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This is baby Miracle. Her and her sister, Angel, have their family waiting for them. They have piggy friends waiting for...
10/28/2025

This is baby Miracle.

Her and her sister, Angel, have their family waiting for them. They have piggy friends waiting for them too.

Their new family recently lost one of their piggies, so Angel and Miracle will be helping to heal some human hearts.

Miracle is doing awesome, just like her brother Smokey. She is loving veggies, hay and pellets. She also has mastered the water bottle. That is normally the last thing they learn.

The girls will be going home soon, maybe in a week or so. I will post a picture and update about Angel tomorrow…

Have a great Tuesday guys..🐾🍁🐾

Little Smokey was separated from his sisters on Friday. It was time. He moved in with Wilson, one of my old men piggies....
10/27/2025

Little Smokey was separated from his sisters on Friday. It was time.

He moved in with Wilson, one of my old men piggies.

He has done super well and is loving his time with my gentle Wilson.

All being well, he will join his family next weekend, where he has a piggy friend waiting for him. Scrappy lost his cage mate and is a lonely boy, so
Smokey and Scrappy will help each other and be best buddies.

This little guy has come so far in his three weeks on this earth. WTG Smokey….All good things are waiting for you 🐾🍁🐾

Recently a new little piggy joined us. A friend gifted her to me and this house is officially in love. She is a Texel an...
10/25/2025

Recently a new little piggy joined us.

A friend gifted her to me and this house is officially in love.

She is a Texel and her name is Winnie. She had her bath this week, went through a short quarantine period and has now joined the girls in the fleece pen.

She was so happy to join the girls and was popcorning everywhere lol. I think she popcorned so high she accidentally jumped the fence of the pen. I had to search her down the other day. I found her and put her back and she has not gotten out again. That has not happened in years, where a piggy got out of the pen…

Welcome Winnie! So happy you are here with us and huge thanks to my friend. Winnie has lifted spirits here…

Have a great weekend guys…🐾😍🐾

10/22/2025

Well then lol.

Sorry about the camera work but I did not plan on a video today. I went to clean the piggies this evening and this is what greets me lol. They want me to feed them of course. They are not shy about asking hehe.

As you can see they are doing very well. They are down to two feeds a day from myself. Their tummies are always full, so they are supporting themselves now. The food from me is comfort.

Today they started using the water bottle! That is normally the last thing they learn. They are doing so well.

I have had messages about the babies. They do all have their family waiting for them. The girls are going home together and the little boy has a piggy friend waiting for him. These piggies will be joining families who recently lost piggy friends, so they are going to help heal some hearts, both piggy and human.

Be warned, they are loud lol. Enjoy…,🐾🍁🐾

10/18/2025

This is Miracle, the other little girl in the litter we are handfeeding.

Big changes today. Everyone ate lettuce well. A couple tried working on a baby carrot too. They are for sure eating hay well and nibbling pellets. Their tummies are quite full when I go to feed them now. So I am dropping the hand-feeding to three times a day and will monitor how they do over the weekend.

They have done so well and are thriving. Makes my heart very happy.

I want to mention something that has been happening today. Sometimes we have posts that are very popular. When this happens we get people on the page that are not normally here. With that comes negative and some unkind comments. Today was a little crazy. A lot of blocking and deleting happening here.

So today I was apparently cruel for keeping the little boy alone. I was the most terrible human for making him live in a tote. I was just nasty to keep him away from his mom. I was feeding them too fast, then too slow, the hay was too stiff, there were no pellets and on and on. It was very obvious these people were not reading the posts they were commenting on.

The babies live in a fleece pen with other females. They are orphans, so there is no mom. They were wheeking for me to feed them. They have pellets and hay available at all times. The hay is Timothy and yes it’s stiffer at this time of year. That’s just how it is and they all love it. They go in the tote while waiting to be fed. I gather them up for ease and they are in there for a few minutes while I feed their siblings.

It is a lot of work to hand feed a littler of babies and keep them healthy. It is many long hours and some stress. I have helped piggies for many years and have been largely successful in helping them . I am always open to learning new things, but I am not open to negative comments because people have not read the posts they are commenting on. I had so many today it was draining. It’s amazing I have managed to keep the babies alive listening to everything I have done wrong lol. If people would read before they commented they would know none of their comments were warranted..Rant over…phew!

Enjoy Miracle and please take the video for what it is..a cute piggy video showing how far this little girl has progressed and how eager she is to eat now, since losing her mom.

Everyone is doing super well….Have a great weekend guys…More news on this little family early next week when they will be two weeks old..🐾🍁🐾

10/17/2025

Smokey, the little boy, very impatient for his feed.

They go into a tote while they wait for me to feed them. It was his turn to be last lol.

He had a lot to say about the wait lol….

He ate a small amount of veggies twice today. That’s awesome.

Might want to turn your volume down for this little guy 🐾😂🐾

10/16/2025

This is Angel.

She is the smallest of the three orphan babies and always has been.

A lot has changed in the last three days. They are all now eating willingly and excitedly. We dropped the milk and are feeding a critical mixture. They like that a lot better. We have also dropped feeds to every four hours to encourage them to eat for themselves.

