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Fred is poorly

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PAMELAKT said:
How is Fred today? Is it still reducing? Xx
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Possibly not reducing, I'd say I might have been a tad delusional it's pretty big now. I'm going to phone the vet tomorrow, and ask if I should bring him in to get it lanced/drained? I don't deal well with icky things so someone else cleaning it for me initially would be very helpful :))!

Fred on the other hand is absolutely fine I thought he appeared off this morning before but it appears my pig's where just playing a big joke on me as everyone appears fine this evening!

How's Rodney? x
 
My Fred is heading back to the vet on Friday to have his abscess drained, luckily for Fred I was off work yesterday as he became very bloated. I had already noticed something was a miss with his gut because he was tormenting Pebbles for her poop. I phoned the vet first thing and we decided to half his Baytril dose and give it twice daily but we both already knew that Fred had been on his Baytril for sometime but it appears the combo Baytril and Flagyl together where causing his guts to slow. By the evening Fred was looking a bit more miserable, I called the vet again and we decided to stop the Flagyl all together and give him gut stimulants to get him moving again. This morning I took him out for his syringe feeding, he'd passed some very small but very nicely formed pellets. We where very lucky to catch it so early Bloat can be an awful condition for any piggie and has been responsible for a huge amount of piggy deaths.

I'm counting the days till our next appointment, my thinking is once it's emptied we have more chance of it healing and I might even get my life back again along with a full night's sleep!
 
So both Fred & Wilma are due back to the vet Friday? Good luck to you Fred. Hugs to your mummy too having two sick piggies on her hands.
 
Poor Fred :( So glad you caught the bloat early. Keeping everything crossed for him and Wilma. Hope they both get well soon and you can get some decent rest.
 
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Poor little man. How difficult for you having two sick piggies.
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It is a bit of a nightmare juggling work and sick pigs along with vet visits but needs must, it'll be awesome when I can see them actually improving and get a decent kip, just syringing feed the pigs now they are both fairly easy to Syringe I have they new Science recovery syringes they really are a god send. I'd highly recommend them.

http://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/feeding-syringe.html
 
Good luck to you and Fred :) Will keep him in my thoughts too. As Pam said, he'll feel a whole lot better this evening x
 
Fred's quite quiet this evening he certainly isn't perky and has been feeling sorry for himself, I on the other hand have been feeling sorry for myself. I attempted to flush his Abscess for the first time I'd like to thank Suzy for the support. I really don't do things with any kind of blood never mind holes, it was not an easy task but I'm sure it'll make me a stronger person.

Nothing has came out as of yet, I'll just need to see how it goes.

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My poor boys war wound.
 
We've really had a bad night, Fred was in a small hamster run behind the girls just so I could keep the wound clean, anyway Fred decided he would in fact escape went over the side of the run no idea how he managed it he's so lucky he has not seriously damaged himself I had to find alternative accomodation without putting him down anywhere which was interesting. These pigs are going to give me a heart attack, Fred is now in a closed carrier maybe I'll get a bit more sleep after all. Phew.... X
 
Jo, your doing so well, I really don't know how you cope. Really hoping Fred will turn the corner for you. X x
 
I'm not coping very well, Suzy helped by making me look at a gastly picture of Merrick so my situation seemed much easier. I don't think anything really compares to my pig with a gaping hole though even trying to medicate him in such a hassle with the wound. Just done re-opening it, Me and the Abscess are going to war I will take no prisoners. Fred needs this done and we'll do it right even if I'm sick it was easier second time round but putting the cotton bud in the wound to clear it out made me feel all whoozy!

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but so far nothing has came out other than blood.

Fred on the other hand is still eating despite feeling very sorry for himself last night which is good news although I kept waking up thoughout the night to check on them, just could not turn off. I'm off today, going get some essentials and catch up on sleep at some point.
 
I fully sympathise - the first night I had Rodney home I panicked & thought I can't cope with this. I am not usually squeemish, but the thought of an animal makes me terrified. I feel I could cope with a human better.

However I am getting better at it, and am managing so far to keep it open. I can't see your picture on my work PC but I can imagine - I will take one of Rodneys later. It is horrible I agree! Rodney now runs off from me when I go in the cage which makes me sad as he has never done this - he is bored of all the poking & prodding! Keep telling yourself in a few days it will be worth it - hopefully!
 
Just looked on my phone, Rodney's looks a bit more horror story than Fred's - it's like a second mouth! Haha. I will take a gory pic when I get in & we can compare war wounds...
 
Jo, you're doing amazingly! Me and my boys are sending lots of healing vibes for Fred. I hope you manage to get a full night's sleep soon.

You're a wonderful piggy mum!

C. x
 
Oh Jo you poor thing. I would not be able to do that. You are so strong.
 
Bless you and him! It's not an easy task at all but like you said it must be done! Hopefully you'll start to see some results soon which will certainly keep you going! x
 
Fred's doing remarkable although I discovered my flushing of the Abscess was all wrong, the vet had only given me a 1ml syringe and I thought that's what I was meant to flush it with, it wasn't until last night when speaking to Suzy she told me I should be using a bigger syringe. Thankfully Hazel visited today and she's dealt with loads of abscess's so was able to show me how to flush the wound properly, we got loads of pus out and got the wound re-opened! I'm slightly more hopeful we can get over this.

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Sending all my love to my fave boy Fred.........I had to flush Cyrus would when he had an abscess after the neutering.....He was fine and after a few days no more puss and the wound cleared........Come on little fred, we are all routing for you wee man..
 
Just keep it open for as long as you possibly can, a week ideally i was told. Keep it moist, Debbie told me she used the little make up pads dipped in warm boiled water. I got some of these and it did work. If you can keep it open it can heal from the inside out.

Eventually the scab will drop off like Rodney's has and you have a healed piece of skin.I was overwhelmed completely at first, but I can see now that the trick really is to keep it open, keep going round the edges of it to keep it from closing together too x
 
So pleased to hear Fred is doing well! I had trouble flushing and maintaining the wound on Fudge's face too, I have found using Q-tips are easier to clean around the wound as he has become quite head shy and spooks when things come too near his face (probably as a result of all recently poking and prodding).

You're doing so well Jo, just gotta keep at it and you'll see there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Big hugs x
 
Thanks everyone, I've been felling round the wound and although it's still swollen, I don't seem to be getting anything out. I'm going to keep going with the flushing but I think Fred would have had better chances if I had been flushing it correctly, however the wound is still open and I'm flushing it twice daily.

Fred is still doing very well, although I am topping him up just to be sure he's eating enough.
 
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