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Help I Think Coco Is Dying

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Aww thanks guys, your all so lovely. (Sorry about my awful spelling in my last message, I was panicked! lol)
Shes ok! That was horrible! She doesn't sound great still though.
She has the vets at 9:20am tomorrow anyway, but they wanted to keep her in ICU to keep an eye because she was choking, but i have no possible way of getting to the emergency vets before and getting her to her regular appointment tomorrow morning which is what they wanted me to do (It's miles away!), so i've brought her home.
They gave her an antibiotic injection beause they think she has asperated and think they hear a rattle?
They also gave me critical care to feed her every few hours throughout the night and i've not to feed her any solids because shes choking on all solid food.
They said that she is constantly grinding her teeth and are sure there is a dental issue thats causing her to choke, so she is getting xrays tomorrow morning.
I havn't been able to weigh her for the past week because the digital kitchen scales are broken, but shes lost 100g in under a week. :(
I'll give yous a better update tomorrow, but shes alive! Still making choking noises every now and then, but she's ok! thanks so much.

I don't do well in emergencies....I'm a bit like Olive Oyl from pop eye.....


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Oh thank goodness she is okay! What a relief. Good luck with the vets tomorrow and syringe feeding her tonight. You poor thing. You must have had a terrible fright.
 
So glad to hear she's okay! Hope the syringe feeding goes well and good luck at the vets tomorrow. Poor coco & poor you! x
 
Aww, poor girly - and poor you! I hope you both manage to get some sleep, good luck with the syringing. Am very relieved for you that she's ok xx
 
@piggyfan Thank you. I didn't have a clue what to do, She was panicking and her eyes & mouth were wide open like she couldn't breath and all this food started pouring out her nose and mouth and spraying all over the place. I'm scared to give her the critical care incase it happens again. I dont have a clue what to do if it does. When it happened grabbed her and held her with her bum in the air and her head to the ground so gravity might help it pour out because i didn't know what else to do.

I was standing in the vets with my trousers and jumper back to front and inside out because i got dressed so fast....LOL
 
That must have been so scary. I would have panicked too. What an awful night you have had. I am so relieved she is okay now. I understand that syringe feeding her will be a bit tricky after what happened. I really hope it goes okay. Aww you did get dressed in such a rush but it shows how much you love Luna.
 
Her breathing is starting to sound bad. Does anyone know if the antibiotic will make sure she doesnt get phneumonia?
Probably a bit late for a reply. :/
 
Coco&Luna said:
Her breathing is starting to sound bad. Does anyone know if the antibiotic will make sure she doesnt get phneumonia?
Probably a bit late for a reply. :/
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That antibiotic will help fight infection. I am sorry you are going through this and sending you lots of love. Please don't hesitate in contacting the emergency vet through the night for any problems or if she gets worse. Hugs
 
A diuretic would help with fluid on the lungs, worth speaking to the vet about tomorrow. The one we had in past was furosemide. Thinking of you and your little one x
 
I definitely will. :tu:
Thank god I'm off work tomorrow & don't have to lie about having "sickness and diarrhea" like i usually do when someone's ill. Which seems to be happening alot recently, work probably wonders why I've not dried up like a prune from dehydration from all these bouts of it I have. haha
 
I'm so glad shes ok I know how your feeling I went through the same with my boy and it is horrible to witness :(

xx
 
Phew! What a relief! I had to check my phone first thing this morning to find out how she was.

Fingers still firmly crossed she makes a full recovery. X
 
Aspiration pneumonia can be pretty mean definitely ask about diuretic.

If you haven't got a vet your confident in, I would recommend Glen at Apex. When my friend aspirated her little pig, she initially seemed Ok a week or so later the little pig developed pneumonia. She wouldn't eat and my goodness her little heart pounded. Glen treated her and I was amazed that little pig lived. She was syringe fed for weeks by my friend.

When they Xrayed her they found one of her lungs had been destroyed and that little pig had to adapt to just one lung. It was amazing, the little pig lived happily for years once it was fully recovered.

