Weigh in

[Onyx and Cricket just before their flight to Sydney on Friday. Now called 'Kobe and Luka' and being spoilt rotten in their new home!]



The weigh in for Saturday the 5th November 2011:

*** Liam's Love Shack ***
Liam is 910g (loss 10g), then he had a hair cut and weighed in at 895g (further loss of 15g!) - 30wks (7m)
Sparrow is 955g (loss 25g) - 31wks (7m)
Yeti is 825g (same), then she had a hair cut too, and weighed in at 815g (further loss of 10g) - 22wks (5m)


*** Sprout's Pad ***
Sprout is 905g (loss 45g) - 31wks (7m)
Otis is 210g (same) - 4wks (1m)
Romeo is 330g (gain 40g) - 5wks (1m)


*** Malakai's Quarters ***
Malakai is 690g (lost 20g) - 14wks (3m)
Millicent is 570g (lost 35g) - 14wks (3m)
Peppa is 950g (lost 60g) - 1yr


*** Violet's Arrangement ***
Violet is 625g (gained 30g) - 16wks (3.5m)
Pooh Bear is 1050g (gained 30g) - on loan


*** Girl's Mansion ***
Alba is 890g (gain 15g) - 36wks (8.5m)
Alice is 765g (gain 30g) - 38wks (8.5m)
Bonnie is 1090g (gained 30g) - 23wks (5m) - (Pregnant, due approx 2/12)
Chloe is 260g (gain 60g) - 5wks (1m)
Crumble is 1055g (gained 15g) - 49wks (11m)
Custard is 990g (gained 40g) - 4.5yrs
Demi is 370g (gained 85g) - 6wks (1m)
Elodie is 680g (gained 50g) - 14wks (3m)
Galaxy was 855g (gain 30g)- 43wks (10m)
Ginger is 1095g (gained 125g) - 33wks (7.5m) - (pregnant, due approx 2/12)
Ivy is 390g (gained 45g) - 6wks (1m)
Jasmine is 320g (gain 40g) - 7wks (1.5m)
Kobe is 840g (gain 50g) - 36wks (8m)
Lavender Mist is 640g (gained 60g) - 12wks (2.5m)
Leilani is 860g (gained 25g) - 20wks (4.5m)
Lotus is 385g (gained 60g) - 6wks (1m)
Molly is 590g (gained 40g) - 12wks (2.5m)
Phoebe is 1085g (gained 80g) - 29wks (6.5m)- (pregnant, due approx 17/11)
Ruby is 980g (gain 70g) - 33wks (7.5m)
Sheba is 990g (gain 45g) - 41wks (9.5m)
Subi is 1165g (lost 25) - 2.5yrs
Tigerlily is 390g (gain 60g) - 6wks (1m)
Twizzle is 405g (gain 40g) - 6wks (1m)
Zinnia is 380g (gain 50g) - 6wks (1m)


***Re-homing/Foster Pigs***
Rafia is 585g (gained 80g) - 9wks (2m) - (pregnant, due approx 8/12)
Ripley is 740g (gained 40g) - 21wks (4.5m) - (possibly pregnant)
Lulu is 640g (first weigh in) - 10wks (2m) - (pregnant, due approx 5/12)
Olivia is 260g (gain 70g) - 4wks (1m)


Well, a mixed week this week. We had excellent gains from the girls mansion - with Ginger taking the prize for the biggest gain at 125g. Her belly is just ballooning already! And all the newest girls are packing on the weight too.



I'm a little concerned about the almost across-the-board losses for my other cages. They're all situated in a different part of our yard, so I'm wondering if something is going on at that location that's causing them some stress? We'll have to keep an eye on these pigs over the next week or so I think. Malakai's loss is especially odd as he had been consistently packing on the weight over the last few months. This is a recent shot of him - he's not as fluffy as he was a few weeks ago (before Peppa moved in and gave him a bit of a chew!) - but he's still a gorgeous little man. It may be as simple as a local cat prowling the area and spooking the pigs, or it might just be a case of my not giving them enough food!? We'll increase the portions this week and see if anything changes!

