December 2009

Potbellied pig Bubba continues with intensive nursing care recovering from Thyroid Cyst removal surgery. He has good days and not so good days . He is healing.

Calls came for assistance to help with relocation of cats, many unaltered. We always help.

Holiday cards mailed. Pigs Peace Sanctuary's All Vegan Store in Seattle, Sidecar for Pigs Peace, has a holiday vegan bake sale to benefit the sanctuary. Wahoo!

We receive urgent call. A three week old piglet was bought on impulse off Craigslist for $100. The man had her 24 hours and no longer wanted her. He wanted to resell her on Craigslist. She was given to family members who had her four days and could not keep her. They found Pigs Peace website and we said yes to this tiny orphan. Three week old Ella was brought to sanctuary and starts her life in the house with Bubba the pig.

Piglets are unable to regulate their body temperature and must have a warm environment. They are fed goat milk as a mother's milk replacement every 2 hours around the clock. At about five weeks of age they will be interested in bites of solid foods.

Ella, an impulse buy on Craigslist,
unwanted after 24 hours