How's Felix,
@VickiA ?
Back to the vets today for a review. Nearly cancelled, as Jemima's eye seemed absolutely fine and Fudge seemed much improved - but then she coughed a couple more times so we figured it was worth having a review.
Fudge's breathing is better in that she doesn't breathe with a click anymore, but she still coughs on a tracheal pinch - and he felt the cough she didn't was somehow not quite the kind of cough he's used to hearing. But she IS improving, so Plan A is to stick with the Sulfatrim & Metacam and he'll brainstorm with the senior Piggy vet and let me know options by the end of next week. He thought her heart sounded fine, but couldn't rule out issues deeper in her lungs amongst other things. Further investigation from here would probably be X-Rays under anaesthetic.
Jemima had gone for the ride, so he offered to have a quick check of her eye - and deemed it fine, wonderful even
. And then he looked at her teeth... Since their first visit after we got them, Jemima's been a bit prone to have one of her lower molars try and overgrow but it didn't seem to be getting worse and she's certainly managing to eat well enough! However, he had a good feel and said he was concerned that her molars seemed to be thickening and there was an indication of some pain there, and also something not quite normal about her TM joints. His suspicion is that her future will, at some point, included dental issues - we're not there yet, but we need to be observant. Again, investigation would be X-Rays under anaesthetic - which we could opt to do now, using the logic that (a) its useful to have a reference set and (b) by the time we recognise there's an issue its likely her body will already be under some strain, at which point the anaesthetic has more risk attached. His guess was that there was likely to be more awry than just the visible molar issue, but without investigation he wouldn't like to speculate too much on what - although he did say that it was possible much of the management could be done with the right drugs.
So I'm gently reeling! And foreseeing the potential for a rather substantial vet bill. And a LOT of Metacam...
Any thoughts, comments, similar experiences gladly received.
. Now I'm a week on, hence posting an update on things.