Hi
I posted on the forum a few weeks ago about on of my piggies coughing sometimes.
Well took both Fudge and Sid to the vets for a check up and to have thier nails clipped.
Vet stated they were both fine and fudge was coughing due to greed. Both were given a clean bill of health.
The last couple of weeks fudge has been coughing more than usual. Sometimes he would run around his cage like a mad man playing and then start coughing.
On Thursday morning i came down to a funny noise when fudge was breathing. When i went over to him it stopped. I asked my partner if he could hear anything and he said no.
He seemed to be breathing fast / but i thought i was being paranoid as he has always done that / (being a liliac i think you are aware of them breathing more)
Last night we came in from work / breathing still fast / but fudge still eating.
This morning my partner was up before me and when i came down he said i know what you mean about the noise when breathing (its like a ooo ooo ooo). When i went over it had stopped.
I looked at him and he has lost weight / a lot over night. The back of him by his hind legs really goes in when he is breathing.
I have a vet appointment today at 2.30pm / I would have got it sooner but car has had a recall due to a manufacture fault. (Always the way).
I have just cleaned the c&c cage out / disinfected it all and now waiting for 2.30pm / so we can go and get him checked out.
Have a feeling it is a chest infection and will be giving antibiotics. He had this problem when he was a baby. I only had him a week when he had a chest infection. He ended up on medicine for 4 - 5 weeks.
Please think about him / I am very worried.
I will update later when he has been the vet.
I posted on the forum a few weeks ago about on of my piggies coughing sometimes.
Well took both Fudge and Sid to the vets for a check up and to have thier nails clipped.
Vet stated they were both fine and fudge was coughing due to greed. Both were given a clean bill of health.
The last couple of weeks fudge has been coughing more than usual. Sometimes he would run around his cage like a mad man playing and then start coughing.
On Thursday morning i came down to a funny noise when fudge was breathing. When i went over to him it stopped. I asked my partner if he could hear anything and he said no.
He seemed to be breathing fast / but i thought i was being paranoid as he has always done that / (being a liliac i think you are aware of them breathing more)
Last night we came in from work / breathing still fast / but fudge still eating.
This morning my partner was up before me and when i came down he said i know what you mean about the noise when breathing (its like a ooo ooo ooo). When i went over it had stopped.
I looked at him and he has lost weight / a lot over night. The back of him by his hind legs really goes in when he is breathing.
I have a vet appointment today at 2.30pm / I would have got it sooner but car has had a recall due to a manufacture fault. (Always the way).
I have just cleaned the c&c cage out / disinfected it all and now waiting for 2.30pm / so we can go and get him checked out.
Have a feeling it is a chest infection and will be giving antibiotics. He had this problem when he was a baby. I only had him a week when he had a chest infection. He ended up on medicine for 4 - 5 weeks.
Please think about him / I am very worried.
I will update later when he has been the vet.