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19/5/19
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club Show, Aurora had Best Adult Chinchilla and 3rd Best Chinchilla out of 10, and my lovely pet sow Grace had Best 5/8 pig in the pet show out of 25 and then came 2nd Best Pet overall out of 95!!! Well done Grace :)
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club Show, Aurora had Best Adult Chinchilla and 3rd Best Chinchilla out of 10, and my lovely pet sow Grace had Best 5/8 pig in the pet show out of 25 and then came 2nd Best Pet overall out of 95!!! Well done Grace :)
1/5/19
We are all very up set here at home, I know this is not a guinea pig, but we had to have our lovely little black cat Josie put to sleep today. Such a hard decision, we will miss her terribly. Been a member of our family for very nearly 19 years, such a very warm lovely cat, who loved sitting on your lap, or sitting right in the middle of the newspaper when you were reading it at the kitchen table! RIP lovely Josie :(
We are all very up set here at home, I know this is not a guinea pig, but we had to have our lovely little black cat Josie put to sleep today. Such a hard decision, we will miss her terribly. Been a member of our family for very nearly 19 years, such a very warm lovely cat, who loved sitting on your lap, or sitting right in the middle of the newspaper when you were reading it at the kitchen table! RIP lovely Josie :(
9/4/19
Bit of a shame today, Flake had her babies from Badger in the night, only 1 baby alive out of a litter of 4!! :( Such a shame, had been waiting and watching her for days!!!!!! I think she was fed up with me keep checking on her hutch!! They were all Dalmations as well and huge boars!! So I have alive a little Dal sow, which is better than nothing at all.
Bit of a shame today, Flake had her babies from Badger in the night, only 1 baby alive out of a litter of 4!! :( Such a shame, had been waiting and watching her for days!!!!!! I think she was fed up with me keep checking on her hutch!! They were all Dalmations as well and huge boars!! So I have alive a little Dal sow, which is better than nothing at all.
2/4/19
Lovely to find some babies this morning from my Lemon Chin sow Anna. A very chunky litter of 3 baby Chinchilla boars! 1 Lemon, 1 Cream and 1 Silver. These are from my new boar Frosty, so will be a nice outcross.
Lovely to find some babies this morning from my Lemon Chin sow Anna. A very chunky litter of 3 baby Chinchilla boars! 1 Lemon, 1 Cream and 1 Silver. These are from my new boar Frosty, so will be a nice outcross.
11/3/19
I had a lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show on Sunday, my first show of the year. Not much to show though yet this year, I took my Pet sow Grace and also my baby Chinchilla boar called Galaxy to his first show. It was also the Southern Cavy Club Spring Stock show, so nice to see everyone!!
I had a lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show on Sunday, my first show of the year. Not much to show though yet this year, I took my Pet sow Grace and also my baby Chinchilla boar called Galaxy to his first show. It was also the Southern Cavy Club Spring Stock show, so nice to see everyone!!
24/2/19
I had to say goodbye to one of my most influential Chinchilla boars today. My lovely Smokey - Dad, Grandad and Great Grandad to most of my show Chinchillas. Will miss him, lovely boy, he had a great life and produced some super babies, the last litter I had from him was born in November last year!! Will miss you Smokey and your singing!!
I had to say goodbye to one of my most influential Chinchilla boars today. My lovely Smokey - Dad, Grandad and Great Grandad to most of my show Chinchillas. Will miss him, lovely boy, he had a great life and produced some super babies, the last litter I had from him was born in November last year!! Will miss you Smokey and your singing!!
22/2/19
Very early start this morning!! Got up early (4.45 am!) to check on Salt and her pregnancy, to find she had given birth to 3 babies alive, and 2 still born!! But she was still having contractions, and I could feel one baby still inside. Hoping she would have this one okay, I waited and watched, but nothing happened, poor girl was very tired! So I called the vet at 8am and took her along to the vets in Banstead. After some extra Oxytocin, still no baby, so we decided to take a chance on a C-section for Salt. I have not done this before, but thought it worth a try, as she is such a laid back guinea pig. She has been amazing, she came through the operation all okay and with some tender care of extra feeding and keeping an eye on, she seems okay and she is happy with 3 lovely babies! Babies alive are: 1 Lemon Chinchilla sow, 1 Cinnamon Chinchilla boar and 1 Silver Chinchilla boar, all very cute and growing well! Thank you so much Johnny at Kriek and Gibosn vets!!
Very early start this morning!! Got up early (4.45 am!) to check on Salt and her pregnancy, to find she had given birth to 3 babies alive, and 2 still born!! But she was still having contractions, and I could feel one baby still inside. Hoping she would have this one okay, I waited and watched, but nothing happened, poor girl was very tired! So I called the vet at 8am and took her along to the vets in Banstead. After some extra Oxytocin, still no baby, so we decided to take a chance on a C-section for Salt. I have not done this before, but thought it worth a try, as she is such a laid back guinea pig. She has been amazing, she came through the operation all okay and with some tender care of extra feeding and keeping an eye on, she seems okay and she is happy with 3 lovely babies! Babies alive are: 1 Lemon Chinchilla sow, 1 Cinnamon Chinchilla boar and 1 Silver Chinchilla boar, all very cute and growing well! Thank you so much Johnny at Kriek and Gibosn vets!!
31/1/19
And now the start of the year gets even worse, my lovely show sow Vanilla has died very suddenly, I am so upset and shocked!!! :( Nothing wrong with her yesterday, I can only put it down to the cold weather and I think maybe she just did not get over losing her cage mate Tabitha, they had been living together for ages! I was so looking forward to showing her again this year! RIP lovely Vanilla, a very special girl!