Alice and her babies - 3.5wks

I got really lucky this afternoon and managed to capture this beautiful moment between Alice and her babies - now 3.5wks old!




Cleo:

Cleo is just growing into a super fluffy puff ball. She's such a little lady too. Very gentle, and very sweet. Much more like her daddy Liam than her mum.




Cricket:

And check out Mr Cricket! Little fluffy Bum! He's such a cheeky cheeky boy! He's certainly got his mum's spunky personality. But in a much nicer, more fun way - must be Liam's influence! And he's ending up with a rather 'peruvian' look too, which is kind of cool.

More baby Updates

These are just some more updates of the babies so their respective new families can keep an eye on them. Everyone is doing so well too!



Here were have Jethro at 3 weeks. He is incredible! For comparison, check out his newborn photo to see how much his hair has grown in such a short space of time. This little boy will be a stunner as an adult!






And this is Jonah at 3 weeks as well. His fur is also crazy long and kind of frilled/wiggly (Liam's legacy I suspect!). He hasn't gained quite as much weight as his brothers this week though, but otherwise seems fine.


(Jax and Jarvis are doing really well too - their hair is also this length, just difficult to show because they're sheltie look-a-likes with the hair that grows downwards rather than upwards!)




Here we have Onyx at 1 week. He's such a shimmery little guy! And such a wriggly little guy too...



... I thought it might be nice to try and get a photo of Onyx and Cricket together (as these two are being adopted together), but both boys were way more interested in exploring the strange new place I'd put them! They are cheeky little monkeys!


And this is Cricket at 2 weeks old. Again, a lovely dense, fluffy coat. And the prettiest of colours!

Weigh in with 43 piggies!

[Jethro at 2 weeks - look at that fluff already!]

Here's this weeks weigh in, for Sunday the 9th Oct 2011:


*** Liam's Love Shack ***
Liam is 935g (gain 55g) - 26wks (6m)
Sparrow is 935g (loss 5g) - 26wks (6m)
Alba is 855g (gain 15g) - 32wks (7.5m)


*** Sprout's Pad ***
Sprout is 910g (gained 40g) - 27wks (6m)
Subi is 1125g (lost 20g) - 2.5yrs


*** Malakai's Quarters ***
Malakai is 565g (gained 65g) - 10wks (2m)
Leilani is 780g (gained 20g) - 16wks (4m)
Peppa is 930g (gained 95g) - 1yr (I actually think the scales might have been caught on something for Peppa's weigh in last week, and that she actually stayed the same over the last fortnight).


*** Girl's Mansion ***
Beeno is 940g (gained 25g) - 32wks (8m)
Bonnie is 950g (gained 80g) - 19wks (4.5m)
Crumble is 1025g (gained 50g) - 45wks (10.5m)
Custard is 975g (gained 5g) - 4.5yrs
Eloide is 520g (gained 30) - 10wks (2m)
Ginger is 1005g (gain 15g) - 29wks (7m)
Lavender Mist is 445g (gained 10g) - 8wks (2m)
Millicent is 515g (gained 25g) - 10wks (2m)
Molly is 460g (gained 15g) - 8wks (2m)
Phoebe is 855g (gained 50g) - 25wks (6m)
Sheba is 850g (gain 70g) - 37wks (9m)
Violet is 525g (gained 3g) - 12 wks (3m)
Yeti is 750g (gained 20g) - 19wks (4.5m)


***Re-homing Pigs***
Petal is 510g (gained 20g) - 16wks (4m)
Rafia is 375g (gained 70g) - 5 wks (1m)
Ripley is 610g (lost 15g) - 17wks (4m) - (miscarriage during the week)


***New Mumma's***

Kobe is now 780g - 32wks (8m) (gave birth on friday, 7/10/11)
Otis is 75g (lost 5g since friday) - newborn
Onyx is 85g (lost 10g since friday) - newborn
Olivia is 75g (lost 5g since friday) - newborn
Oscar is 75g (lost 5g since friday) - newborn
(I'm not too worried about these losses. The babies are strong, and healthy and eating well. I am actually wondering if it's a similar phenomenon to human babies dropping a bit of weight in their first days while the milk comes in? Will be interesting to see what next weekend's weigh-in reveals.)

