Young piglets suckling an hour after being born.
The less cute side to it. The exhausted mother and the pile of afterbirth. Evidence of the fact that the last piglet had only popped out twenty minutes before this photo was taken.
Traviesa, meaning 'naughty', also had a litter of 5 pups. She hasn't been the greatest of mums as she ate some toads, got very sick, and ignored them for several days. Things were starting to look bleak but luckily she got her appetite for tortillas and bones back and started feeding them again. The puppies are now doing well and making a nuisance of themselves by licking our toes as we try to shower or drinking soapy water as we wash our clothes.
The piglets four weeks on. They tear after their mother if they think there is a chance of milk. The rest of the time, they could be anywhere around the garden, the fields or the road.
2 comments:
Clemmy might actually wet herself if she sees these photos... Miss you. It's been AGES. Going to Burkina this wkend so will be in a hotel for 10 days so lots of time for skype action if you guys are about xxxxx
OH MY GOD. I thought i was lucky as i spent 3 days in Punta del Diablo in a posada with the cutest puppies in the world. But these piglets! I want one. However unfortunatley they remind me of a bit of a disturbing sight in the supermarket yesterday - 5 GIGANTIC pigs heads with their mouths open, wrapped up in cellophane, selling for 20 pesos. xxxx
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