Thoughts...

I haven't got much to add today. Life continues as usual in Samsara land. I have a new project that has me very excited but I won't be posting much about it until I have some definite results.

I do have new pigs coming though as a friend collected a little himi sow for me on the weekend who is likely to play a part in my project.

Mainly I've been working on organizing for the national next year which I am so very excited for. I'm hoping to take along two or three longs, maybe a dally, maybe a rex and several of my new project. Because any cavy shown at the national must be six months old, any prospective pigs must be born by mid Feb, conceived by December 9th. Which means I need to pair up by November 10th at the absolute latest. So Nia and Laertes were paired up on the 4th (wax plug seen on the 7th) and Rosie was paired up with a lovely silver agouti rex on the 8th. Yanna has rebounded really well so I'll pair her up again November 10th. Then I'm hoping to have two litters for my project... one is organized and will be paired up early November but haven't worked out the second one yet.

Other than that I've been studying hard for exams in two weeks and dreaming of the fantastic holiday I get after it... I'm driving down to Sydney to go see Legally Blonde the Musical and then spending time with friends, going on a ghost tour and finishing it all with a NSWCC show.

I've been rearranging pigs as well, well in my head at least. Rosie is unlikely to stay after she litters as she's demonstrated implicitly that she much prefers living at the stud where her boyfriends are rather than with my herd. So she'll likely go there with implicit instructions that I will take her back at any time if they don't want her. I'll see her every month and she'll get even fatter and lazier LOL. I'll probably move Nia on after she litters as well, she doesn't fit well into the sow herd and would be better off in a quite pet home.

I also need to speak to my vet about neutering Zibby and Sterling. Neither will ever get on with other boars and they are both extremely lonely. Sterling is getting snipped for several reasons. Mainly though because Any already has more curl than Sterling ever has and I know I'd rather continue with Any and Charmer. I won't be breeding enough to warrant three stud boars and I have no intentions of moving Sterling on. So instead I'll get him snipped and return him to his on true ladylove.

I have some pigs that will always stay regardless. Feather, Fortinbras, Frederick and Ferdinand are a package deal and will be with me till they die. The same goes for Ebony, Piggles, Pebbles and Laertes. Once Sterling is neutered he'll join my core of 9 must have pigs, even if only two of them are actually useful when it comes to showing or breeding. Yanna will probably have one more maybe two litters with me and then return to her breeder who rather misses the sweetie pie. I'm hoping Zibby and Tommi will one day find their own special homes, though I still haven't had any serious interest.