And now the start of the year gets even worse, my lovely show sow Vanilla has died very suddenly, I am so upset and shocked!!! :( Nothing wrong with her yesterday, I can only put it down to the cold weather and I think maybe she just did not get over losing her cage mate Tabitha, they had been living together for ages! I was so looking forward to showing her again this year! RIP lovely Vanilla, a very special girl!
12/1/19
First sad news of the year, my lovely sow Tabitha died today, real shame, lovely big chunky girl, who has been living with my show pig Vanilla. RIP lovely Tabitha :(
First sad news of the year, my lovely sow Tabitha died today, real shame, lovely big chunky girl, who has been living with my show pig Vanilla. RIP lovely Tabitha :(
28/12/18
Sad news today, found my lovely Carly dead this morning, my oldest piggie. She was born in July 2012, just before the Olympics in London. Born in my car on the way to the vets, which is why she was called Carly. Along with her brothers Ben and Bill. All of them did well at the shows, winning Best New & Emerging many times. Will miss all three of these, such an amazing litter!! RIP lovely Carly! :(
Sad news today, found my lovely Carly dead this morning, my oldest piggie. She was born in July 2012, just before the Olympics in London. Born in my car on the way to the vets, which is why she was called Carly. Along with her brothers Ben and Bill. All of them did well at the shows, winning Best New & Emerging many times. Will miss all three of these, such an amazing litter!! RIP lovely Carly! :(
12/12/18
Lovely surprise this morning, Elsa has had her babies from Winston, a lovely litter of 3 boars, all chunky!
Lovely surprise this morning, Elsa has had her babies from Winston, a lovely litter of 3 boars, all chunky!
9/12/18
Great day at the Worthing & Eastergate show today, Vanilla did well and came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 11 and lovely Grace had a fantastic day and won Best Adult Pet and also best Super Pet out of 51!! Well done Grace at only your 2nd show!! :) I think she was snoozing in the pic!! That is it, last show of the year!
Great day at the Worthing & Eastergate show today, Vanilla did well and came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 11 and lovely Grace had a fantastic day and won Best Adult Pet and also best Super Pet out of 51!! Well done Grace at only your 2nd show!! :) I think she was snoozing in the pic!! That is it, last show of the year!
Here is lovely Grace! :) Photo from Lyndon Nowell.
And here is Vanilla!
2/12/18
I had a lovely day at the Fareham show yesterday. Also the SCC Adult Stock Show. All my Chinchillas won their breed classes and did well in the challenges. Grace did well at her first pet show and behaved extremely well! Also won the Fareham photo competition and Vanilla won Best of Breed.
I had a lovely day at the Fareham show yesterday. Also the SCC Adult Stock Show. All my Chinchillas won their breed classes and did well in the challenges. Grace did well at her first pet show and behaved extremely well! Also won the Fareham photo competition and Vanilla won Best of Breed.
19/11/18
Very sad today, my lovely boar Pattinson has died very suddenly, was not expecting that, such a shame, he was a huge gentle giant! RIP lovely Patz! :(
Very sad today, my lovely boar Pattinson has died very suddenly, was not expecting that, such a shame, he was a huge gentle giant! RIP lovely Patz! :(
16/11/18
Lovely litter of babies born this morning from Chantilly and Smokey. Litter of 4, 2 Chinchillas and 2 Self Creams. Will keep an eye on them, typical the cold weather is coming next week!!
Lovely litter of babies born this morning from Chantilly and Smokey. Litter of 4, 2 Chinchillas and 2 Self Creams. Will keep an eye on them, typical the cold weather is coming next week!!
23/10/18
Another lovely day on Sunday at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club Show. Vanilla and Brandon again coming home with super results. Vanilla won Best Guide Standard and Brandon came 2nd Best Guide Standard out of 16, 1 and 2 brilliant!! :) Lovely photo from Lyndon Nowell.
Another lovely day on Sunday at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club Show. Vanilla and Brandon again coming home with super results. Vanilla won Best Guide Standard and Brandon came 2nd Best Guide Standard out of 16, 1 and 2 brilliant!! :) Lovely photo from Lyndon Nowell.
7/10/18
Great day at the Kent Cavy Club show. Also hosting the SCC Young stock show for the u/5 exhibits. All my pigs did really well. Best results were from Brandon and Vanilla. Brandon won Best Guide Standard for the SCC YSS, and on the Kent side Vanilla came 2nd Best Guide Standard out of 33! I also entered a special class for Best Groomed Cavy and won with my Silver Chin sow Bounty!! A lovely day. :) Here is a pic of Brandon.
Great day at the Kent Cavy Club show. Also hosting the SCC Young stock show for the u/5 exhibits. All my pigs did really well. Best results were from Brandon and Vanilla. Brandon won Best Guide Standard for the SCC YSS, and on the Kent side Vanilla came 2nd Best Guide Standard out of 33! I also entered a special class for Best Groomed Cavy and won with my Silver Chin sow Bounty!! A lovely day. :) Here is a pic of Brandon.
23/9/18
Lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show on Sunday. Best result was from Vanilla, she won Best Guide Standard out of 12 and came home with another lovely rosette. Great to catch up with everyone!
Lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show on Sunday. Best result was from Vanilla, she won Best Guide Standard out of 12 and came home with another lovely rosette. Great to catch up with everyone!