Ruby is now 895g - 29wks (6.5m) - (delivered her babies on Sunday 2/10/2011)
Rollo is 125g (gain 25g) - 1 week
Rudy is 115g (gain 25g) - 1 week
Romeo is 135g (gain 35g) - 1 week
Ryder is 125g (gain 30g) - 1 week

Alice is 710g (loss 20g) - 34wks (8m) - (nursing)
Cricket is 110g (gain 40g) - 1 week
Chloe is 90g (gain 35g) - 1 week
Cleo is 115g (gain 40g) - 1 week

Galaxy was 870g (same)- 40wks (10m) - (nursing)
Jethro is 185g (gained 65g) - 2wks
Jonah is 150g (gained 50g) - 2wks
Jax is 190g (gained 60g) - 2wks
Jarvis is 170g (gained 60g) - 2wks


Another good week - with two new litters born (adding 8 new babies to the family), a new home for Ben and Mika, and a new home for Pixie. Which brings us to this Sunday's total of 43 guinea pigs. Wow. No wonder food is costing us SO much at the moment! :P

The weigh-in highlight for me this week was Sheba's gain of 70g. She struggled so much with pregnancy and nursing, and has taken a while to start gaining weight/condition again. So it is a weight off my heart to see such a good gain. She's still not back to 100% though, but we're getting there. As I've mentioned before, she will not be bred with again - she produced some AMAZING little boys (see post below for an update photo of two of them), but her little body just isn't up to it I don't think.



[Cricket - 1 week]

I also got some progress photos of the babies. Alice's three have gained especially well - considering Alice's temperamental start to motherhood! :P (I'm actually wondering if they've been sampling the milk from a few mummas?!). Tiny Chloe is doing especially well, and her curls are coming along nicely.


[Chloe - 1 week]


[Chloe and Cleo - 1 week]


Romeo is the only one of Ruby's boys to still have a bit of entropion in one eye. Despite this though, he was the biggest gainer in her litter! As you can see here too, his curls are so lush, and so thick - all of the boys are like this. They are going to be stunning adults!

[Romeo - 1 week]

Yet another weigh in!

[Sibling shot of Cricket, Cleo and Chloe]

Here's this weeks weigh in, for Saturday the 1st Oct 2011:


*** Liam's Love Shack ***
Liam is 880g (loss 10g) - 25wks (6m)
Ginger is 990g (gain 55g) - 28wks (7m)
Alba is 840g (gain 35) - 31wks (7.5m)


*** Sprout's Pad ***
Sprout is 870g (gained 5g) - 26wks (6m)
Subi is 1145g (lost 15g) - 2.5yrs
(I think these two are still adjusting to life together. Subi is a BIG personality, and Sprout likes to think he's quite dominant too... so they're probably still have civilised discussions over dinner as to who wears the pants in this relationship... :P)


*** Malakai's Baby-Sitting Service***
Malakai is 500g (gained 60g) - 9wks (2m)
Mika is 435g (gained 40g) - 7wks (1.5m)
Ben is 375g (gained 25g) - 5wks (1m)