They have all been nibbling hay and pellets. Not enough to sustain themselves yet. They would not try the veggies until today…this little girl did not but her brother and sister did. Progress! Hand fed babies are often a little behind on milestones but they do catch up.

These three are always together. After their feed they find each other in the pen and huddled up together to nap. They are always together right now, which is also different. Where one goes they all go lol. They run to the front of the pen when they hear me coming so I can pick them up and feed them. They are right there waiting for me….heheh.

Everyone is doing great…I will post short videos of Miracle and Smokey later…..

Have a great evening guys…🐾😍🐾

10/12/2025

Angel, Miracle and Smokey moved into the fleece pen this evening, after their feed.

Wow, they really sprung into life and were so happy to see other pigs. I didn’t have my camera with me for the first three minutes, but this is the next five minutes of them enjoying their new space.

In the first three minutes which I didn’t film, they went running to Raisin the Skinny Pig. She licked them all over and then toileted them. Then they were off and exploring.

I actually think it will be Pebbles who mothers them, the Cream Teddy.

Cotton is laying in the hay tray sulking. She had gotten shooed away from chewing the new fleece minutes before I put the babies in. She also went on antibiotics for a UTI yesterday. She is ok in herself, just sulking for a minute.

I think this is a good move for the babies. The joy they showed, melted my heart. Hopefully this will help make it easier to feed Smoky the boy. He is a little difficult to feed and has been since day one.

More updates in the week. They are a week old tomorrow. This week we should see them start to nibble veggies. The girls will teach them.

Enjoy the baby antics tonight. It’s been a long week but very rewarding. 🐾😍🐾

10/12/2025

An update on Bailey’s babies tonight.

The babies remain strong and happy. We did have a few days where their tummies were not happy with their food. They all had diarrhea, but were not sick. So I knew I needed to change their food for them. They are now getting critical care as well as milk at each feeding. Worked like a charm.

When they first had feedings from me they had one to two 1ml syringes each feed. They are now up to six syringes each feed. Three critical care and three milk.

They are doing well. Later tomorrow or Monday I plan to put them in the girl pen, with Raisin, Cotton and Pebbles. The girls will teach them veggies and hay are tasty.

Right now they see the pellet bowl as a fun item to sit in and climb on lol. They have nibbled hay occasionally.

A friend of the page who shared their garden with the piggies here this year has named the babies for me. Two girls and one boy.

Angel and Miracle for the girls and Smokey for the boy.

Enjoy the antics tonight. More updates next week. 🐾😍🐾

This is Snowy. He is one of my piggies that went home to his amazing family earlier this year. He has a friend and is li...
10/10/2025

This is Snowy.

He is one of my piggies that went home to his amazing family earlier this year. He has a friend and is living his best life. I get lots of updates about him and he is so very loved by his family.

Teddy piggies, can get dry skin from time to time and get a little flakey. Snowy’s family are helping him out with an anti fungal bath. Piggies do benefit from several baths a year.

Snowy looks so cute in this picture, and his family said I could share his fabulousness…

You always make me smile Snowy….you are a very lucky little piggy. Your family adores you…🐾😍🐾

10/08/2025

The babies after their early morning feed today.

They are doing good right now. It is taking some persistence on my part to make sure they are eating enough, but they will get more used to it as the days go by.

While I was doing the last feed, scammers appeared on this page trying to message some of you. I have blocked and deleted them. Just a reminder that I will only ever talk to you here as Cherished Cavies. Please take care and don’t respond to these people. When posts are popular, the scammers appear too.

Enjoy the babies. So far so good! Have a great evening guys. 🐾🍁🐾

I shared the news today about Bailey. It was not the news I expected or wanted to share and I have been dragging my hear...
10/08/2025

I shared the news today about Bailey. It was not the news I expected or wanted to share and I have been dragging my heart around today. I know many of you know that feeling.

She left precious gifts in the world, her three babies. Now we have to help these babies stay strong and live full lives.

I have had some comments and messages today, and I am sure they are well meaning, saying baby piggies don’t need human help. They are born ready for life. While they are born fully furred and running around in hours, they are in no way ready for a life without their mom.

Like all baby animals they need mom to feed and toilet them and offer warmth and comfort. When tragedy strikes and takes mom away, we humans need to step up and take over. For baby piggies, this means feeding them via a syringe every two hours around the clock. It also means after every meal they need to be stimulated, like mom would do, to p*e and p**p. Without this help, the babies would not survive long.

In 10 to 14 days they will switch from milk to critical care food. During this time they will nibble veggies and hay, but not enough to sustain themselves. They will need help for the next three to four weeks. Handfed babies are often a little behind of being able to eat enough on their own, but they do get there. I am hoping to place the babies in the girl pen in a week or so, so the babies can learn from them too.

I have hand fed many babies over the years, adults too. Most orphans do go on to survive if they are healthy and with help. Bailey’s babies are currently strong and taking to human help well. The little boy is not taking quite as much as his sisters today, but he is running around and playing.

I will keep the page updated on how they are doing.

There are two girls and a boy..

Thanks for all the support today guys. It was not the best day, that’s for sure…🐾🌈🐾

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