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I think Garry may be dying...

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Is she going to be doing his teeth today? What does she mean about taking them down further than last time? If she takes them down too far for him to be able to eat then they will just grow again (very quickly). Make sure you have lots of syringe food ready. Pops used to go through one of the resealable pouches of Critical Care a week! I then found I could buy an absolutely huge one on Vet Uk that was three times the size for twice the cost so would get that.
 
Garry went in to have his teeth done again today. She is keeping him in tonight so that they can see exactly how he is doing with his eating. He did have a sedation (and I know I'm going to get shouted down here) but in my opinion I felt there was less risk to G getting his teeth done that way than by him being awake. He is a very nervy pig as it is so I thought the stress may have done more harm than good. Anyhow, he is fine right now and has Moo for company so he isn't alone in a strange place.

I know it is going to be a huge uphill struggle with G, but I'm glad he didn't give up on me last weekend!
 
No-one will shout at you for doing what you think best for your piggy - and you know him best.

I'm pleased to hear he's come round ok, and hope he turns a corner now

Sophie
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Glad to hear that all went well at the vets, if you say he is a nervous piggie then perhaps it was best that he went under while they did the dental work. Hope he makes a speedy recovery now, I bet you can't wait to get them both home again. Take care.x>>
 
you did what was best for your baby garry bet you cant wait to get them home? sending good vibes to you garry & moo xx
 
Good to hear his teeth have been corrected. You won't be shouted at or thought little of for your decision, you had to do what you felt was right at that time for Garry. I do suspect that, given particular circumstances, if I had to trust a vet unwilling to do dental work without anesthetic (thus inexperienced) to trim my pigs teeth I'd be inclined to tell them to just sedate if they really, really could not cope. So even I might have made the same decision as you, at the end of the day. :)

Hope you have the boys back home soon.
 
Great to hear that Garry has had his teeth done and of course no one will shout at you as like others have said you know him best.

Glad that he has Moo for company and that he is recovering well. :))

Come on Garry you can do it!
 
Thanks for all your positive comments. I didn't enter into having him sedated again lightly but my vet is very experienced with this type of treatment (she is a specialist in exotics and dentistry) so I have full trust in her to do the right thing. I am hoping now that we can get Garry eating the right things in order to help himself a little bit more.

I got some Excel Herbage today that hopefully he can get into at some point. If not, Moo can have it as a reward for being such a good cagemate! I am armed to the hilt with Critical Care too so Garry won't know what's hit him when he comes home!

It will be very quiet here tonight without the two of them, especially Moo...the middle of the night squeaker!
 
HEAPS OF HEALING WHEEEEEEEEEEEKS OF LOVES FOR GARRY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

them my Dukey had to have sedation each time he had his toofies done, it's the only way the vets will do this in OZ...........so don't be hard on yourself xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Glad he has had is teeth sorted! bet you can't wait to get him a home!
 
any news Emma? Give all four of your men a cuddle from me and a shhhhh to reuben from me! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Glad to hear they're both home, hopefully Garry will tuck into the sloppy nuggets of his own accord.
How does he seem in himself?
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happycath said:
Glad to hear they're both home, hopefully Garry will tuck into the sloppy nuggets of his own accord.
How does he seem in himself?
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nutmeg said:
Mmmm sloppy nuggets, yummy. Go Garry. xx
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Ha ha! I've just sat with him for about 45 minutes while he tucked in. He really was non-stop so that's good. Slow going, but he didn't spill any (other than spitting the bigger bits of remaining nugget out...nice!) so that's a good sign.
 
Is your vet going to see Garry weekly for a while now just to keep his teeth filed down? I've just got back from taking Poppet to get hers done this evening. We go fornightly and it takes no more than a few minutes to just keep them right so she can eat well on her own.
 
We have a follow up appointment for him and until he starts improving properly they will be a very regular thing. Once we know what we are looking at in terms of timing for teeth and exacty how much Garry can help himself then we can have a more definite idea of a future care plan.
 
can i be cheeky and ask how much a teeth trim costs? by all means ignore the question!
 
thats good news their both home
you got a strong boy so happy he's home & all looking good xx
 
I'm fairly new to the site and have just read through the history of this thread about Garry. Once I started I had to continue and am so pleased he is improving. What a relief this must be for you. Has he put much more weight on now?
 
pepsipig said:
I'm fairly new to the site and have just read through the history of this thread about Garry. Once I started I had to continue and am so pleased he is improving. What a relief this must be for you. Has he put much more weight on now?
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Not yet, but he has been maintaining his weight so that was good. It will be a long uphill journey I think but at least now he's much better in himself than he was!:)
 
Have just read through this thread and I gotta say...its really inspiring to hear your story. I'm so glad that he's doing so amazingly well as he has been! He sounds like a really special pig, and I really admire you for your determination. Not that I'd do any less cuz even though he's "just a pig", he's part of the family (which some stupid people can't get their heads round)!

I don't suppose you have a pic of him for us to see so we know who we're sending all our good/positive/healing thoughts to?
 
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I don't suppose you have a pic of him for us to see so we know who we're sending all our good/positive/healing thoughts to?
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This is him before he got ill, taken a fair while ago now! Am hoping to get him back to this shape with a bit of hard work!



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