Weigh in and updates

[Phoebe enjoying the watermelon. Look at those curls!]


Here's this weeks weigh in, for Saturday the 22nd Oct 2011:


*** Liam's Love Shack ***
Liam is 920g (loss 5g) - 28wks (7m)
Sparrow is 975g (gain 35g) - 29wks (7m)
Yeti is 810g (gained 60g) - 20wks (4.5m)


*** Sprout's Pad ***
Sprout is 915g (gain 25g) - 29wks (7m)
Subi is 1190g (gain 35g) - 2.5yrs


*** Malakai's Quarters ***
Malakai is 635g (gained 20g) - 12wks (2.5m)
Leilani is 820g (gained 5g) - 18wks (4m)
Peppa is 935g (gain 210g) - 1yr (Yep - and this week we have the 200g gain again... this is so weird!).


*** Girl's Mansion ***
Alba is 865g (gain 15g) - 34wks (8m)
Beeno is 955g (gained 5g) - 34wks (8m)
Bonnie is 1005g (gained 5g) - 21wks (5m)
Crumble is 1025g (lost 15g) - 47wks (11m)
Custard is 965g (lost 25g) - 4.5yrs
Demi is 285g (first weigh in) - 4wks (1m)
Elodie is 575g (gained 10g) - 12wks (2.5m)
Ginger is 1025g (lost 15g) - 31wks (7m)
Ivy is 295g (first weigh in) - 4wks (1m)
Jasmine is 265g (gain 35g) - 5wks (1m)
Lavender Mist is 530g (gained 25g) - 10wks (2m)
Millicent is 560g (same) - 12wks (2.5m)
Molly is 530g (gained 10g) - 10wks (2m)
Phoebe is 960g (gained 75g) - 27wks (6m)- (pregnant, due approx 17/11/11)
Sheba is 910g (gain 15g) - 39wks (9m)
Tigerlily is 300g (first weigh in) - 4wks (1m)
Twizzle is 325g (first weigh in) - 4 wks (1m)
Violet is 570g (gained 25g) - 14wks (3m)
Zinnia is 285g (first weigh in) - 4wks (1m)


***Re-homing/Foster Pigs***
Rafia is 450g (gained 20g) - 7wks (1.5m) - (possibly pregnant)
Ripley is 650g (lost 15g) - 18wks (4m) - (possibly pregnant)


***New Mumma's***

Kobe is 770g (loss 10g) - 34wks (8m) (nursing)
Otis is 150g (gain 45g) - 2wks
Onyx is 150g (gain 50g) - 2wks
Olivia is 140g (gain 45g) - 2wks
Oscar is 145g (gain 45g) - 2wks

Ruby is 850g (lost 60g) - 31wks (7m) - (nursing)
Rollo is 210g (gain 45g) - 3wks
Rudy is 200g (gain 50g) - 3wks
Romeo is 225g (gain 50g) - 3wks
Ryder is 205g (gain 40g) - 3wks

Alice is 700g (same) - 36wks (8m) - (nursing)
Cricket is 165g (gain 35g) - 3wks
Chloe is 150g (gain 35g) - 3wks
Cleo is 180g (gain 35g) - 3wks

Galaxy was 825g (loss 25g)- 42wks (11m) - (weaning)
Jax is 295g (gained 65g) - 4wks
Jarvis is 245g (gained 35g) - 4wks


[Jarvis - 4 weeks]


[Jax - 4 weeks]


So not the best week in terms of gains. Everyone is maintaining their weight nicely, but the only one really packing it on is Phoebe (very top photo). Her bubs are moving away in there nicely now too.


[Rollo - 3 weeks]

Ruby's boys put on a decent amount of weight this week too, which I think has taken a bit of a toll on her, as she lost the most out of my nursing mums. Thankfully they're old enough to be weaned this week and she can have some 'Ruby-time' back!

I also thought I'd quickly snap a pic of Olivia with her aunty Sparrow during the week too. The two of them weren't terribly cooperative, so this is as good as we could get! Still, they make a lovely duo!

Jax and Jarvis

Jax and Jarvis are growing so beautifully! Look at those silky coats already. It always amazes me how much baby guinea pigs change in the first few weeks - from their very first moments, and their first photos, to funny little characters in a matter of days!

They are still waiting for their new homes too. I've popped them on gumtree this afternoon though, so I doubt they'll be on the Available page for much longer!


