01-15-2015, 08:48 PM
Ollie is settling in nicely. I have to keep reminding myself that this one can't stay!!
Cecil appears to be aware that another boar is here and is being more "attentive" to the ladies!! Which causes a bit of consternation, particularly with Ruby who really likes his company but clearly only wants to be friends. Marigold just tells him off and Sadie is a bit of a strumpet and really leads him on, a facet of her personality we were unaware of until Cecil arrived. She had lived with a neutered boar before, a lovely boy named Bramwell, but he didn't survive long, he had a fungal chest infection caused by living on the floor of an outside aviary which had a lot of birds in it. He was clearly unwell when he was surrendered and was unable to shake off the infection despite all Suzy's best attentions.
Ollie really likes the mixed salad leaves with beetroot strips, so much so that he will now tentatively take a beetroot strip from my hand. He doesn't look at me when he takes it, but can't resist the beetroot. There's always something they can't resist!! and finding out what is the key to helping them settle in, in my experience, anyway.
Cecil appears to be aware that another boar is here and is being more "attentive" to the ladies!! Which causes a bit of consternation, particularly with Ruby who really likes his company but clearly only wants to be friends. Marigold just tells him off and Sadie is a bit of a strumpet and really leads him on, a facet of her personality we were unaware of until Cecil arrived. She had lived with a neutered boar before, a lovely boy named Bramwell, but he didn't survive long, he had a fungal chest infection caused by living on the floor of an outside aviary which had a lot of birds in it. He was clearly unwell when he was surrendered and was unable to shake off the infection despite all Suzy's best attentions.
Ollie really likes the mixed salad leaves with beetroot strips, so much so that he will now tentatively take a beetroot strip from my hand. He doesn't look at me when he takes it, but can't resist the beetroot. There's always something they can't resist!! and finding out what is the key to helping them settle in, in my experience, anyway.
Greeting from Wales.
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