10/9/18
Picked up a lovely trophy from Real London show yesterday, for gaining the most Chinchilla Points in 2017 with the Rare Varieties Cavy Club. :)
Picked up a lovely trophy from Real London show yesterday, for gaining the most Chinchilla Points in 2017 with the Rare Varieties Cavy Club. :)
9/9/18
The highs and lows of keeping guinea pigs happened again today! I had a super day at the Real London show yesterday, with all my pigs getting placed and Vanilla doing really well, coming 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 68!! Well done Vanilla! And then today the sad bit, lost my lovely pet boar Chrome this morning, very sad, RIP lovely Chrome!! :(
The highs and lows of keeping guinea pigs happened again today! I had a super day at the Real London show yesterday, with all my pigs getting placed and Vanilla doing really well, coming 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 68!! Well done Vanilla! And then today the sad bit, lost my lovely pet boar Chrome this morning, very sad, RIP lovely Chrome!! :(
28/8/18
Not such a good day today. My lovely Cream Chin boar Big Ben passed away today! He was 6 years old in July, I remember very clearly he being born just before the 2012 Olympics with his brother Bill and Sister Carly, in my car on the way to the vets!! What a super boar he was, winning best New & Emerging many times and getting his picture taken, which he loved! Will miss him very much, RIP lovely Ben! :(
Not such a good day today. My lovely Cream Chin boar Big Ben passed away today! He was 6 years old in July, I remember very clearly he being born just before the 2012 Olympics with his brother Bill and Sister Carly, in my car on the way to the vets!! What a super boar he was, winning best New & Emerging many times and getting his picture taken, which he loved! Will miss him very much, RIP lovely Ben! :(
27/8/18
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show, held at the Edenbridge and Oxted show for the very first time. Some testing conditions, rain and wind in the tent, and noisy chickens and ducks nearby! But my pigs seemed fine and coped really well. My 5/8 Sow Bounty did really well and had Best Chinchilla and 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 17!
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show, held at the Edenbridge and Oxted show for the very first time. Some testing conditions, rain and wind in the tent, and noisy chickens and ducks nearby! But my pigs seemed fine and coped really well. My 5/8 Sow Bounty did really well and had Best Chinchilla and 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 17!
12/8/18
More news later on today, Anna had her babies about 5.30pm, a Lemon/lilac Argente boar, Lemon Chinchilla sow and a Lemon Chinchilla dal sow!! All lovely and chunky, babies from my boar Chrome. :)
More news later on today, Anna had her babies about 5.30pm, a Lemon/lilac Argente boar, Lemon Chinchilla sow and a Lemon Chinchilla dal sow!! All lovely and chunky, babies from my boar Chrome. :)
Best Guide Standard Line Up from Fareham. Photo from Lyndon Nowell.
12/8/18
Lovely day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday. Pigs did really well, Vanilla won Best Guide Standard, and my u/5 Lemon Chin baby boar came 3rd at his first show, out of 14!! :) Need to think of a name for him! Update - he is now called Brandon!
Lovely day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday. Pigs did really well, Vanilla won Best Guide Standard, and my u/5 Lemon Chin baby boar came 3rd at his first show, out of 14!! :) Need to think of a name for him! Update - he is now called Brandon!
10/7/18
Lovely show on Sunday at Mid Sussex Cavy Club. Pigs did really well! Vanilla came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 23, and also won Best of Breed. It was also an RVCC stock show, Winston had a super show and came 1st in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 23 and Bounty, my u/5 Silver Chinchilla sow, came 3rd at her first show! So a good day. :)
Lovely show on Sunday at Mid Sussex Cavy Club. Pigs did really well! Vanilla came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 23, and also won Best of Breed. It was also an RVCC stock show, Winston had a super show and came 1st in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 23 and Bounty, my u/5 Silver Chinchilla sow, came 3rd at her first show! So a good day. :)
3/6/18
Lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show today. Won Best Chinchilla with Vanilla and she also came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 15. I also won the Supporters Class with my Silver sow Aurora and came home with a nice £10 bonus!!! :)
Lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show today. Won Best Chinchilla with Vanilla and she also came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 15. I also won the Supporters Class with my Silver sow Aurora and came home with a nice £10 bonus!!! :)
28/5/18
And a week after Chantilly, Queenie has finally had her babies - a litter of 4 chunky Chins! 1 Lemon Chinchilla sow, 1 Cinnamon Chinchilla boar, 1 Lemon Chinchilla boar and 1 Cream Chinchilla boar. Running around already today, so cute!
And a week after Chantilly, Queenie has finally had her babies - a litter of 4 chunky Chins! 1 Lemon Chinchilla sow, 1 Cinnamon Chinchilla boar, 1 Lemon Chinchilla boar and 1 Cream Chinchilla boar. Running around already today, so cute!
21/5/18
Lovely surprise today, Chantilly had her babies this morning - 1 DOA and 2 Chins alive, a Silver Chin sow and a Lemon Chin boar. :)
Lovely surprise today, Chantilly had her babies this morning - 1 DOA and 2 Chins alive, a Silver Chin sow and a Lemon Chin boar. :)
20/5/18
Lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club Show. Took my adult Chinchilla sows, with Aurora coming out as Best Chinchilla and she came 4th in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 27!
Lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club Show. Took my adult Chinchilla sows, with Aurora coming out as Best Chinchilla and she came 4th in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 27!
11/5/18
Sad day today, my lovely boar Chewie has died suddenly, such a shame, he seemed fine out on the lawn on Tuesday!! RIP lovely Chewie. :(
Sad day today, my lovely boar Chewie has died suddenly, such a shame, he seemed fine out on the lawn on Tuesday!! RIP lovely Chewie. :(
10/4/18
At last Pepper has had her babies from Craven, she kept me waiting and fretting!! She was huge, and as I expected, she had a litter of 6 this morning!! Two Chinchillas and 4 selfs, all seem fine. More details to come.
At last Pepper has had her babies from Craven, she kept me waiting and fretting!! She was huge, and as I expected, she had a litter of 6 this morning!! Two Chinchillas and 4 selfs, all seem fine. More details to come.
29/3/18
Interesting day today, it must be a special day for my guinea pigs!! Salt had her babies over night, and I have a litter of 3 lovely Chins, there could have been 4, but saldly 1 was DOA, real shame, but this is her first litter! They are lovely chunky babies! I noticed that last year on this day, my sows Ariana and Tatyana, had their babies on the same day!! I am waiting for Pepper, Salt's sister to have hers, what are the odds that she will have them today as well!!! We will see.
Interesting day today, it must be a special day for my guinea pigs!! Salt had her babies over night, and I have a litter of 3 lovely Chins, there could have been 4, but saldly 1 was DOA, real shame, but this is her first litter! They are lovely chunky babies! I noticed that last year on this day, my sows Ariana and Tatyana, had their babies on the same day!! I am waiting for Pepper, Salt's sister to have hers, what are the odds that she will have them today as well!!! We will see.
12/3/18
I had a good start to the showing for 2018. Lovely show at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club. My Cream Chinchilla sow Vanilla came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 20! She also got Best Chinchilla and won a lovely rosette.
I had a good start to the showing for 2018. Lovely show at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club. My Cream Chinchilla sow Vanilla came 3rd in the Guide Standard Challenge out of 20! She also got Best Chinchilla and won a lovely rosette.
31/1/18
Sometimes life can be so unfair!! Sad day today, my lovely Californian boar Truffle has died, such a shame and just when he was so young, does not seem right. RIP lovely Truffle!! :( That is 2 boars I have lost in January, and not 2 boars I would have expected to die!!!!!! Gutted.
Sometimes life can be so unfair!! Sad day today, my lovely Californian boar Truffle has died, such a shame and just when he was so young, does not seem right. RIP lovely Truffle!! :( That is 2 boars I have lost in January, and not 2 boars I would have expected to die!!!!!! Gutted.
22/1/18
Not a good day today, my lovely boar Edmonds has died, such a shame and a real shock!! He was a super boy, winning Best Guide Standard many times and giving me some super babies, he will be missed. RIP lovely Eddy!!! :(
Not a good day today, my lovely boar Edmonds has died, such a shame and a real shock!! He was a super boy, winning Best Guide Standard many times and giving me some super babies, he will be missed. RIP lovely Eddy!!! :(
3/1/18
Happy New Year everyone. Please note the Chinchilla now has a new Guide Standard, and has name changes for the different colours! Such a shame we have gone back to these, it was only a few years ago that we changed to Silver and Cinnamon etc, now we have got to go back to White/Grey and White/Chocolate!!! Details on my Chinchilla page.
Happy New Year everyone. Please note the Chinchilla now has a new Guide Standard, and has name changes for the different colours! Such a shame we have gone back to these, it was only a few years ago that we changed to Silver and Cinnamon etc, now we have got to go back to White/Grey and White/Chocolate!!! Details on my Chinchilla page.
3/12/17
I had a super day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday. Mixed results really, my Chinchillas did not come anywhere in the Guide Standard section, but I won Best New & Emerging with my little Californian boar Truffle!!! First time for me to show a Californian, so very pleased with the result! He was also best Californian out of 16! Well done Truffle. :)
I had a super day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday. Mixed results really, my Chinchillas did not come anywhere in the Guide Standard section, but I won Best New & Emerging with my little Californian boar Truffle!!! First time for me to show a Californian, so very pleased with the result! He was also best Californian out of 16! Well done Truffle. :)
21/11/17
Nice surprise today, my Cinnamon Chin sow Queenie had a litter of 6 while I was out!! Couple are a bit small, but all seem fine, hope she will cope with them!
Unfortunately the smallest baby boar died after about a week, the really cold weather just did not help! Not a good time of year to have babies!
Nice surprise today, my Cinnamon Chin sow Queenie had a litter of 6 while I was out!! Couple are a bit small, but all seem fine, hope she will cope with them!
Unfortunately the smallest baby boar died after about a week, the really cold weather just did not help! Not a good time of year to have babies!
20/11/17
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show yesterday, all my Chins won their breed classes, so happy with that!
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show yesterday, all my Chins won their breed classes, so happy with that!
27/9/17
Lovely babies born from Chloe and Smokey overnight, 2 huge babies, 1 Cinnamon Chin boar and one Self Cream sow :)
Lovely babies born from Chloe and Smokey overnight, 2 huge babies, 1 Cinnamon Chin boar and one Self Cream sow :)
10/9/17
Been a busy last few days. On Friday 8th Sept, Amber had her babies. She popped them out late morning while I was not looking!! She has had 4 pups, 3 Chinchilla sows and 1 DE White boar. All doing really well. Will be interesting to see if any turn Cali!!
Then on Saturday I went to the Real London show at Bracknell. Had a lovely day, very busy, but did well with my Chinchillas in the RVCC stock show. I got Best Chinchilla out of 13 with my Cream Chin 5/8 sow Vanilla, with Aurora coming 2nd and Salt coming 3rd Best Chin, so a lovely result! :)
Been a busy last few days. On Friday 8th Sept, Amber had her babies. She popped them out late morning while I was not looking!! She has had 4 pups, 3 Chinchilla sows and 1 DE White boar. All doing really well. Will be interesting to see if any turn Cali!!