*** Girl's Mansion ***
Beeno is 915g (gained 5g) - 31wks (7.5m)
Bonnie is 870g (gained 60g) - 18wks (4.5m)
Crumble is 975g (gained 30g) - 44wks (10.5m)
Custard is 970g (gained 45g) - 4.5yrs
Eloide is 490g (gained 60) - 9wks (2m)
Kobe is 1060g (gained 70g) - 31wks (7m) (Heavily Pregnant, due early October)
Lavender Mist is 435g (gained 50g) - 7wks (1.5m)
Leilani is 760g (gained 50g) - 15wks (3.5m)
Millicent is 490g (gained 90g) - 9wks (2m)
Molly is 445g (gained 65g) - 7wks (1.5m)
Peppa is 835g (lost 95g) - 1yr
Phoebe is 805g (gained 50g) - 24wks (6m)
Ruby is 1340g (gained 70g) - 28wks (6.5m) - (VERY Heavily pregnant, revised due date any day now!)
Sheba is 780g (gain 10g) - 36wks (9m)
Sparrow is 940g (gained 30g) - 25wks (6m)
Violet is 495g (gained 35g) - 11 wks (2.5m)
Yeti is 730g (gained 35g) - 18wks (4.5m)


***Re-homing Pigs***
Petal is 490g (gained 70g) - 15wks (3.5m)
Pixie is 695g (gained 40g) - 29wks (7m)
Rafia is 305g (first weigh in) - 4 wks (1m)
Ripley is 625g (first weigh in) - 16wks (4m)


***New Mumma's***
Alice is 730g - 33wks (8m) (gave birth 30/9/11 - 290g of baby)
Cricket is 70g - newborn
Chloe is 55g - newborn
Cleo is 75g - newborn

Galaxy was 870g (loss of 20g)- 39wks (9.5m) - nursing
Jethro is 120g (gained 20g) - 1wk
Jonah is 100g (gained 25g) - 1wk
Jax is 130g (gained 25g) - 1wk
Jarvis is 110g (gained 15g) -1wk


In review - nearly everyone had a good week this week. In particular the new additons from last week and the younger pigs. Special mention needs to go to Milli, who somehow gained 90g!!!? That's more than my pregnant girls gained!



I thought I'd include these 'out-takes' from my attempt at getting photos of all the new babies together earlier this morning. In this photo Alice was calling for the bubs and they were responding back with little chirps. Very cute. And the last photo I got with them - they went straight back in the box and snuggled up underneath her. I think she's getting the hang of motherhood. Just took her a little longer than my other mums.


I also thought it might be nice to get a photo of all the new bubs lined up together... yeah. No. Maybe if they were all only a day old, but 1 week old babies are notoriously wriggly, and no one was having a bar of being lined up! These shots are literally as good as it got!

Chloe, Cleo and Cricket

This man is 'Cricket'. The sole surviving boy of Alice's litter. He weighed in at a very normal 70g. His stillborn brother was 90g, so bigger, but not crazy big.


Cricket also has Alice's rosette placement, making him look a lot like a peruvian baby. With Liam's long-hair genes, he will probably end up looking a little peruvian when grown up, or possible a little mini-yak?

Cricket has a big cream agouti face and a cream agouti bum. one side of his body is white, and the other cream.




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This is one of the girls - little Cleo. She weighed in at 75g. A little better, and within normal newborn weight-range. She is mostly cream with a white nose, cream agouti eye patch, cream agouti bum, and a white stripe over her right front arm/shoulder.



Cleo has a very similar coat to her mum with the funky rosette placement. With the addition of Liam's long-hair genes, this little lady is going to be gorgeous! (think 'Molly'!)



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And this is little Chloe. She will most probably end up staying here - she's just too cute! She was the tiniest bub, weighing in at a very petite 55g. She is white with one cream eye patch, one cream agouti eye patch and a creamy bum. It appears that she will end up with curly fur, possibly quite texel looking. Only time will tell how long her hair gets. I might get lucky and get my half-length coat!



Chloe is probably the bub I'm most worried about too. She's still very wobbly, but is still managing to wobble after Alice when she moves around the birthing suite.

You can just make out the soft little curls on her fur. I'm very excited to see how Chloe grows. The curl's don't appear very tight at this stage - nothing like my rex Bonnie when she was born... so it's a bit of a 'wait and see' situation as to how her coat develops.