ROLO & BUENO ROLO IS A GINGER AND WHITE BOAR.  HE WAS TWO WEEKS OLD WHEN HIS MUM WAS RUSHED IN HERE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE TOXAEMIA.  SHE DIED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND  HER TWO ORPHANED OFFSPRING  WERE HANDED OVER TO THE CHARITY.  THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO FOSTERCARE.  ROLO IS FINE NOW AND HAS BEEN TEAMED UP WITH BUENO WHO IS A SILVER AGOUTI BOAR BORN ON 9^TH SEPTEMBER 2009 ALONG WITH ANOTHER BOAR.  SADLY, HIS LITTER BROTHER DEVELOPED A BLADDER STONE AT AROUND 9 MONTHS OLD AND DIED FOLLOWING SURGERY, LEAVING HIS LITTER BROTHER ON HIS OWN.  HOWEVER, HE IS FINE NOW AND TEAMED UP WITH ROLO.

BACON & BOOTY   

 BACON & BOOTY CAME TO US FROM SOMEONE WHOSE IGNORANCE LED TO OUT-OF-CONTROL BREEDING.  THESE YOUNG BOARS ARRIVED WITH MILD SYMPTOMS OF A FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION.  FOLLOWING TREATMENT THEY ARE NOW WELL & READY TO MOVE ON.               

BRIGHT-EYES & SQUIRREL BRIGHT-EYES WHO IS A BROWN SOW WAS ONE OF THE “FAVERSHAM 43” WHICH YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT ON OUR WEBSITE.  HER DATE OF BIRTH IS UNSPECIFIED ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE SHE IS NO MORE THAN A YEAR OLD, IF THAT.  SHE ARRIVED HEAVILY PREGNANT ON 17^TH FEBRUARY 2010 AND DELIVERED TWO PUPS ON 4^TH MARCH.  FOLLOWING THE WEANING OF HER OFFSPRING SHE HAS NOW BEEN TEAMED UP WITH SQUIRREL WHO IS A SILVER AGOUTI CASTRATED BOAR BORN AROUND MAY 2009.  HE WAS BROUGHT HERE FROM NORTH LONDON ON 15^TH JULY 2009 AS THE HEARTBROKEN OWNER WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT KEEP HIM IN HER FLAT ANY LONGER.  WE DID TRY TO TEAM HIM UP WITH VARIOUS BOYS, BUT HE DID NOT SETTLE DOWN.  WHEN THERE WERE NO OPTIONS LEFT WE HAD HIM CASTRATED AND HE IS NOW HAPPY AND TEAMED UP WITH BRIGHT-EYES

CHARMING & SHADOW CHARMING WHO IS A BLACK AND WHITE SEMI-LONG HAIRED BOAR IS ALSO ONE OF THE FAVERSHAM 43.  WE BELIEVE HE WAS BORN IN 2009.  CHARMING IS STILL VERY TIMID AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM LOTS OF HANDLING.  HOWEVER, HE IS WELL AND NOW TEAMED UP WITH SHADOW WHO IS ALSO ONE OF THE FAVERSHAM 43. HE IS A BLACK SEMI LONG-HAIRED BOAR BORN AROUND JUNE 2009.  SINCE BEING HERE HIS WEIGHT HAS GONE FROM 485G TO 880G BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE, SO HE IS DOING WELL ALTHOUGH, LIKE CHARMING, WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE HANDLING.

CLOUD & CRUNCHY CLOUD WHO IS A BLACK SOW WAS ONE OF BRIGHT-EYES BABIES.  SHE WAS BORN ON SITE ON 4^TH MARCH 1010.  ON JUNE 1^ST SHE WEIGHED IN AT 600G SO IS DOING WELL.  SHE IS NOW TEAMED UP WITH CRUNCHY, WHO IS A GINGER, CASTRATED MALE.  HE WAS ONE OF TWO BOYS BORN FROM AN UNWANTED SOW ON SITE ON 11^TH SEPTEMBER 2009.  UNFORTUNATELY BY APRIL 2010 HE WAS BECOMING AGGRESSIVE WITH HIS LITTER BROTHER AND WAS THEREFORE CASTRATED IN MAY 2010 AND TEAMED UP WITH CLOUD

CHESTNUT & MASALA CHESTNUTS AGE IS UNSPECIFIED.  HE WAS UNWANTED & CAME TO US WITH BLOWFLY STRIKE BUT IS FINE NOW.  MASALA ALSO HAS AN UNSPECIFIED AGE. AN UNSPEC AGE DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN THEY ARE OLD.  IT MEANS THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT KNOW THE AGE. MASALA CAME FROM SWANSCOMBE.  HE WAS SHARING A SMALL INDOOR CAGE WITH NINE OTHERS, LIVING IN FILTHY CONDITIONS.  HE HAD A VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY ON ARRIVAL & WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH VEG.  HE IS OK NOW BUT STILL LIKES TO SLEEP A LOT.  HE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN

RUBY & COTTON

TWO YEAR OLD RUBY & COTTON WERE UNWANTED & BOTH CAME FROM SOUTH WEST LONDON.  WHITE COTTON IS A CASTRATED MALE.  THEY COULD BE FROM THE SAME LITTER

DIVERSITY & POLLY

A super pair of young guinea pigs.  Polly is a Rex sow and Diversity, a black castrated male.  Guess who's the boss?