Then on Saturday I went to the Real London show at Bracknell. Had a lovely day, very busy, but did well with my Chinchillas in the RVCC stock show. I got Best Chinchilla out of 13 with my Cream Chin 5/8 sow Vanilla, with Aurora coming 2nd and Salt coming 3rd Best Chin, so a lovely result! :)
20/8/17
Sad day today, my lovely girl Quaver has died suddenly!! So shocked, she seemed her friendly normal self on Friday, then yesterday noticed she was sitting all hunched up in the corner with her hair sticking up, usual sign something is wrong. Such a super friendly pig, who loved her chin and ears tickled every day, will really miss her! RIP lovely Quaver, now with your sister Demi! :(
Sad day today, my lovely girl Quaver has died suddenly!! So shocked, she seemed her friendly normal self on Friday, then yesterday noticed she was sitting all hunched up in the corner with her hair sticking up, usual sign something is wrong. Such a super friendly pig, who loved her chin and ears tickled every day, will really miss her! RIP lovely Quaver, now with your sister Demi! :(
3/8/17
My sow Queenie had her babies in the night, unfortunately one was DOA and she had also chewed it, sometimes this happens, but I have not really had this before! It is the mum's way of removing evidence of a baby, as they would in the wild! Such a shame, a big Cinnamon Chinchilla :( But alive I have a very cute Cream Chinchilla boar, nice and chunky. :)
My sow Queenie had her babies in the night, unfortunately one was DOA and she had also chewed it, sometimes this happens, but I have not really had this before! It is the mum's way of removing evidence of a baby, as they would in the wild! Such a shame, a big Cinnamon Chinchilla :( But alive I have a very cute Cream Chinchilla boar, nice and chunky. :)
19/7/17
Lovely litter born from Ivy this evening, super chunky babies, 4 in total. Ivy really is an amazing sow, she just seems to pop them out and does not look as she has even been pregnant!! She had them while I was in the garage, so lovely to watch. :)
Lovely litter born from Ivy this evening, super chunky babies, 4 in total. Ivy really is an amazing sow, she just seems to pop them out and does not look as she has even been pregnant!! She had them while I was in the garage, so lovely to watch. :)
10/7/17
Super day at the Mid Sussex Show yesterday. Lovely well run show. My Cream Chin boar Craven won Best Guide Standard with my little u/5 Silver Chin sow Salt coming 2nd. A good day! :)
Super day at the Mid Sussex Show yesterday. Lovely well run show. My Cream Chin boar Craven won Best Guide Standard with my little u/5 Silver Chin sow Salt coming 2nd. A good day! :)
27/6/17
Chuffed to bits, my Silver Chinchilla sow Aurora won Best Guide Standard yesterday at the SW Championship show out of 60, in the RVCC stock show!! Brilliant! :) She also won Best Chinchilla, and Craven came 3rd Best Chinchilla out of 12! Winston also did well in the Stock Show, so a super day!
Chuffed to bits, my Silver Chinchilla sow Aurora won Best Guide Standard yesterday at the SW Championship show out of 60, in the RVCC stock show!! Brilliant! :) She also won Best Chinchilla, and Craven came 3rd Best Chinchilla out of 12! Winston also did well in the Stock Show, so a super day!
5/6/17
I had a lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show yesterday. Quiet show, but lovely to catch up with a few friends, as I have not been to many shows this year. Aurora won Best Guide Standard, and my 2 u/5 Chinchillas did well at their first show. My young Cinnamon Chin sow came 2nd and my Lemon Chin boar Winston came 3rd, so a good day.
I had a lovely day at the Epsom Cavy Club show yesterday. Quiet show, but lovely to catch up with a few friends, as I have not been to many shows this year. Aurora won Best Guide Standard, and my 2 u/5 Chinchillas did well at their first show. My young Cinnamon Chin sow came 2nd and my Lemon Chin boar Winston came 3rd, so a good day.
15/5/17
Sad news today, my lovely Miracle has died. While I was out in the garage cleaning out hutches, poor chap, just died of old age!! He was nearly 6 and had a good life. Great Grandfather, and Great Great Grandfather of most of my Chinchillas I have now. His legacy will live on. RIP lovely Miracle!! :(
Sad news today, my lovely Miracle has died. While I was out in the garage cleaning out hutches, poor chap, just died of old age!! He was nearly 6 and had a good life. Great Grandfather, and Great Great Grandfather of most of my Chinchillas I have now. His legacy will live on. RIP lovely Miracle!! :(
15/4/17
Found my lovely boar Yoda dead today, no real reason, very sad, RIP lovely Yoda. Last of my adult Lemon Chinchillas, just as well I have had some Lemon Chins born recently.
Found my lovely boar Yoda dead today, no real reason, very sad, RIP lovely Yoda. Last of my adult Lemon Chinchillas, just as well I have had some Lemon Chins born recently.
1/4/17
First show of the year for me at Fareham Cavy Club on Saturday. Lovely show, I took along my youngsters, they did really well!! Aurora won Best Guide Standard at her first show out of 28 and Padme came 3rd Best Guide Standard, well done girls, great start to the year!! :) Here are a couple of photos from Lyndon Nowell.
First show of the year for me at Fareham Cavy Club on Saturday. Lovely show, I took along my youngsters, they did really well!! Aurora won Best Guide Standard at her first show out of 28 and Padme came 3rd Best Guide Standard, well done girls, great start to the year!! :) Here are a couple of photos from Lyndon Nowell.
6/3/17
Nice to have another litter this year, my Cream sow Chloe has had a litter of 4 from Smokey. 1 Cream boar, 1 Cream Chinchilla boar, 1 Silver Chin sow and 1 Cinnamon Chin sow. Lovely babies. She is being very attentive. I was a bit concerned, as in her litter she had last year, she got one baby stuck and I had to rush her to the vet. Interesting she had them at the same time of the day as she did her last litter!?
Nice to have another litter this year, my Cream sow Chloe has had a litter of 4 from Smokey. 1 Cream boar, 1 Cream Chinchilla boar, 1 Silver Chin sow and 1 Cinnamon Chin sow. Lovely babies. She is being very attentive. I was a bit concerned, as in her litter she had last year, she got one baby stuck and I had to rush her to the vet. Interesting she had them at the same time of the day as she did her last litter!?
