Last Friday Holly pig (approx 5 yrs) couldn't walk and seemed tender at the back end. While waiting for vet appointment I had a quick search on here and read a few threads looking for clues. At the vets she was X rayed but there was no indication of breaks or injury. We discussed possible treatment while waiting for the specialist to view the x rays and decided to try osteocare, metacam and antibiotic. The next few days she slowly improved moving about, eating and pooping and I was chuffed. My little girl was on the mend. Then late yesterday she crashed again, not moving or eating, obviously miserable and in pain as she was pooping.
After some critical care and painkiller I put her on a heatpad and was happy to see her eating a bit of hay. Back to the vets first thing this morning and she's had more x rays and ultrasound which show nothing out of the ordinary. She also walked ok when placed on the surgery floor (straight under a cabinet of course) and unusually her weight has gone up from 950gm last week to 1100 gm this week. Although she did have small, misshapen, strung- together poop stuck to her bum.
They kept her in and have rang to say she's done a pile of normal poop and is moving and eating.
Has anyone else had anything like this this please?
After some critical care and painkiller I put her on a heatpad and was happy to see her eating a bit of hay. Back to the vets first thing this morning and she's had more x rays and ultrasound which show nothing out of the ordinary. She also walked ok when placed on the surgery floor (straight under a cabinet of course) and unusually her weight has gone up from 950gm last week to 1100 gm this week. Although she did have small, misshapen, strung- together poop stuck to her bum.
They kept her in and have rang to say she's done a pile of normal poop and is moving and eating.
Has anyone else had anything like this this please?
