Brown sludge

[ckbarker1979]

Morning all,
I am currently nursing a 9 day old pig who is quite unwell. I’ve had her at the vets already this week and she is on antibiotics and anti inflammatory medication. The vet says she has an infection and that she is incontinent and also mentioned a clicking sound she is making which indicates an infection in her nose. She closes one of her eyes a lot so she related the eye and the nose together. When we took her to the vets it was because of the strong smell of urine that was coming from her. This was on Tuesday evening. The vet gave her an injection of antibiotics whilst we were there. We have since moved baby and mum together away from the others and mum continues to feed her.
I have taken her out this morning for her meds and as well as being covered in wee as normal she now has a brown sludge all around her lady parts. I bathed her and while I sat with her letting her dry and giving her the meds this sludge was wiped away a few times. Is this normal for the antibiotics I am wondering? I am expecting to take her back to the vets on Monday. I don’t hold out much hope for the poor thing. She’s still really listless and the clicking noise is very prominent. How long would it usually take for meds to kick in? This is only really the start of day two. Poor little thing. I just thought we might have seen some improvement when actually she seems worse...

 

[Swissgreys]

Sorry to hear your girls is struggling.
What meds is she on and what dose?

Sounds like she needs a broad spectrum antibiotic for both a urinary and respiratory infection.

 

[ckbarker1979]

Baytril - 0.4ml x 2 daily
Matacam - 0.15ml x 1 daily

 

[Wiebke]

Morning all,
I am currently nursing a 9 day old pig who is quite unwell. I’ve had her at the vets already this week and she is on antibiotics and anti inflammatory medication. The vet says she has an infection and that she is incontinent and also mentioned a clicking sound she is making which indicates an infection in her nose. She closes one of her eyes a lot so she related the eye and the nose together. When we took her to the vets it was because of the strong smell of urine that was coming from her. This was on Tuesday evening. The vet gave her an injection of antibiotics whilst we were there. We have since moved baby and mum together away from the others and mum continues to feed her.
I have taken her out this morning for her meds and as well as being covered in wee as normal she now has a brown sludge all around her lady parts. I bathed her and while I sat with her letting her dry and giving her the meds this sludge was wiped away a few times. Is this normal for the antibiotics I am wondering? I am expecting to take her back to the vets on Monday. I don’t hold out much hope for the poor thing. She’s still really listless and the clicking noise is very prominent. How long would it usually take for meds to kick in? This is only really the start of day two. Poor little thing. I just thought we might have seen some improvement when actually she seems worse...

Hi!

HUGS

I am so sorry!

It sounds like the antibiotic has wiped out her gut microbiome, which is only just being build up in babies; the same as the immune system. That is why babies are so very vulnerable unfortunately. It is a race against time...

Can you add probiotics to her feed and let her lick freshly made 'poo soup' from a syringe (the latter is - if correctly made - transfer of live healthy gut biome from her mother) but you cannot push any fluid into a baby, especially not one that may already have respiratory issues.
For poo soup recipe: Probiotics, Recovery Foods And Vitamin C: Overview With Product Links
For support feeding and medicating newborns: https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk...pport-feeding-orphans-and-tiny-babies.159468/
Emergency care tips and information: Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment