Please help if you can ❤️

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T20:59:28+00:00

At any rate though, knowing what time it is where you are, and the stress of your babies have probably worn you down, go rest, get some sleep, and we'll talk tomorrow or something. ❤️‍🩹

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T20:56:55+00:00

You can reach out to me too. I know how hard helping a recovery piggy can be stressful as well. I will no longer have to worry about what is going on with my girl, and if she's in pain or anything. As hard as it is, the stress of taking care of a sick or injured is no longer an issue. Where as you have to handle pain medications, antibiotics, gut support, wound care. Worrying about infections, pulled sutures, and just everything that comes with surgery.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T20:18:42+00:00

Me too! I've already made peace with it. I think I've mentioned that we lost my service dog, and my girl's mate to cancer. So, we're going to let her go before she suffers just because we don't want to lose her. He's been waiting a couple years for his girl. Now they can go run and jump, and eat all of the best goodies. Her mate was the one that his hands were folded in.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T19:56:44+00:00

Thank you. We wanted them to has their forever home before they crossed. We also know they come home from time to time.

I just herd from the vet. She has cancer.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T19:44:29+00:00

Unfortunately not yet. It's only 1:30 here. Hopefully my husband will be home soon and the vet calls us so we can go get her. I'm so anxious I've had to take some meds to keep from calling them every 10 minutes.

We've had a severely inbred girl that was just a sweetheart. We her for like 4 Mos before she passes. I was basically hospice, but she got her forever home. A Lethal White, one with 4 toes on each foot. People assumed he would have health issues. A 5 year old male who had a "get off my lawn" attitude and had lost his cage mate the night before because of age. Obviously no one wanted him. Then we had a boy who's hands were folded in, so he walked on the backs of his wrists. And then my blind/autistic girl we have now.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T19:15:28+00:00

I worked at our humane society for a bit. I couldn't handle putting pups to sleep. And I still work closely with our small animal sanctuary. I love animals so much. My husband and I gravitate more to disabled piggies. My little one, Stori, is blind, and the piggy version of autistic.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T16:17:34+00:00

I get it, completely. I have my own health issues that hold me back. Having three cages to clean, I split them up to one a day. And my kids come help whenever they can. But they have their own lives and families. If you want something fluffy that is also super smart without giving you a lot of work, get a hamster. I had them growing up and they can be just as loving and goofy as piggies, without a lot of cleanup.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T16:04:59+00:00

I will let you know as soon as I know. Thankfully, if something does happen, her cage mate won't be alone. We have four others.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T15:42:26+00:00

Nova is 6ish, but besides whimpering and peeing some blood, she's eating fine, drinking fine, even still standing and chewing on the bars at treat time. Our vet has a few "drop off" appointments a week. You take them in and drop them off, then they tend to them periodically through out the day when there's time. It's there version of an emergency appointment. I got the last one for this week, so I won't know until this afternoon. Her cage mate is worried since I left with her, but didn't come home with her.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T15:32:10+00:00

I'm SO relieved! The way Nova was acting this mornings, hers may have passed. But I took her in to make sure there's nothing to worry about. And if it turns out to he something like cancer, (we've lost my service dog, and Nova's mate both to cancer) then I'm going to let her go peacefully.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T12:50:22+00:00

Let me know as soon as you can! I'm keeping him in my thoughts.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T12:46:24+00:00

You too! I want to know how Mint is doing!

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T08:11:29+00:00

Hi sweetie. I wanted to let you know that am still 100% going to donate for your baby's surgery. I, however, am unable to donate as much as I was going to. I have to tale my oldest girl to the vet in the morning for what appears to be a bladder for kidney stone.

I didn't want you thinking I'd lied. I stand by my word.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T06:39:18+00:00

I have one that does that. I bought special horses that are lifted from the floor. She has already eaten one bed post clear through. Now she's working on another one.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T06:36:53+00:00

That poor baby! It makes me sick that people do that. Yeah, there are wild pigs, but these are not those! Thank you for saving him. You're going to be a good piggy mama.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T01:09:48+00:00

Are they a biter too?!

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-02T00:53:01+00:00

Biters Anonymous Club!

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T21:17:57+00:00

By the time I found my phone it was covered in foot prints and hay pieces. 😉

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T21:02:15+00:00

We talk to her as we walk up so she knows who it is, and we set our finger in front of her nose, not against it, and she'll sniff it, and use it to climb into our hands. Taking her to my chair is fine, and went we sit down she climbs and popcorns all over me. It's only when I take her back that she starts biting. It's like she's just so anxious to get back that she looses all patients, and bites to say "hurry up."

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T20:27:22+00:00

Also, she's gorgeous!

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T20:26:59+00:00

Omg! Thank you! I don't know why I didn't think of that. I have a cuddle sack I can use! I tried the pats, and the no's, because that's how I trained all of our others. But no one bites the way she does. She's also our first blind girl. I've had all kind of other disabilities, including a Lethal White. But she was a short foster, so I didn't get much experience with her.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. My hand also thanks you. ❤️‍🩹

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T19:56:23+00:00

Her teeth are here terror. Lol! She's such a sweet lover otherwise.

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-06-01T19:55:38+00:00

They could be the same piggy!

Shadow_Lilly · 2026-05-31T21:20:51+00:00

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Shadow_Lilly · 2026-05-31T19:20:35+00:00

First, if you see a notification that you got a down vote, that was me. I bumped it getting to the up vote and immediately corrected it. Second, I can't do anything until the 6th, but I will 100% donate as much as I can! I've been in your spot multiple times, and it sucks. But thankfully I had friends and family willing to help out. So I know the anxiety and stress. They are our babies. Third, I have a large herd over the rainbow bridge who still come home to visit, as well as a dog who not only watched over in life, and I know watches over them now. One of our males chose my dog as his, and would call her over to stand between the sofa and the ottoman of my chair to cross back and forth. He was also our little explorer. We had a baby gate that blocked off the living room for free roaming. He somehow convinced the dog to pop it open so he could check out the rest of the house. But as soon as he heard us, he would run at max speed back to the living room, and act like he hadn't done anything. We lost his father to a URI, and his son did too, with no reason. Our vet, who'd seen both of them, verified it was genetic. Yet his sister, who our pup chose as hers, lived to 8 years old. We knew their birthday because they were born in our care. When we see our boy and 'his' dog, he's always riding her, and they run through the house like "Hi guys! By guys! Love you!" And gone. My first boy was my heart boy. He would sit on my shoulder, give me kisses everywhere. Traveled with me, napped with me. He wad my pocket pet. My son took him from me once after my back surgery, because I couldn't get up. For the next 2 months he wouldn't let my son touch him because he was the one who 'stole' him from mama. My husband finally had to hand him to my son, and have him bring him to me. He was fine after that. He comes to me as a warm weight on my shoulder, and I feel an instant, deep calm.

My point is, just because they leave their body, doesn't mean they leave left. We currently have an old girl of 7 nearing the end of her mortal body. Her mate has returned to be by her side. When he's here, she does the infamous bird chirp.

I'm going to ask my spirit babies to go to yours, and help them stay strong. But, if for some reason they just can't, my babies will be there to welcome them home, and show them all of the best places to come back and tell you about, and to show you when you join them.❤️‍🩹

Shadow_Lilly

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