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New Born Pup
Hi everyone,
My Harry, about a week ago or so developed a strange breathing noise. His wheeks were slightly quieter and muffled. It didn't LOOK like he was struggling to breathe
or anything like that. It was simply what it sounded like.
I thought it could be the onset of a respiratory disease so I went off to the vet. He checked his chest with the stethoscope and said it all sounds clear and fine. Checked
his mouth, eyes, ears, but nothing was wrong with them either. He gave him an antibiotic injection just in-case and that was that.
The breathing never went away, and now (about two/three days ago) his right eye has become sore-looking.
He still has the strange muffled breathing too.
So I went to another vet yesterday, one which is closer to me (but didn't realise!) and has exotics specialists in. They also said he "sounds" fine via stethoscope, and looks
fine all over except for the obvious eye. The vet cleaned out Harrys mouth (oh he didn't like that one bit!), and used some greeny/yellow drops on his eye to look at it better.
He has given me metacam, marbocyl, and tiacil (eyedrops) to administer. The problem is - it is almost impossible to do! Harry struggles, and wriggles like mad. Even two of us
struggle to hold him.
And when we really try to keep him still (obviously not trying to hurt him), so he can't move, he squeals THE most AWFUL squeal I have ever heard. Really, REALLY horrible.
Scared the life out of me. He won't take any of the medicine by mouth, and the eyedrops he wriggles so much for aswell.
I'm not used to this!? My other three Pigs haven't cared about eyedrops or by-mouth treatment at all, so just sat there and took it.
Does anyone have any advice to get him to take it?
It is like wrestling a small dog to stay still, but with less to hold on to! haha
The poor boy looks so distressed when I have to do it aswell. Considering I have to do the metacam twice daily, marbo once, and eyedrops at MINIMUM 4-5 times daily as
told to by the vet. Poor piggy.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
My Harry, about a week ago or so developed a strange breathing noise. His wheeks were slightly quieter and muffled. It didn't LOOK like he was struggling to breathe
or anything like that. It was simply what it sounded like.
I thought it could be the onset of a respiratory disease so I went off to the vet. He checked his chest with the stethoscope and said it all sounds clear and fine. Checked
his mouth, eyes, ears, but nothing was wrong with them either. He gave him an antibiotic injection just in-case and that was that.
The breathing never went away, and now (about two/three days ago) his right eye has become sore-looking.
He still has the strange muffled breathing too.
So I went to another vet yesterday, one which is closer to me (but didn't realise!) and has exotics specialists in. They also said he "sounds" fine via stethoscope, and looks
fine all over except for the obvious eye. The vet cleaned out Harrys mouth (oh he didn't like that one bit!), and used some greeny/yellow drops on his eye to look at it better.
He has given me metacam, marbocyl, and tiacil (eyedrops) to administer. The problem is - it is almost impossible to do! Harry struggles, and wriggles like mad. Even two of us
struggle to hold him.
And when we really try to keep him still (obviously not trying to hurt him), so he can't move, he squeals THE most AWFUL squeal I have ever heard. Really, REALLY horrible.
Scared the life out of me. He won't take any of the medicine by mouth, and the eyedrops he wriggles so much for aswell.
I'm not used to this!? My other three Pigs haven't cared about eyedrops or by-mouth treatment at all, so just sat there and took it.
Does anyone have any advice to get him to take it?
It is like wrestling a small dog to stay still, but with less to hold on to! haha
The poor boy looks so distressed when I have to do it aswell. Considering I have to do the metacam twice daily, marbo once, and eyedrops at MINIMUM 4-5 times daily as
told to by the vet. Poor piggy.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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