19/1/17
My first litter of 2017. Lovely babies from Cloud and Cheggers. A litter of 4 Chinchillas born about Midday, just missed her having them. 2 Silver Chinchilla boars and 2 Cream Chinchilla boars.
My first litter of 2017. Lovely babies from Cloud and Cheggers. A litter of 4 Chinchillas born about Midday, just missed her having them. 2 Silver Chinchilla boars and 2 Cream Chinchilla boars.
25/12/16
Things have been a bit quiet here. Such a hard time for me as my mum died on 8th December, so Christmas has not been great. Then also my lovely Demi died on Christmas Day, so not a good time!!! Looking forward to a better 2017.
Things have been a bit quiet here. Such a hard time for me as my mum died on 8th December, so Christmas has not been great. Then also my lovely Demi died on Christmas Day, so not a good time!!! Looking forward to a better 2017.
3/12/16
I had a lovely time at the Fareham Cavy Club show, lovely to catch up with lots of people. Patz did well coming 3rd Best Guide Standard over all. :)
I had a lovely time at the Fareham Cavy Club show, lovely to catch up with lots of people. Patz did well coming 3rd Best Guide Standard over all. :)
21/11/16
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show yesterday. Pattinson won Best Guide Standard with my u/5 Chin sow Queenie coming 3rd. Thank you for a lovely show and lunch! Lovely photo from Lyndon Nowell.
I had a lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show yesterday. Pattinson won Best Guide Standard with my u/5 Chin sow Queenie coming 3rd. Thank you for a lovely show and lunch! Lovely photo from Lyndon Nowell.
14/11/16
I had a nice day at the RVCC show at the Solent venue in Southampton. Busy show, good to go to a new venue. Then came home to my sow Cloud and her babies from Miracle, a litter of 3 PE Whites, all sows!!!
I had a nice day at the RVCC show at the Solent venue in Southampton. Busy show, good to go to a new venue. Then came home to my sow Cloud and her babies from Miracle, a litter of 3 PE Whites, all sows!!!
1/11/16
More pups popping out today! Ivy had 2 babies from Edmonds, both really chunky. A Cream Chinchilla boar and a Silver Chinchilla sow, look super! :) One like dad and one like mum!!
More pups popping out today! Ivy had 2 babies from Edmonds, both really chunky. A Cream Chinchilla boar and a Silver Chinchilla sow, look super! :) One like dad and one like mum!!
30/10/16
Bit of a surprise this morning, my Chinchilla sow Ella had one huge baby - 162g!!!! Shame it was not a Chinchilla???! Taking after her dad Ben, being rather large!!
Bit of a surprise this morning, my Chinchilla sow Ella had one huge baby - 162g!!!! Shame it was not a Chinchilla???! Taking after her dad Ben, being rather large!!
29/10/16
Busy day today, poor Chloe struggled to have her babies. Unfortunately I missed her first one, a Lemon Chinchilla DOA. But she seemed to be struggling with the rest, so I rushed her down to the vets. Lovely vet Laura sorted her out with a dose of Oxytocin to help her contractions, but one of the babies was a bit stuck, a boar of course!! But Laura got him out and Chloe had the rest of the babies easy. So came home with 4 lovely chunky babies. Thank goodness they were all okay, could have been a different story!!
Busy day today, poor Chloe struggled to have her babies. Unfortunately I missed her first one, a Lemon Chinchilla DOA. But she seemed to be struggling with the rest, so I rushed her down to the vets. Lovely vet Laura sorted her out with a dose of Oxytocin to help her contractions, but one of the babies was a bit stuck, a boar of course!! But Laura got him out and Chloe had the rest of the babies easy. So came home with 4 lovely chunky babies. Thank goodness they were all okay, could have been a different story!!
22/10/16
Lovely friendly day at North Herts Cavy Association show, Pattinson came 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge. I like going to this show, easy going and lovely lunch from Trudy.
Lovely friendly day at North Herts Cavy Association show, Pattinson came 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge. I like going to this show, easy going and lovely lunch from Trudy.
10/10/16
I had a lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show yesterday. Chins did well, Ella won Best Guide Standard for the first time and Pattinson came 3rd.
I had a lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show yesterday. Chins did well, Ella won Best Guide Standard for the first time and Pattinson came 3rd.
6/10/16
Ariana had a single pup in the night, a huge Lemon Chinchilla, so very sad DOA, poor thing!! Typical she had it over night, sometimes breeding guinea pigs can be so frustrating. Why could she not have given birth while I was there, I had a feeling she was only going to have one pup. Ariana is fine, which is the main thing. She is with Tatyana, looking after her 2 sows.
Ariana had a single pup in the night, a huge Lemon Chinchilla, so very sad DOA, poor thing!! Typical she had it over night, sometimes breeding guinea pigs can be so frustrating. Why could she not have given birth while I was there, I had a feeling she was only going to have one pup. Ariana is fine, which is the main thing. She is with Tatyana, looking after her 2 sows.