This is Jax at 2 weeks, 2 days.




And this is Jarvis at 2 weeks, 2days. If the recent pics of their older-half brothers Bear and Bodie are anything to go by, Jax and Jarvis are going to be looking even more incredible in a few weeks! It's still tricky to say whether or not they'll look just like 'classic' Shelties, or if the coat's will be a touch shorter... At the end of the day though, a slightly shorter coat is probably a blessing. You'd get the beauty of a long haired piggy without the mess of the floor-dragging coat!

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!

The boys - 6 days old

Just had to share some more photos of the boys today. They are growing so well!



This is the two fluffy boys Jonah and Jethro. Jethro must be hogging all the milk because he is just huge! Even just picking them up today I could feel how much fatter his little belly is to his brothers. Cheeky little monster!



Jethro is also becoming my new favourite (Grandmas aren't supposed to have favourites though are they :P). His coat is just stunning. I don't know how clear it is in these pictures, but there is just the tiniest hint of a wave to his and Jonah's fur (most noticeable in the picture right at the bottom of this post. Click on it to enlarge it if you want even closer detail!).



I don't know if this is just because the fur is getting longer? Or if it suggests there will be a slight wave as they grow? I still pretty sure my smoothie-two are going to be sheltie-look-alikes, they're developing much the same as Sheba's boys and Crumble's boys. But as for the two fluffy boys... I'm just not sure what they're going to end up like! And it's so exciting not knowing!

Galaxy's boys - 4 days old

Jethro, Jarvis, Jax and Jonah

Lamington Galaxy and Liam's instant family of four boys are doing so well! She is an awesome mummy! Altogether the bubs weigh in at 375g. Galaxy got to about 1.3kg at the end, and now weighs 890g. The individual photos are below:

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This little sweetheart is 'Jethro'. He is one of the two Abyssinian looking boys out of the litter of four. He will most probably grow up looking a little Sheba Mini Yak-ish and has one of the sweetest little faces around! Jethro weighed in at a very healthy and neat 100g exactly.





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This little guy is 'Jonah', the other Abyssinian looking boy who will also likely end up growing a bit of a Sheba Mini Yak looking coat. He has the most cream out of the four boys. Jonah is also the runt of the litter weighing in at a very healthy 75g. (Jonah is SOLD)





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This is 'Jax' - he's a smooth coat that will grow into a sheltie-lookalike. He is the only bub to have any physical resemblance to his mum with his little half/half facial colouring. Jax was our biggest baby (and I'm pretty sure the fourth one born that I had to assist), weighing in at 105g.





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And this little guy is 'Jarvis'. He is the second smoothie boy that will most likely end up growing a sheltie-lookalike coat. He has the sweetest little 'bunny' face and weighed in at a very healthy 95g.




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Galaxy delivered today!

I had only JUST gotten home from collecting the newest three girls (see last post), and put the kids down for their afternoon nap, when it occurred to me to check on Galaxy. I noticed she was hunching a little, and on closer inspection noticed two messy little bubba's being cleaned up right there on the grass in the puppy pen! I sprinted back inside for my camera and managed to capture bub no. 3 emerging. Galaxy quickly set about clearing up the sack away from it's face, but was distracted by bub no. 4 emerging about 30 sec later. She then ignored the fourth bub and went back to cleaning no. 3.



I gave her about 60 seconds to help her last baby breathe (which feels like an ETERNITY in this situation!), but she was too focussed on her current cleaning job, so I had to reach in and help. I don't have terribly long finger nails, so holding the bub gently but firmly and getting the sack to break was a little tricky, but once it was off, and baby had a bit of a rub down to help get the gunk out of his air way, he seemed to be breathing quite well. I popped him back in with his brothers and Galaxy eventually made her way over to him and quite vigorously licked him clean too!



Once the delivery was over and Galaxy has passed the last placenta I placed the little family back into the birthing box... kind of the wrong colour for a family of boys though! :P

They're all dry and so so gorgeous now. Galaxy is doing a brilliant job. All four babies are a mix of cream and cream agouti - very much Liam's sons. Two of them have rosettes and will most likely end up looking like Sheba-mini-yaks, and the other two are smooth, so will resemble Shelties as they grow up. I'll get some individual photos in the morning light tomorrow. They are definitely all boys though and will be named Jonah (the runt), Jarvis, Jethro and Jax!