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Chloe is Poorly Vets Wed.

sport_billy said:
Hoping this mass is nothing sinister David. Hopefully you can get her weight to stabilise, plus side is she is happy and that is important. Get some rest tonight mate you need it after such a hard day. Hugs and love to your little one
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Thanks Lee. I not give up on her or any of my piggies. She needs to fight this together we give it our best shot.
Horrible being the bad person putting food into mouth . . . price we pay :doh:
 
Lady Kelly said:
Huge hugs David. It's hard when they are losing weight but you just keep doing what you can and look after yourself. My first piggy, Bea, ended up with renal disease and I was told she didn't have long left as her weight started to drop quickly. She was old as well but a long piggy, twice the length of her original cagemate so carried at around 1.2kg. she carried on losing until she got to about 600g and then she stayed that weight for the remainder of her life. We had a further 18 months with her after diagnosis. I suppose what I am saying is that sometimes even the worst possible diagnosis isn't always the full on heartbreak we expect. Take your time to treasure your moments together and I'm sure your vet will get to the bottom of this
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Thanks Kelly. weird picking Chloe up and feel her ribs and never so wanted a piggie to be fat.
Good to know even down to 600 you still had time with your piggie.
Thanks x
 
PigglePuggle said:
Of course such things are a worry, and its awful when piggies get sick or die and there's no explanation, but I believe @David Piggie Lover has indoor piggies and no new additions so I wouldnt want him to worry about Chloe having caught something awful based on a very few isolated incidents (2 out of about 21,000 forum members) if she hasnt been in contact with any new piggies or any rabbits. She's had a very good vet check and has a kidney lump and some weight loss so maybe lets just keep things seperate and keep any speculation about scary disease outbreaks elsewhere to a different thread that isnt about beautiful Chloe and her very worried daddy!
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I'm catching up on this thread. At work today and have chance too.
@PigglePuggle thanks for putting this thread back onto track. :btt:
@SkyPipDotBernie thanks for giving me suggestions trying to help and i do appericate it.
My Piggies are indoor and no new ones or contact with rabbits .
 
David Piggie Lover said:
got some Quaker oats.
do you give them to piggies dry. :hmm:
pls
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We give quaker oats dry or sometimes mixed with grated sweet potato, sweet potato is a magic piggy fattening food! Or you could mix the oats with grated apple or carrot, all good for weight gain. We got one of our piggies to regain 100g of the she'd lost after antibiotics in a week with grated sweet potato and porridge oats! Our vet recommended it. You could wet the oats if Chloe prefers that though, but if her teeth are ok she should take them dry or mixed with grated veg :)
 
PigglePuggle said:
We give quaker oats dry or sometimes mixed with grated sweet potato, sweet potato is a magic piggy fattening food! Or you could mix the oats with grated apple or carrot, all good for weight gain. We got one of our piggies to regain 100g of the she'd lost after antibiotics in a week with grated sweet potato and porridge oats! Our vet recommended it. You could wet the oats if Chloe prefers that though, but if her teeth are ok she should take them dry or mixed with grated veg :)
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Thank you for a great prompt reply. I'm sat with Heidi and Chloe. Chloe just had a wobble around munch on hay few oats dry and guzzled down some fresh water.
She's settling down now as is Heidi but I stay with them for a while.
I do the suggestion about sweet potato and oats . leave some for snack attack during night.
Again thank you. x
 
You are doing the absolute best for your girl David.
It really is hard sometimes, but you have to do what you think is right and give them every chance.
Ruby hated baytril so much, and bit me so many times when she was ill.
But almost a year later she is hale and hearty, and I don't regret the struggles with her for a minute.
Ruby's Baytril Face

Sometimes they are done, and you know it.
And sometimes they need a chance and you know that too.

Follow your heart and listen to your girl, and it will always be the right decision. :hug:
 
David Piggie Lover said:
Morning. She was bit sleepy and she had full syringe again food before she realised what she was doing. As not to stress her by catching her as she had some food. I put some Tramadol on her lips and she licked it of. She's only on .4
Bless.
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Just catching up with this, you're doing a brill job Dave x
 
David Piggie Lover said:
Morning. She was bit sleepy and she had full syringe again food before she realised what she was doing. As not to stress her by catching her as she had some food. I put some Tramadol on her lips and she licked it of. She's only on .4
Bless.
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Aw bless her :( your doing a brilliant job with her though xx
 
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