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Charlie44
Hi, I am new to this forum and I have a pig who started off with bloat, moved on to impaction, and now seems to be losing the use of his back legs. I am at a loss as to what to do for the best.He's a boar, (obviously!), and is about 4 years old. He has been back and forth to the vets on and off since May and has probiotics regularly. The vet said it's not the worst case he's seen and some days are better than others.
I've learnt how to empty his bottom and have to do it every day for him. But when we let him out for floor time, he just sits still and won't be enticed into walking very much. When he's in the cage, sometimes his back legs just seem to stick out at funny angles because he's shuffling around on his bottom. He's eating, but isn't having many fresh veggies at the moment, because it was grass that set off the bloat. He has dry food & hay available all the time and today I have started him on organic veggie baby food, because I'm sure he is losing weight. What I'm not sure about is how much baby food to give him at a time? I am syringe feeding it to him, although he seemed to like the sweet potato & veg one I've just given him! How many 2ml syringe-fulls should he have? I also read that somebody gives their pigs baby porridge when they're sick - is that ok to do? I really don't want to lose him - he's such a cutie and has been so good throughout this whole thing. :smitten:
Any advice would be good....
