Behaviour Changes During Recovery?

[Adelle]

My 6.5 year old Fudge has recently been started on fortekor and continuing frusemide due to heart disease. She is also suspected renal failure. Fudge is a submissive pig normally, even when in heat (she has the odd rumble during this time). She has become increasingly brighter and more active since starting her fortekor, but heres the problem- she has been rumbling ALOT with the other two sows the past 2 days, so much more than normal. I ended up seperating her to cool off at 5am this morning as i kept get woken up to submissive squeals from my 9 month old sow. On observation, crunchie is still the most dominant which is normal and fudge isnt challenging her much, mainly just the 9 month old. They where put back together an hour later and has been better, but shes still quite rumbly. There hasnt been any biting or mounting.

I am thinking now that fudge is feeling better, she is challenging the pig "above her"? Or could there be another explanation? Fudge was scanned a few weeks ago for her bladder and they also checked her ovaries/uterus- they where small and healthy looking with no cysts.

I have attached a video where u can see fudge rumbling at the beginning (i cant seem to catch her when its more prominent as she just stops amd looks at the camera!) as you can see she is very bright and cheeky and clearly feeling much better.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...6&ref=m_notif&notif_t=like&actorid=1240290643

Any ideas would be helpful

 

[Mother Hubbard]

Hi there,

I think you're right, the challenge is because she's feeling better. I've sesn this happen too with a trio of ladies I had. It did settle down once they discovered who was the top pig, but generally I just had to let them figure i out for themselves. I don't have any other advice, so hoping someone ore experience comes along with any other suggestion.

 

[Poppy'sMum]

@helen105281 who has heart piggy experience, hopefully it's just normal "Who is the boss" pig behaviour

 

[Adelle]

@helen105281 who has heart piggy experience, hopefully it's just normal "Who is the boss" pig behaviour

She NEVER questions whos the boss lol, its by no means out of control, just not like her at all. Shes always the most submissive, mallow (9 month old) will keep fudge in check but not crunchie, and crunchie keeps them both in check! Shes the one that lays IN the food bowl so no one else gets any lol.

 

[Poppy'sMum]

Sometimes there can be a challenge for hierarchy when one pig has been ill or had an operation. Usually it sorts it's self out in a few days though

 

[sport_billy]

Hopefully it will quieten down over the next few days. After Cookie had recovered from being poorly our 4 were all out of sorts in hierarchy.... It sorted itself out in around 48 hours

 

[helen105281]

This happened to my Fuzzy, before her heart meds she was always a bit under par but now they have kicked in fully she is a blimmin nightmare, and a non stop humping machine. She has even humped her way to top sow spot. She has been checked for cysts and it's not that. I can't watch your video as my work block Facebook.