And the seventh piggy arrives...a poorly little girl called Sukie

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Sukie has had to have a kidney removed. She attacked her stitches and did damage to herself, silly girl. So she has been restitched and is on 0.2ml Baytril twice a day, plus eye drops every day for an eye problem. That being the case, she has arrived at Aunty Sarah's to be cared for while all the wedding is going on because she is owned by Rachel's sister who is rather more involved with all the wedding prep than I am and is also staying in a hotel at the moment.

I tempted her with chopped veg and parsley....she did eat some.

She is too thin though and needs a bit of feeding up. The stitches look ok and she is doing well in herself, that's the gunky eye you can see. There is a lot of tempting food in with her, which she is nibbling rather than nomming down. I may well do a bit of syringe feeding tomorrow morning.

This is the conservatory just a few minutes ago, Charlotte's gang under the cream fleece and Poppy's gang under the patchwork. Being hutch piggies they are not fond of being so open above them at night. Sukie is under the towel, again to make her feel safe. It is a bit like a schoolgirl's dorm in there on the first night back (with apologies to Nico) I don't think they'll get much sleep for all the trucking and chatting going on!
 
Poor little Angel. Glad she is slowly on the mend. fingers crossed for a speedy recovery...And lots of yummy treats and cuddles :)
 
Lots of healing vibes to beautiful Sukie x) Hope she will make a speedy recovery x
 
Thanks again for taking care of Sookie, she looks happy there with a nice selection of veg. Bet she had a good time chatting with yours and Rachels piggies :)) She is back home now and has been happily reunited with her friends. Got a vet visit this afternoon, fingers crossed she'll be given the all clear. Just got to work on fattening her up now.
 
Oh bless her - I do hope she gets better very soon x x
 
She was such a cuddly little girl, it was lovely looking after her. Please let us know about what the vet says.
 
just got back from the vets, they are very happy with how she's doing and no longer needs any meds. :<> She's currently tucking into a big slice of pear and some lettuce, eaten more fresh food today than I have seen her eat in a while. She's even put on a bit of weight since yesterday. :)
 
Just a little update on sookie pig, since being off the baytril she has been happily nomming on more and more each day. My other two girls are obviously a very bad influence on her as she's become a lot more cheeky since being put back with them. :)) I found the source of her eye troubles, she'd got a bit of hay in her eye and i was able to remove it so hopefully we wont have any more problems in that department. The only bad news is she now has a bald patch on her back, starting to wonder what more could go wrong with her.
 
Aw, poor Sookie, she's had a tough time :(
If the area on her back is not dry, flaky etc. and you can rule out any kind of mites, she may have done it herself as some piggies 'barber' if in discomfort/stressed and she's certainly been through a lot.
Do you have a pic ?
 
I will try and get a pic, maybe post it in health and illness section. The area is very dry, her skin is sort of flaking off and taking the hair with it so I think it is mites or possibly fungal rather than her pulling it out herself. :( She is really having a tough time.
 
It does sound like fungal - do you have a good Vet who could advise you ?
A lot of members treat fungal easily but I have never experienced it so wouldn't recommend homeopathic remedies. My old boy recently had a small dry patch on his back and Gorgeous Guineas do a wonderful cream that helped but only after mites/fungal were ruled out. She may need an appointment and prescription cream like Daktarin but only a Vet can give you the strength required.
Keep us posted please and sending hugs to Sookie x>>
 
I do have a very good vets, me and my pigs are going away next week to housesit for my sister so I hope I can get her to the vets before I go away. Both her and here daughter Sherbert had fungal problems when they came to me and it was treated fairly easily. I've checked my two other girls over and cant see any signs of fungal on them so i'm hoping i can get it treated before she passes it on to anyone else. My sister who I am housitting for has a whole herd of pets so i'll have to be very careful to avoid infecting them all.
I will keep you posted. :)
 
Poor little Sookie. She has been in the wars. I am very glad you sorted out the eye problem and very glad she is eating up nicely.
 
Mr. Bailee Boy said:
Sookie is in the best hands ever......yoursx>>
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aww thank you :)

I'm very happy to say that Sookie is doing very well. She has been treated for mites and her skin is already clearing up nicely. She's back to eating normally and also gained 40g without even needing syringe feeding. :)
 
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