Hi there!
I have a 6 year old boar who has been poorly since yesterday.
When I came home from work, hewasn’t interested in his veggies or any treats I was offering and was unusually quiet.
I straight away started with syringe feeding recovery food and simethicone to relive any possible gas with no improvement.
I took him to my ooh vet who said she could find nothing wrong, gave him pain meds and told me to continue with syringing until Tuesday (it’s bank holiday)
I then took him back in the afternoon as he was looking dehydrated even though I was syringe feeding.
they gave him some subcut fluids and antacids to get his gut moving again.
he ate some wet grass when we got home and again a few hours late along with a nibble or two of veggies
I have a stronger antacid for him for the week but am yet to see any improvement.
when I pulled him out tonight he looked to be a little impacted. I removed the faeces from the anal sac and placed him back in his cage.
when I went to syringe feed again I checked his bottom and there were fresh caecotrophs.
i will be taking him to his main vet in the morning but would you class the fresh caecatrophs as a bowel movement?
My concern is that he may not be pooping.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Sorry for the long winded post.
thank you
I have a 6 year old boar who has been poorly since yesterday.
When I came home from work, hewasn’t interested in his veggies or any treats I was offering and was unusually quiet.
I straight away started with syringe feeding recovery food and simethicone to relive any possible gas with no improvement.
I took him to my ooh vet who said she could find nothing wrong, gave him pain meds and told me to continue with syringing until Tuesday (it’s bank holiday)
I then took him back in the afternoon as he was looking dehydrated even though I was syringe feeding.
they gave him some subcut fluids and antacids to get his gut moving again.
he ate some wet grass when we got home and again a few hours late along with a nibble or two of veggies
I have a stronger antacid for him for the week but am yet to see any improvement.
when I pulled him out tonight he looked to be a little impacted. I removed the faeces from the anal sac and placed him back in his cage.
when I went to syringe feed again I checked his bottom and there were fresh caecotrophs.
i will be taking him to his main vet in the morning but would you class the fresh caecatrophs as a bowel movement?
My concern is that he may not be pooping.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Sorry for the long winded post.
thank you