"Hi Pigsy Wiggles, " I greeted her. "How are you today?" She responded with a squeal and said cheerfully, "It's great to be a pig!" "What do you like about it?" I wondered to her. "I get a lot of attention. It must mean I'm special," she stated. "I'm really good at sniffing out things. I'm very attuned to smells. I like to find roots and sweet bulbs in the ground. Anyone can find things above ground. I know what's underneath." "I've heard that about pigs. Some are even trained to find truffles," I commented. She corrected me stiffly, "We're not trained to do that. We already know how. We love truffles more than people do. They just think they're training us." "I can see that as true," I agreed. "Anything else you like about being a pig?" I continued. "I like my name. I like when they call for me and I hear it. It has a nice ring to it." She demonstrates by letting me hear how she hears her name being called: "Pigsy Wi-ggles…" Pigsy Wiggles' personality feels very cheerful, jovial, and positive. She tries her best to put aside any troubles or difficulties she may have and focus on the good things in her life. When I asked what she finds difficult, I feel her huffing and puffing because it's difficult to get around. "Are you in pain?" I asked. I feel a little pain in her belly when I focus on it. It feels more like tension or stress there. I tested some other areas of her body by focusing on them and seemed to get a lot of pain in her feet. It felt pretty intense, like she was showing me how it flares up. So it may not always be trouble, but an episode will come on pretty strongly sometimes and she will need to lie down to get off her feet. "Is there anything that will help that?" I asked. She shows me that water — like a muddy puddle — helps. Part of that feels like it is helping psychologically, though, as she feels like she is luxuriating in a spa. The physical part of this relief feels like it's related to the minerals in the soil. They seem to help draw out the pain. I asked if she could tell me about any nutritional needs she has. She shows me munching on a corn cob. "What kind of nutrition are you getting from that?" I asked. "What nutrition? It's just delicious!" she replied. I do see a persistent image of a white oblong disc. It reminds me of something that people give to their parrots and parakeets to peck at. I kept hearing calcium and oyster. "Do you have any special friends, Pigsy Wiggles?" I asked. I like the birds. They treat me with respect. It feels like it's the contrast between her size and weight and theirs that creates an appealing balance. I see a chicken and also a white goose who seem to enjoy her company. She also seems to be intrigued by a cat who saunters through the yard but keeps her distance. Pigsy Wiggles likes her calm energy and thinks it would be fun to hang out, but the cat is mostly interested in checking things out, not making friends. Overall, she is a happy animal who is pleased with her home and environment. "Is there anything that would make it better?" I asked. "Another pig like me?" she says hopefully. I do see another pig who is smaller and dark and not very nice, kind of grumpy. This is why she worded it "like me." She would appreciate someone with her own friendly disposition. She seems pleased with this request and the fact that she got to voice this. But even if it doesn't happen, she is grateful for what she has. Feedback:Thank you so much for talking to Pigsy Wiggles. She is a very sociable and happy pig, who we feel is very special, so it was lovely to hear that she feels she must be special. It’s a word I use a lot to describe her to people. Pigsy doesn’t root a lot but does love food, corn is up there with her favourites. When I come and go from home I call out to the pigs, Pigsy giggles when she hears her name, it’s like a toddler chortle so it’s so lovely to hear that she likes the name and the sound 😊. I often do it as her noise makes me happy. When Pigsy first came to us she was really quite poorly, when we wormed her she was literally riddled with huge worms, I would imagine it’s possible that they may have affected her stomach. She is a slower eater than her sister (who although is similar size to Pigsy is a dark red colour and of a more, how shall I say, sterner dispositions). As Pigsy grew it was obvious that she has mobility issues, one of her hips has not formed correctly and she can only place it on the ground for short periods. This in turn has meant that her other rear foot has taken a lot more weight and is slightly misshaped. Her feet undoubtably get sore. Moving around is harder for Pigsy so she walks short distances and then lays on the soil or sits and grazes. It’s really interesting to hear that the earth helps. We can’t put our fingers on it, possibly we live on lay lines but there is a really healing magical energy to the place we live, which we and many visitors feel. Thank you for your thoughts on the calcium, I will look into this for her as it makes sense with her joint condition. We feel she has good quality of life, it is so lovely to hear that she feels this too. It brings comfort. However, I did consider another rescue pig but wasn’t sure if it would be good for her and her sister Nutmeg or not. It sounds like if the right character were found, it could work. We have 3 barn cats, one in particular is my farm assistant! She roams around checking on everything, but is quite aloof. We also have poultry, one a largish white turkey. There is also one black chicken, Rizo who is nearly always with Pixie in the paddock. I think Pigsy is so dear because of the characteristics you have spoken of, she is cheerful, sweet and loving, despite the challenges she has. It sounds like you had a really good connection with her.
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