[Gpdd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] New additions!

Janna Willard janna.willard at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 21:19:13 EST 2012


> Hi everyone,
>
> I know I have been quiet of late; we were quite busy and so I have had to
> neglect the digest a bit. Condolences to all who have lost loved ones,
> congratulations for all of the new additions, and good wishes for all of
> the sick ones.
>
> Batman has been blogging at http://hoskinpigs.wordpress.com/ since the
> beginning of November. He's got a fair number of posts up now, though how
> often HE posts may diminish now that we have two new boys in our midst!
>
> Yes, last night I met and brought home Bubble and Squeak, a pair of 18mo
> boars. They're Peruvians and nearly identical brothers! Both are black with
> a bit of brown on their backs, but Bubble has more brown than Squeak. (Kind
> of them to make it so you can tell them apart, yes?) They're both nice big
> boys, just like Batman (who weighed in at 1298g on December 23). I haven't
> been able to weigh them yet, but they seem to be right up around Batman's
> range. Both boys seem healthy, though I saw some flakes of skin on Bubble's
> face. I plan to give them both a good brush or comb tonight. I'm also going
> to trim their nails, as both are in desperate need of some TLC in that
> department! I can't imagine it's fun to try to walk around on nails that
> are as curled under as theirs are. No photos yet, but that will change soon
> enough and there is a small gallery on the blog that will show them once
> I've got them uploaded to Flickr.
>
> The new boys will go to the vet as soon as possible, to get dewormed and
> all that other fun stuff. Then I'll just have to wait for the quarantine to
> be up so I can introduce the boys to each other. I am, of course, hoping
> that they all get along famously. Any tips for introducing one to two?
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> -Janna, Batman, Bubble, Squeak, and Juniper (the husband) and Roy (the cat)
>
> "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be
> normal." Albert Camus
> "I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble."
> Karen Cushman
>
>



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