Hi there,
My piggy Carl passed away tonight. Still in a bit of shock, but please believe I did everything I could. This forum and others alike were very helpful during Carl's last month and my exotics vet was also excellent. This is a great resource.
Now I'm seeking some advice about my other pig. Timmy was supposed to be Carl's cage buddy. They're both un-desexed males. Timmy is about 10 months. They were ok for a couple weeks then Timmy took dominant and started biting Carl's rump, they didn't fully bond as normal. So I ended up separating them but still having them nearby so they could still chat.
Now that Carl is gone, should I put him in with Timmy to let him say goodbye? I don't know what the protocol is for piggies who didn't bond properly. Carl passed 2.5 hours ago now so I don't know if that is unhygienic or disturbing to put him next to Timmy now?
Carl was a recent rescue from RSPCA. Not sure of his age but I'd guess maybe 3 years old. He came to me with some mild signs of URI which we treated and finally got him back to decent health (Baytril, CC via syringe, loxicom for any pain, afterwards probiotics to prevent bloat). A couple days ago he started showing some mild signs of URI again. My vet had only put him on a 1 week course of Baytril to begin withm but gave extra incase it flared back up, which this looked to be the case. I gave him 0.21 Baytril both days (2x day) and he showed improvement as was back popcorning this morning.
Tonight he very suddenly took a turn, back legs went limp, gave him 100mg vit C in case it was scurvy (seeing his diet has been disrupted could have been vit c deficient). It perked him up for 10 mins or so (some others had said their piggy came good again after the vit c so I was closely monitoring him) then he just went into a full state of distress. I was ready to take him to the emergency vet as I knew he was dying (vet is about 40 mins away). Within about 15 minutes he passed away. His symptoms rushed in and I'm more so thinking he passed from CHF or perhaps fluid in his lungs. It's hard to tell as he's so new and I could gain no history of him because he was found. I really did do everything I could think of. As I said, still in some shock. I'm wondering if he had CHF or fluid in his lungs?
Anyways, some advice for Timmy about whether I should put him beside Carl to say goodbye?
Any info would be great, thank you in advance.
My piggy Carl passed away tonight. Still in a bit of shock, but please believe I did everything I could. This forum and others alike were very helpful during Carl's last month and my exotics vet was also excellent. This is a great resource.
Now I'm seeking some advice about my other pig. Timmy was supposed to be Carl's cage buddy. They're both un-desexed males. Timmy is about 10 months. They were ok for a couple weeks then Timmy took dominant and started biting Carl's rump, they didn't fully bond as normal. So I ended up separating them but still having them nearby so they could still chat.
Now that Carl is gone, should I put him in with Timmy to let him say goodbye? I don't know what the protocol is for piggies who didn't bond properly. Carl passed 2.5 hours ago now so I don't know if that is unhygienic or disturbing to put him next to Timmy now?
Carl was a recent rescue from RSPCA. Not sure of his age but I'd guess maybe 3 years old. He came to me with some mild signs of URI which we treated and finally got him back to decent health (Baytril, CC via syringe, loxicom for any pain, afterwards probiotics to prevent bloat). A couple days ago he started showing some mild signs of URI again. My vet had only put him on a 1 week course of Baytril to begin withm but gave extra incase it flared back up, which this looked to be the case. I gave him 0.21 Baytril both days (2x day) and he showed improvement as was back popcorning this morning.
Tonight he very suddenly took a turn, back legs went limp, gave him 100mg vit C in case it was scurvy (seeing his diet has been disrupted could have been vit c deficient). It perked him up for 10 mins or so (some others had said their piggy came good again after the vit c so I was closely monitoring him) then he just went into a full state of distress. I was ready to take him to the emergency vet as I knew he was dying (vet is about 40 mins away). Within about 15 minutes he passed away. His symptoms rushed in and I'm more so thinking he passed from CHF or perhaps fluid in his lungs. It's hard to tell as he's so new and I could gain no history of him because he was found. I really did do everything I could think of. As I said, still in some shock. I'm wondering if he had CHF or fluid in his lungs?
Anyways, some advice for Timmy about whether I should put him beside Carl to say goodbye?
Any info would be great, thank you in advance.
