Anybody who has ever had a pig (and a lot of people who haven’t) knows that one of their favourite activities (next to eating, and really, it is just another form of eating) is rooting in the dirt. Dancer LOVES to root in the dirt and spends lots of time investigating the entire property with […]
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Mar 29
Meet Tiny Dancer
Meet TINY DANCER (Dancer for short). Just look at that healthy, solid little pink pig!! He is not completely better, but is SO MUCH BETTER that he is like a different pig. He is alert and active and eats like a pig. He is paper trained. He is gradually growing used to touch (at first […]
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A Pig Rescue
I carried out a “pig rescue” today. Here he is .. the poor little creature. He is the 3rd little pig i have seen at that particular house, and the other two died within a week. I couldn’t let it happen to this one. He has internal and external parasites and is bloated but starved […]
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Pets: Baby Bird
Our parrot, R2D2, was with a little green friend, Jade, when she came to live with us about 8 years ago. Eventually, Jade died of parrot flu, leaving poor R2D2 alone. Parrots are incredibly social animals, but she has managed as well as she can with our company … and sings to the little parrot […]
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Pets: Smoke Sleeping
This is Smoke’s favourite place to sleep.
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