Yesterday was taken up with making sure they'd all be ready for the move, packing food, washing bedding, clipping nails and recording weights.
But I've got a few minutes spare now so thought I'd share some pictures of my new babies for my avid (but currently non-existent) readers.
So to start with we have Pipsqueak Ebony Charm, she is 17 months old and is a lemon agouti, cream and white texel. She has a gorgeous white blaze. Great pedigree as well going back to quite a few well known longhairs, virtually no inbreeding either in the pedigree which is interesting. Her sire is Pipsqueak Panhandle (Golden Agouti & Gold Texel) and her dam Pipsqueak Ebony Eyes (Lemon Agouti, Cream & White Texel). Her coat is gorgeous lovely and dense with great curl. Her conditions just off but with her post-partum litter just weaned it's to be expected. I'm hoping three months in eight foot cages with plenty of grass should turn her into a lovely lean muscly sow.
Pipsqueak Edmund is her son. He's just four weeks old and seems to share the same lovely dense hair as his mother. He's a golden agouti, gold and white boy. I'm hoping to keep him in show coat and breed him to Ebony before he reaches five months and is in need or wrappers, thus (perhaps) making it possible to show him even after he's been bred. He's a golden agouti, gold and white and has a lovely striping pattern going on down his back. I'm still waiting on his pedigree. He's a bit skinny and doesn't seem overly fond of solid food so he's spending half his time with Mum and half his time on his own for now.
Pipsqueak Feather is an adorable sheba boy. We met him at a show awhile ago and my Mother fell in love with him, when she found out he was still available she just had to have him. He has a congenital defect and is missing an eye. However it doesn't seem to stop him and he's certainly a personality filled pig. He's destined for the pet class and I hope I have as much fun and success with him as I did with my darling Ccino the first sheba I ever owned. He's a hefty boy already at just four months old.
And finally Pipsqueak Fortinbras is a darling six week old sheba. He's a bit scruffy and skinny at the moment having had a toxic mother as well as being exposed to this awful heat. However he eats enough for three and should soon be as fat and plump as Feather. I'm hoping his coat will grown in and I can show him in the pedigree class, but if not he's certainly going to make a striking display in the pet class. He has the most amazing eyes. I'm used to the typical brown, ruby or red eyes but Fortinbras' eyes are like deep indigo, or a deep blue slate. I'm fairly sure cavies can't have blue eyes, so I guess they are just a true black but it's still certainly a startling quality. I couldn't really capture there color on camera unfortunately. He's eating like a horse but has had a bit of diarrhea unfortunately which can be attributed to stress and overeating so we'll see how he goes with the long drive the day after tomorrow.
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