4/10/16
Babies born this morning. Moppet has had 2 large pups, 1 Cream Chinchilla sow and 1 Self Cream Dal boar, lovely and chunky. Tatyana has had 3 Self Creams, unfortunately 1 was DOA, which is a shame, the 2 alive are sows, very cute. :)
Babies born this morning. Moppet has had 2 large pups, 1 Cream Chinchilla sow and 1 Self Cream Dal boar, lovely and chunky. Tatyana has had 3 Self Creams, unfortunately 1 was DOA, which is a shame, the 2 alive are sows, very cute. :)
3/10/16
I had a lovely day at the Kent Cavy Club show yesterday. I enjoyed judging the pets with my friend Jacqui, lovely to judge the boars, some super chunky piggies!! And a super lunch as always at the Kent show! Did well with my pigs, Pattinson won Best Guide Standard for the first time, which is super and little Solo went on to win 3rd Best Pet in the SCC Pet Show out of 78, at his first show, well done boys! Lovely as these two boars live together. :)
I had a lovely day at the Kent Cavy Club show yesterday. I enjoyed judging the pets with my friend Jacqui, lovely to judge the boars, some super chunky piggies!! And a super lunch as always at the Kent show! Did well with my pigs, Pattinson won Best Guide Standard for the first time, which is super and little Solo went on to win 3rd Best Pet in the SCC Pet Show out of 78, at his first show, well done boys! Lovely as these two boars live together. :)
11/9/16
Went to the Real London show yesterday, had a lovely day catching up with friends and chatting!! Only took 2 Chinchillas, Ella and Pattinson. I had entered Cocoa in Pets, but of course, I could not take her!! :( Not very good places for the Chinchillas, but a lot of competition with some super Swiss particularly, here are a couple of pics of Pattinson.
Went to the Real London show yesterday, had a lovely day catching up with friends and chatting!! Only took 2 Chinchillas, Ella and Pattinson. I had entered Cocoa in Pets, but of course, I could not take her!! :( Not very good places for the Chinchillas, but a lot of competition with some super Swiss particularly, here are a couple of pics of Pattinson.
28/8/16
Here we go again, ups and downs of keeping animals. Now I am devastated, lost my lovely pet sow Cocoa!!!! She just could not cope with the hot weather, so very very sad, she was not even a year old??? That is the trouble when they are big pigs, they cannot cope with the heat, and maybe there was an underlying heart problem, as I lost her Dad Orlando at a young age as well? RIP lovely Cocoa, you will be missed very much!
Here we go again, ups and downs of keeping animals. Now I am devastated, lost my lovely pet sow Cocoa!!!! She just could not cope with the hot weather, so very very sad, she was not even a year old??? That is the trouble when they are big pigs, they cannot cope with the heat, and maybe there was an underlying heart problem, as I lost her Dad Orlando at a young age as well? RIP lovely Cocoa, you will be missed very much!
24/8/16
Big surprise, found a baby Cinnamon Chinchilla sow in with Ivy and Edmonds!!! She must have been pregnant from a one night stand with Edmonds, and I did not realise it, cannot believe she was hiding a single baby, especially in her last litter she had 4!? Well I lovely surprise, I cannot complain! :)
Big surprise, found a baby Cinnamon Chinchilla sow in with Ivy and Edmonds!!! She must have been pregnant from a one night stand with Edmonds, and I did not realise it, cannot believe she was hiding a single baby, especially in her last litter she had 4!? Well I lovely surprise, I cannot complain! :)
6/8/16
Cassie had her babies from Chrome late afternoon yesterday. Of course she popped them out just when I wasn't looking, how do they manage it, I have been watching her for days and days!!!!! So frustrating!! So unfortunately 1 huge Self Cream boar DOA. But I have alive a Self Cream sow, lovely size very cute. But interesting from Chrome, no Dalmations and no Chins at all, real shame!!!!!
Cassie had her babies from Chrome late afternoon yesterday. Of course she popped them out just when I wasn't looking, how do they manage it, I have been watching her for days and days!!!!! So frustrating!! So unfortunately 1 huge Self Cream boar DOA. But I have alive a Self Cream sow, lovely size very cute. But interesting from Chrome, no Dalmations and no Chins at all, real shame!!!!!
26/7/16
Moppet had her babies from Chewie overnight. Unfortunately 2 DOA, such a shame, they were big babies!! But I have one very lovely chin dal boar alive, lovely baby. Moppet is being good for a first time mum, very attentive! :)
Moppet had her babies from Chewie overnight. Unfortunately 2 DOA, such a shame, they were big babies!! But I have one very lovely chin dal boar alive, lovely baby. Moppet is being good for a first time mum, very attentive! :)
11/7/16
Lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show yesterday, clean sweep with my Chinchillas, 1st 2nd and 3rd best Guide Standard with Citron, Pattinson and my first time out u/5 sow Ella. Always a pleasure to go to this show! Also won BOB with Citron. Here are her rosettes.
Lovely day at the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show yesterday, clean sweep with my Chinchillas, 1st 2nd and 3rd best Guide Standard with Citron, Pattinson and my first time out u/5 sow Ella. Always a pleasure to go to this show! Also won BOB with Citron. Here are her rosettes.
15/5/16
I had a lovely day at the Kent Cavy Club show today, one of my favourite clubs. 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard out of 12 with Citron and her little niece Ariana! Lovely result for Ariana, she is a cute silver chin sow and daughter of Edmonds. She beat her dad today! Sparkle also got best DE White and did very well in the Self Challenges. A good day, thank you Kent Cavy Club.
I had a lovely day at the Kent Cavy Club show today, one of my favourite clubs. 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard out of 12 with Citron and her little niece Ariana! Lovely result for Ariana, she is a cute silver chin sow and daughter of Edmonds. She beat her dad today! Sparkle also got best DE White and did very well in the Self Challenges. A good day, thank you Kent Cavy Club.
1/5/16
Lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show today. Quiet, but nice and easy going show, lovely lunch cooked by Claire and Jo. 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard with Citron and Edmonds out of 13. Here is Citron.
Lovely day at the Dorking Cavy Club show today. Quiet, but nice and easy going show, lovely lunch cooked by Claire and Jo. 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard with Citron and Edmonds out of 13. Here is Citron.
29/4/16
Morag had her babies from Cheggers in the night, a litter of 7!! Unfortunately 1 Chin DOA. But alive are 3 Chinchillas and 3 DE Whites. All quite small, but Morag is a good mum, hopefully she will cope with them all, but I will keep an eye on them! There are 2 Lemon Chins hiding under there somewhere!!?
