And we're weighing in again!

(Peanut - 6 weeks)



The weigh in for Friday the 10th Feb 2012:
(can you believe it's been nearly a month since we've been able to do a weigh in!?)


*** Liam's Love Shack ***
Liam is 920g (gain 30g) - 45wks (10.5m)
Isla is 670g (gain 25g) - 24wks (5.5m)
Indigo is 655g (gain 60g) - 24wks (5.5m)


*** Romeo's Roost ***
Romeo is 660g (loss 50g) - 20wks (5m)
Peanut is 225g (gain 65g) - 6wks (1m)
Henry is 255g (gain 85g) - 5wks (1m)


*** Malakai's Quarters ***
Malakai is 840g (loss 15g) - 28wks (6.5m)
Galaxy is 1080g (loss 20g)- 1 year old


*** Tex's Condo ***
Tex is 830g (loss 120g) - 2.5yrs
Savannah is 855g (loss 45g) - 1.5yrs
Jasmine is 625g (gain 25g) - 22wks (5.5m)
(I'm seriously hoping this is just adjustment stress, will have to keep a closer eye on Tex and Savannah I think).


*** Girl's Mansion ***
Bella-Donna is 650g (gain 75g) - 12wks (2.5m)
Chloe is 695g (gain 75g) - 20wks (5m)
Custard is 990g (gain 10g) - 5yrs
Delilah is 950g (gain 35g) - approx 1yr
Eirwyn is 425g - 8wks (2m)
Ginger is 1160g (gain 100g)- 48wks (11m)
Gizelle is 760g - 1.5yrs
Ivy is 845g (gain 85g) - 21wks (5m) - pregnant, due approx 24/3/12)
Kumiko is 245g - 6wks (1m)
Lacey is 420g (gain 100g) - 9wks (2m)
Lavender Mist is 930g (gain 180g) - 27wks (6m)- (pregnant, due approx 17/3/12)
Leilani is 875g (gained 95g) - 35wks (8m)
Millicent is 795g (gain 40g) - 28wks (7m)
Molly is 895g (gain 155g) - 27wks (6m) - (Pregnant, due approx 24/2/12)
Nixie is 610g (gained 105g) - 14wks (3m)
Peppa is 895g (loss 140g) - 1yr
Phoebe is now 930g (gain 45g) - 44wks (10m)
Pollyanna is now 695g (gained 105g) - 15wks (3.5m)
Ruby is 1145g (gain 65g) - 48wks (11m)
Subi is 1120g (loss 55g) - 3yrs
Tabitha is 595g (gain 40g) - 16wks (4m)
Tigerlily is 680g (gain 40g) - 21wks (5m)
Twizzle is 820g (gain 75g) - 21wks (5m)
Violet is now 700g (gain 50g) - 31wks (7m)
Xeraphina is 770g (gain 70g) 19wks (4.5m)
Zinnia is 885g (gain 190g) - 21wks (5m) - (pregnant, due approx 9/3/12)



(Mirella - 2 weeks)



***New Mums***

Elodie is 690g (gave birth) - 29wks (6.5m)- (nursing)
Tallulah is 70g - newborn
Taye is 55g - newborn
Theo is 80g - newborn


(Taye - 2 days)



Sparrow is 945g (gave birth) - 45wks (10m) - (nursing)
Pluto is 165g (gain 65g) - 1 week


Alice is 795g - 1yr - (nursing)
Monty is 155g (gain 70g) - 2wks
Mirella is 175g (gain 70g) - 2 wks


Crumble is 795g (gave birth) - 1.5yr - (nursing)
Safari is 170g (gain 85g) - 2wks
Dash is 205g (gain 115g) - 2wks


(Safari - 2 weeks)




(Monty - 2 weeks)



So a few new confirmed pregnancies this week, Ivy (to Liam), and Lavender and Zinnia (to Romeo). Babies will be due mid March.

Everyone seems to have done ok over the month of no weighing in. I am a little concerned about Tex and Savannah. I wonder if they're not settling in very well, or if something else is going on? And Peppa has had a decent drop in weight too. Everyone got their regular ivermec treatment today too, which was probably a bit overdue. We'll see if that helps Tex a bit, under all that hair were some hidden lice. He's since had a trim and should be feeling a bit more comfortable.

