Our pig Wombat has died while we're on holiday in the US. He was five and a half years old, which doesn't seem that old but it's what his pal Harris died at last year. It sounds like they died in exactly the same way - fine in the morning, off food in the evening, dead by morning. A friend was looking after him.
He's outlived by Lewis, who we thought would die before both of them as he's very small these days and has a big lump on his head. He's six and a half.
I've got a couple of questions about what we do now.
1- We don't get back to the UK until Sunday. What can our friend do with Wombat? She doesn't have a garden and putting him in a bin doesn't sound right. We also don't want her to be put out more than she already has been.
2- What should we do about Lewis? He's very old, and we think he had a stroke a few weeks ago but he's lively and mobile. Is he too old to start introducing new pigs to him? We've gone through a lot of change recently - we moved from England to Scotland and we don't want to cause him any more stress. Admittedly, he seems to have been completely unphased by all of it.
He's outlived by Lewis, who we thought would die before both of them as he's very small these days and has a big lump on his head. He's six and a half.
I've got a couple of questions about what we do now.
1- We don't get back to the UK until Sunday. What can our friend do with Wombat? She doesn't have a garden and putting him in a bin doesn't sound right. We also don't want her to be put out more than she already has been.
2- What should we do about Lewis? He's very old, and we think he had a stroke a few weeks ago but he's lively and mobile. Is he too old to start introducing new pigs to him? We've gone through a lot of change recently - we moved from England to Scotland and we don't want to cause him any more stress. Admittedly, he seems to have been completely unphased by all of it.