Morag had her babies from Cheggers in the night, a litter of 7!! Unfortunately 1 Chin DOA. But alive are 3 Chinchillas and 3 DE Whites. All quite small, but Morag is a good mum, hopefully she will cope with them all, but I will keep an eye on them! There are 2 Lemon Chins hiding under there somewhere!!?
22/4/16
I had a super day at the North Herts Cavy Association show yesterday. Edmonds came 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge and my lovely pet sow Cocoa won Best Adult Pet and overall Super Pet!!! So brilliant, well done lovely Cocoa, following in the footsteps of her father Orlando!!! :)
I had a super day at the North Herts Cavy Association show yesterday. Edmonds came 2nd in the Guide Standard Challenge and my lovely pet sow Cocoa won Best Adult Pet and overall Super Pet!!! So brilliant, well done lovely Cocoa, following in the footsteps of her father Orlando!!! :)
Here is Edmonds during the judging, causing trouble, as usual!! :)
Here are some of Lyndon's great photos.
10/4/16
Another lovely day showing today at the Epsom Cavy Club show. Chinchillas did well, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard today with Edmonds, Citron and my u/5 sow Ariana, lovely show and super results! :)
Another lovely day showing today at the Epsom Cavy Club show. Chinchillas did well, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Best Guide Standard today with Edmonds, Citron and my u/5 sow Ariana, lovely show and super results! :)
3/4/16
I had a super day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday, hosting the Southern Cavy Club Spring Stock Show. My lovely Sparkle did really well again, she was 3rd BIS out of 165 pigs!!!! Well done Sparkle, fantastic result! She was also Best DE White and Best Self. Chins did okay, with my best result with Edmonds, 3rd Best Guide Standard out of 27.
I had a super day at the Fareham Cavy Club show yesterday, hosting the Southern Cavy Club Spring Stock Show. My lovely Sparkle did really well again, she was 3rd BIS out of 165 pigs!!!! Well done Sparkle, fantastic result! She was also Best DE White and Best Self. Chins did okay, with my best result with Edmonds, 3rd Best Guide Standard out of 27.
Here are some of Lyndon's photos from the show.
22/3/16
Here we go again, the ups and downs of guinea pigs. So today was very sad, just missed Ivy having her babies. Having checked her early in the morning, with nothing, she must have popped them out while I was indoors, so frustrating!! So unfortunately 3 chins DOA, but 1 Silver Chinchilla sow alive, lovely and chunky, just such a shame to lose the others, they were all a good size, really gutted!!!!!! :(
Here we go again, the ups and downs of guinea pigs. So today was very sad, just missed Ivy having her babies. Having checked her early in the morning, with nothing, she must have popped them out while I was indoors, so frustrating!! So unfortunately 3 chins DOA, but 1 Silver Chinchilla sow alive, lovely and chunky, just such a shame to lose the others, they were all a good size, really gutted!!!!!! :(
21/3/16
OMG the best day ever yesterday at the Worthing & Eastergate Cavy Club show. My piggies did me proud, BIS with my DE White sow Sparkle, Best Guide Standard with lovely Citron and 2nd Best Adult Pet and 2nd in the Super Pet Challenge with Cocoa!! Such a great day, lovely as I was not feeling great with a cold! My first ever BIS!!!! :)
OMG the best day ever yesterday at the Worthing & Eastergate Cavy Club show. My piggies did me proud, BIS with my DE White sow Sparkle, Best Guide Standard with lovely Citron and 2nd Best Adult Pet and 2nd in the Super Pet Challenge with Cocoa!! Such a great day, lovely as I was not feeling great with a cold! My first ever BIS!!!! :)
14/3/16
I had a lovely time at my first show of the year, the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show. Citron was 2nd in the Best Guide Standard section and my DE White sow Sparkle did very well. She was in the last 6 line up for Best Self judging out of 30. Lovely to be back showing again.
I had a lovely time at my first show of the year, the Mid Sussex Cavy Club show. Citron was 2nd in the Best Guide Standard section and my DE White sow Sparkle did very well. She was in the last 6 line up for Best Self judging out of 30. Lovely to be back showing again.
24/2/16
Well the ups and downs of keeping guinea pigs happens again. After having some lovely babies, a sad day today. Lost my lovely ex show Argente sow Lizzy. RIP lovely Lizzy will miss you lots. She was my most succesful show pig in the open classes. Two Reserve BIS and a 3rd BIS in 2011 and 2012. Liked by many judges and the last of my Argentes!!! :(
Well the ups and downs of keeping guinea pigs happens again. After having some lovely babies, a sad day today. Lost my lovely ex show Argente sow Lizzy. RIP lovely Lizzy will miss you lots. She was my most succesful show pig in the open classes. Two Reserve BIS and a 3rd BIS in 2011 and 2012. Liked by many judges and the last of my Argentes!!! :(
21/2/16
Lovely to have my first litter born of the year. Morag has had 5 babies from Miracle. Bit surprised they are from him, he is my oldest pig, and I have had him in with other sows, and not had any babies!!!! Lovely chunky babies though, 3 sows and 2 boars. :)
Lovely to have my first litter born of the year. Morag has had 5 babies from Miracle. Bit surprised they are from him, he is my oldest pig, and I have had him in with other sows, and not had any babies!!!! Lovely chunky babies though, 3 sows and 2 boars. :)
1/1/16
Not a good start to the year lost my lovely boar Chaplin, very, very sad :( Only had one litter from him, and I had sows lined up for him in the new year!! Gutted is a total understatement!!
Not a good start to the year lost my lovely boar Chaplin, very, very sad :( Only had one litter from him, and I had sows lined up for him in the new year!! Gutted is a total understatement!!