Updates

Well it's been a while since I updated. So I figured it's time I updated on all my babies.

Pipsqueak Edmund... well he's still in show coat... sort of. Now we've switched to polar fleece wrappers he's leaving his coat alone. I think he must've gotten nails hooked in the paper towels and from there torn the wrappers off. He has one chunk of shorter hair, of course in the golden bit that's along his spine so it's fairly obvious but other than that his coat isn't bad. He's no show winner (well maybe at the ACA being the only long but anyways) but he's been fantastic to learn on. We've reached a compromise with his wrappers as well. Every four days I pull the whole lot out and give him a blow out and redo his parts. It's the parting that he cannot bear so we've limited it. Then in between those days I remove a wrapper and comb and  rewrap that chunk of hair one by one which he has no issue with. Not sure why he hates having his coat parted but anyway. He's entered into the Gosford Show on the 6th of May so I'll take the grooming stand along and hopefully get his wraps back in after his class without too much of a fit... I hope. I would really like to get him to the May show, and then the Queens Birthday Show on the tenth of June and the NRCS Xmas in July Show on the 15th of July before retiring him to the breeding pen but we'll see.

Symphonia Laertes. What can I say? I adore La-La to bits he's my wee little possum and the chubbiest in the land. I'm so glad he's a boy so I can use him a foundation boar, if he was a sow I don't think I'd dare risk him. Markings wise I'm still doubtful that he's as good as people keep saying but hey we'll find out. He's also entered in the Gosford Show and will be going to the Queens Birthday and the NRCS show. They are all likely to have proper dally breeders entered so we'll see how he goes up against actual competition. He's a little fatso as well at 800g and not even four months old. He'll be a massive boy when he grows up. I have a roan bred black girl on order for him but the breeder might always have a run of roans or a run of boars. Hopefully though I should be able to find him a girly by October.

Pipsqueak Ebony, is as fat as fat can be. The babies are very energetic and I'm going to guess she has two very big bubs in there. Though I wouldn't say no to four or five squirmers. She's due from the 29th so just 13 days away! She's gaining about 30g a day and is already at 1400g (a gain of 400g since conception), god knows how large she'll be before she pops. She's now on her pregnant lady routine of eight hours running around in the animal room a day, a tsp of glucose in her 600mL water bottle and 0.5mL of calcium Sandoz Syrup daily. I'm hoping all together that this will prevent both toxaemia and hypocalceamia, fingers crossed.

Symphonia Rosaline is being taught the fine art of being a lady by Ebbie. This involves much sleeping, sedate popcorning and meticulous hygiene. Rosie's still a bit on the skinny side with the lanky teenager look. She's getting plenty of food and helping herself to Ebbie's glucose water so I'm sure she'll be nice and chubby in no time.

Pipsqueak Sterling is also a bit on the thin side but seems okay. Actually if anything he's lonely without his lady-love. But I'm hoping a nice quiet life with endless food should turn him into the chubber he should be. He's entered in the pet class at the Gosford Show.

Pipsqueak Fortinbras has finally put condition on and is no longer the scrawny baby he started as. However his coat is still as weird and ugly as ever and I'm starting to wonder if he'll ever grow out of the ugly phase.

Pipsqueak Feather is absolutely gorgeous and as psycho as ever. He's quite light on at only 950g but he seems quite content and certainly eats enough so I'm not too worried.