Good Luck today, I had to check and see how she was doing. X
 
I wanted also to let you know that Glen has dealt with teeth problems. My Fred used to get regular dentals, Patrick also and Milo have all had there teeth done and recovered quickly.

Keep us updated on how you get on today. X
 
She has just lay on my bed with me all night. She hasn't moved. But as soon as I try feed her she goes ballistic, I've even tried wrapping her in a towel. I've only managed to get like 1ml into her all night and because she's fighting so much she's choking on it when I try. She hasn't speed or pood once. :(
Just leaving for the vet's. I'll message when I get back and know what's going on.
Thank you so much everyone, I know I'm not replying to individual messages, but I'm taking them on board! Your all so lovely. x
 
Good luck this morning, it sounds like the vet may need to keep her in for feeding.
 
fingers crossed for some help from the vets today, such a worrying time and I hope she'll be ok!
 
She gave me carrot and potato baby foods (I managed to get 4ml into her with HUGE effort) and really finely cut leafy veg. Shes clearly starving because she was grabbing the tiny bits of spinach from my hand. She has had a few coughing fits during it, but the vet said theres just as much a choking risk syringe feeding than hand feeding little bits.
She thinks cokes is too poorly to undergo a GA for the xray just now (apparently you generally need to GA when its on the head)
I've been given a gut stimulant (2x daily) and baytril (2x daily) and metacam (2x daily)as well as the baby food
&I've to take her back on monday to check her health and then tuesday morning for the xray

She has a good look at her teeth and thinks they look perfect and her jaw seems fine today. The vet is doubtful the xray is going to show anything up and said she is almost certain it's a neurological degenerative condition thats affecting the brains ability to send signals to her eosophagus and causing these choking issues and she may have to be pts eventually because if it is this, as her quality of life will be drastically reduced.

I dont understand though how why she is grinding her teeth so bad then? and why she hasnt been able to eat hard vegetabeles without just crumbling them into little pieces and leaving them beside her bowl.
I never thought id be hoping an xray WOULD show one of my piggies has dental issues!
 
I am wondering if the teeth grinding could be a pain response. The Metacam should help with that though.

@furryfriends Excellent Adventure Sanctuary just in case you can help.

It is crucial that she has enough food over the weekend to keep her guts going, so I think you will also need to syringe feed but take it very very slowly.
 
@helen105281 Thank you! Your thread on syringe feeding was a life saver when i was giving her the baby food! Honestly don't know what i'd do without this forum. I cut the tip off a ml syringe and it stopped food getting caught and squirting into her mouth, so that was great because id been using a big syringe and she was choking alot more.

I've chopped a sprinkle of readigrass really really finely and scattered it about a bit so she might eat little bits of it slowly, is i hear alot of coughing ill hoover it up. Trying to do everything I can think of because shes lost so much weight.
 
Coco&Luna said:
@helen105281 Thank you! Your thread on syringe feeding was a life saver when i was giving her the baby food! Honestly don't know what i'd do without this forum. I cut the tip off a ml syringe and it stopped food getting caught and squirting into her mouth, so that was great because id been using a big syringe and she was choking alot more.

I've chopped a sprinkle of readigrass really really finely and scattered it about a bit so she might eat little bits of it slowly, is i hear alot of coughing ill hoover it up. Trying to do everything I can think of because shes lost so much weight.
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Glad it helped. Really hope she improves over the weekend. Is she the pig that has been poorly previously? Am I right in thinking heart issues were suspected at one time or am I completely getting the threads mixed up?
 
@helen105281 That was Luna, we thought she has heart issues, but it turned out to be infection, a fractured pelvis and fungal.
Coco's been really well up until recently.

What you said before about the grinding being a pain response, thats what i mean, I wouldnt have thought a neurological condition like that would be painful? Oh, i don't even know anymore, lol.
 
I could be clutching at straws, hopefully Debbie may be able to comment on that when she comes on. Is she any better on the Metacam?

Ok, I got my pigs mixed up. The reason I asked was that heart issues can make them choke if there is fluid build up.
 
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