer runs and tries to burrow away when I approach her cage, but will sit at the front of her house or cuddle pocket and let me stroke her. She still doesn't like being handled, but I don't think she was handled much, if at all, before she came to Glynneath.
To help her along, and to help reduce the numbers at the rescue, we have also taken as a foster one of the group of 11 baby girls. This little one was not thriving in the large group. These are girls from the hoarder rescue. Piggies were caught and boxed up by the hoarders daughter as she was unwilling to let anyone onto the property. So we ended up with babies with no Mums and Mums with no babies!!
The babies have all banded together in a little herd, but this little one was not happy in the group and was slowly fading away.
She came to stay on Tuesday and I popped her in with Wilma. Every other piggy Wilma met was attacked on sight, but they were all bigger than her and she was very scared. When I popped the baby in Wilma sat next to her and washed her all over. She became a bit protective of the house, but soon realised the baby was no threat and they are now inseparable.
When the Baby arrived with us she weighed 172g. I weighed her on Saturday and she was 197g.
That's more weight than she had gained in the two weeks or so she was at the rescue. Clearly she needs an Auntie all to herself. This has helped Wilma too as she is now more adventurous and a lot more cage confident.
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Wilma by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr[/img]
This is Wilma. It's not a very good photo of her as she has a lovely chequerboard back and her face is much prettier face on.
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Lilibet by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr[/img]
And this is the baby. We have called her Lilibet.
They will stay with us until Lilibet is big enough to go up for adoption and they will be rehomed as a pair.
To help her along, and to help reduce the numbers at the rescue, we have also taken as a foster one of the group of 11 baby girls. This little one was not thriving in the large group. These are girls from the hoarder rescue. Piggies were caught and boxed up by the hoarders daughter as she was unwilling to let anyone onto the property. So we ended up with babies with no Mums and Mums with no babies!!
The babies have all banded together in a little herd, but this little one was not happy in the group and was slowly fading away.
She came to stay on Tuesday and I popped her in with Wilma. Every other piggy Wilma met was attacked on sight, but they were all bigger than her and she was very scared. When I popped the baby in Wilma sat next to her and washed her all over. She became a bit protective of the house, but soon realised the baby was no threat and they are now inseparable.
When the Baby arrived with us she weighed 172g. I weighed her on Saturday and she was 197g.
That's more weight than she had gained in the two weeks or so she was at the rescue. Clearly she needs an Auntie all to herself. This has helped Wilma too as she is now more adventurous and a lot more cage confident.
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Wilma by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr[/img]This is Wilma. It's not a very good photo of her as she has a lovely chequerboard back and her face is much prettier face on.
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Lilibet by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr[/img]And this is the baby. We have called her Lilibet.
They will stay with us until Lilibet is big enough to go up for adoption and they will be rehomed as a pair.
Greeting from Wales.
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
