Hi all, my little piggie poppy had a molar trim on Monday, it is now saturday and she is still not eating anything other than critical care, her droppings a little apple and sometimes broccoli, it seems to me like she can't chew after her surgery as she constantly rummages through her pellets, grass, leaves and some hay but doesn't pick it up, and even when she sometimes picks it up, she drops it out of her mouth, we are however making critical care into little soft balls which she picks up and eats for herself, she eats alot of critical care and seems to be quite constipated even though I see her drink water. Now what puzzles me is that poppy was a very heavy piggie at 1.5 kg and is only 0.7kg now. Despite all the feeding we do her weight doesn't seem to go up. I am caring for poppy by myself and I've already spent around a thousand dollars on her dental work (which seems very expensive to a student like me), and I would like to get her eating as soon as possible. I am quite low on funds and I've been to 5-6 different vets who all say that they can't do anything for her without an xray (which itself is around 300-400 dollars) , and so I was wondering how long it should take my little piggie to recover because I have tended to her for almost 3 weeks now, I am also curious as to how long it'll take for her molar teeth to grow back because trimming them was 600 dollars and the nurse at the vet in art centre said that I have to do molar trims every week. Here's a list of the things I observed in her and some notes on her behaviour and my suspicions etc. :
Has hard time chewing
LOVES her syringe as long as what's inside it is soft
Is She too lazy to eat?I read online that they can become accustomed to syringe feeding and only want that, if so, how can I stop and get her back on hay
When I mix bits of hay with critical care she Bites the hay very slowly, like a dog chewing on a hard bone
Was constantly chewing when left by herself not sure if she was eating though
She is on 2 doses of meloxicam and another stronger medication per day
Slanted two back teeth: the vet said that 2 of her very back teeth are slanted more than the rest of her teeth and I have also noticed that she Chews to the side, so I was wondering if there was a correlation.
Was very sleepy in the morning not anymore
Tries to eat her cage mates bum all the time when together (so I've seperate them right now)
Eats her droppings but they seem very hard as she is constipated and again Chews very slowly, I also give her a couple syringes of water and critical care every 2-3 hours
Wants the syringe to go deeper into her throat
Gave her a pellet, she tried to eat but only rolled around on her tounge and kept chocking and gagging on it
When we break things up, like the soft centre of a cucumber, she eats it, but not sure if she Chews or just swallows
One the very first day after surgery she came home and very very slowly ate one whole leaf
raises her bottom alot when she poos
She is sometimes seen just chewing
Is she still recovering?
Eats with her whole head, as in when she Chews she makes her whole head bob up and down as opposed to before where she just had her mouth munching fast
We tried forcing stuff like little things into the back of her mouth, and she sometimes Chews but not sure if she is actually chewing or is just swallowing
She has little residue in her eyes all the time
Loves critical care when hungry and doesn't even seem interested in hay
When left by herself she seemed to have eaten balls of critical care and drunk water
Used to love grass and hay but won't even look at them anymore
Was seen digging around in her cage earlier today, not sure why but then she proceeded to chew, don't think she eats pellets as last time she just kept it rolling in her mouth
Her mouth was injured after surgery as the vet showed us some pics of the inside of her mouth which had blood on it( a little bit)
Is very scared and hides all the time
Molars not trimmed properly?
Has hard time chewing
LOVES her syringe as long as what's inside it is soft
Is She too lazy to eat?I read online that they can become accustomed to syringe feeding and only want that, if so, how can I stop and get her back on hay
When I mix bits of hay with critical care she Bites the hay very slowly, like a dog chewing on a hard bone
Was constantly chewing when left by herself not sure if she was eating though
She is on 2 doses of meloxicam and another stronger medication per day
Slanted two back teeth: the vet said that 2 of her very back teeth are slanted more than the rest of her teeth and I have also noticed that she Chews to the side, so I was wondering if there was a correlation.
Was very sleepy in the morning not anymore
Tries to eat her cage mates bum all the time when together (so I've seperate them right now)
Eats her droppings but they seem very hard as she is constipated and again Chews very slowly, I also give her a couple syringes of water and critical care every 2-3 hours
Wants the syringe to go deeper into her throat
Gave her a pellet, she tried to eat but only rolled around on her tounge and kept chocking and gagging on it
When we break things up, like the soft centre of a cucumber, she eats it, but not sure if she Chews or just swallows
One the very first day after surgery she came home and very very slowly ate one whole leaf
raises her bottom alot when she poos
She is sometimes seen just chewing
Is she still recovering?
Eats with her whole head, as in when she Chews she makes her whole head bob up and down as opposed to before where she just had her mouth munching fast
We tried forcing stuff like little things into the back of her mouth, and she sometimes Chews but not sure if she is actually chewing or is just swallowing
She has little residue in her eyes all the time
Loves critical care when hungry and doesn't even seem interested in hay
When left by herself she seemed to have eaten balls of critical care and drunk water
Used to love grass and hay but won't even look at them anymore
Was seen digging around in her cage earlier today, not sure why but then she proceeded to chew, don't think she eats pellets as last time she just kept it rolling in her mouth
Her mouth was injured after surgery as the vet showed us some pics of the inside of her mouth which had blood on it( a little bit)
Is very scared and hides all the time
Molars not trimmed properly?