Elodie and her bubs are doing really well. I've kept them inside with me for a little longer after discovering just how tiny they really were (thanks to Kelly from Clover Cavies for the use of your scales yesterday!). They look really strong and active though. I think I'm just a little on edge after loosing my first two babies post-birth last week in nearly a decade.

We've also moved Molly inside. She has dilated very quickly. I don't know if that means bubs soon, or if she's going to sit like that for another week yet!? Who knows. Back to half hourly labour checks for me though! lol

No weigh in this week.

After last week's drama's with three births, and multiple deaths, it was decided that the less contact I had with the main group of girls (especially while hand-feeding/medicating Yeti's boys every few hours) the better. I can't risk transferring pneumonia to the mansion cage - the girls would be wiped out within weeks. At the moment it's strictly feeding via sterilised containers and no lap time/cuddles. A bit sad, but I'm not risking it!

So far so good with little Dante and Dash. I've seen them both suckling from Crumble (shown above having a snooze with little Safari), but Dante still thinks I am his mum.

I've never seen anything quite like it. All I have to do is walk into the room and he's standing on his back legs, nose in the air, squeaking like a maniac and following my every move. I sit next to his enclosure and pull back the cover and he comes sprinting, squeaking all the way and just about tumbling over himself in his hurry to get to me. Usually I'll pop my hand in to give him a boost, and he'll launch himself into my lap. But yesterday he managed to scale the side of the cage on his own and flop head-first into my skirt! It didn't even slow him down... he was frantically chomping on the syringe within seconds.

He has come such a long way from the sleepy, still, dehydrated little baby of a few days ago. I don't know why Dash doesn't do the same behaviour, as he's getting the same amount of contact with me - but he does the normal 'run away' thing when I attempt to scoop him out for a feed.

All I can say is that little Dante has stolen a piece of my heart. I'll try and capture his enthusiasm on film to show you if I can. In all my years I have never witnessed this kind of behaviour from a guinea pig before in my life... he's more like a teeny, tiny little puppy dog!

Two litters in 12hrs!

A LOT has been happening here over the last 24hrs or so. We've had two litters (Crumble yesterday, then Alice this morning), we're dealing with all the flooding (which has meant trying to find temporary homes for all the pigs inside the house), almost running out of food (due to the constant need to change bedding/clean cages with all the soggy rain), Dante failing the thrive/suckle and needing hand feeding, Yeti not seeming herself (I'm yet to put my finger on what it is, but if she makes it through the night we'll be off to a specialist vet first thing in the morning), and the rest of my every-day life with two small kids and a household to keep together!


These are Crumbles two little men - Simba (sheltie) and Safari (texel). Both purebred, both agouti, both gorgeous! They were born at approx 8:30pm last night (thursday the 26th Jan 2012) - I walked in halfway through and had to help get Simba out of his sack!


Simba:

Simba is the runt, weighing in at only 65g. He's a mix of red and golden agouti and will have the long, thick sheltie coat of his mum when he's all grown up. He's still a little wobbly at the moment, but will stay inside with me until I'm confident he's ok.


Safari:

And this is Safari, the bigger of the boys weighing in at 85g. He is a cream agouti texel, and will look a lot like his daddy Liam when he's all grown up.




Then, I woke up this morning to find three BIG gorgeous babies running around after Alice. She did a brilliant job, and they were all clean and very active. Malakai makes some incredible babies.


We have two little boys and one little girl, Monty, M.J. (short for Michael Jackson) and Mirella.


Mirella:

Mirella weighed in at a decent 105g, (and wasn't the biggest of the litter). She's a gorgeous tri-colour girl just like her mum.



M.J.:

This is M.J. - the biggest of the bunch weighing in at 115g. He is almost exactly half black and half white! Very funky little dude.





Monty:

And Monty is the 'pretty' boy of the litter with his gorgeous cream and white fur and big dark eyes. He weighed in at 85g.