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Pigging Out

My fat fat girl Sierra boo. 😍❤

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Rocky update:

Rocky's weight is ranging from 1290g to 1320g every morning for the past couple of weeks. We've been to see Simon last Wednesday. He can't find anything else wrong with his teeth apart from a very tiny spur in the left back tooth that is starting to grow. He also said that the ulceration he saw from the previous dental has already healed (didn't really know he had ulceration as he failed to mention it that day). His front teeth are fine. So he tidied everything up as much as he can.

Rocky is still not eating by himself. It's on and off with him really. We are still fully supporting him with CC and oats porridge. Simon said if he still hasn't picked up, there must be other things that he can't find (Rocky looked healthy when they checked him) and he may prescribed some antibiotics just to see if it would be helpful. Hubby will call them on Monday. Oh and Simon said Rocky has a small head compared to his entire body shape/structure. Not sure if that's a problem or not haha.

I've not post much in the forum because quite busy with Rocky. We had to bring him during our weekly visit to my in-laws in Liverpool (since we can visit them now) just so he can get fed.
 
Oh Sierra you beautiful chonk :wub: I’m sorry to hear Rocky still isn’t back to his healthy appetite. Hopefully he will start eating soon. Come on Rocky, we’re all rooting for you. Get those gnashers munching away.
 
Is there any possibility that he actually likes you feeding him CC and he has become a little unconfident eating by himself? I’m only saying this becuase there’s been a few times when this had temporarily happened to Ted when he had ulceration of him cheek.
I do think previous painful eating puts them off trying sometimes, they seem to lose confidence or think they will still experience pain. Once they get started though they soon get back eating well for themselves x
Hope Rocky starts eating properly soon x
 
We thought that it's just dependency with syringe feeding at first. We have selection of solid food to give him every time we feed him to encourage him eating. There would be time that we only give him 5mls of CC during feeding time coz he would eat solids. Then there would be time that he won't eat anything at all and would fight us with CC. We would also see him eat sometimes with the girls. But it's on and off with him. Hubby now thinks that he doesn't have any appetite, and that the Loxicom might be suppressing his appetite. He's been taking it for 4 weeks now and he is on 0.4mls 2x a day, as per Simon. We don't think he's in pain coz we see him sleep with closed eyes and very comfy. Hubby would be tweaking his meds just to see if there would be any difference. It's 4 weeks now since this started again. Not sure when he'll be back to normal. 😔
 
anyar.dris said:
We thought that it's just dependency with syringe feeding at first. We have selection of solid food to give him every time we feed him to encourage him eating. There would be time that we only give him 5mls of CC during feeding time coz he would eat solids. Then there would be time that he won't eat anything at all and would fight us with CC. We would also see him eat sometimes with the girls. But it's on and off with him. Hubby now thinks that he doesn't have any appetite, and that the Loxicom might be suppressing his appetite. He's been taking it for 4 weeks now and he is on 0.4mls 2x a day, as per Simon. We don't think he's in pain coz we see him sleep with closed eyes and very comfy. Hubby would be tweaking his meds just to see if there would be any difference. It's 4 weeks now since this started again. Not sure when he'll be back to normal. 😔
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Aw, poor Rocky, I wonder if you can lower the does now his teeth are sorted? I would be inclined to knock it down and see if there’s a change in appetite. That’s the amount he use to prescribed for Ted too
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, poor Rocky, I wonder if you can lower the does now his teeth are sorted? I would be inclined to knock it down and see if there’s a change in appetite. That’s the amount he use to prescribed for Ted too
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Hubby lowered the dose yesterday, and this morning Rocky was 1259g. He also said that Rocky looked like he was in pain. 😔 So he upped the loxicom again. He was eating some salad during feeding time an hour later.

We are thinking of getting Rocky some ultrasound in another vet nearer to us just to be sure there isn't something else going on. Oh and we decided to bring Sierra as well. Weighed her this morning and she's 1619g. There really is something going on with her getting heavier everyday. It might be some lumps inside her or ovarian cyst. But there really no changes in her behavior at all and she still eats loads of hay.

Oh well, we were lucky last year we didn't have any problems with the piggies. And it all comes now. 😭
 
I really hope Sierra is just a porker and there isn’t anything else. Fingers crossed for Rocky as well.
 
Update on Rocky..

We phoned C&R this morning for an emergency appointment for Rocky and he was seen at 4:20pm. Simon said the jaw abscess has now burst and this must have been the cause of the problem. Good thing we went today! He is booked to get lanced tomorrow, so we have to travel to Northampton again. Simon said we can leave him today at the clinic but we said we don't mind travelling back. Fingers crossed Rocky will start getting better after tomorrow.🤞

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We also met @Wiebke today at C&R parking lot and it was nice meeting her. Hopefully Meleri is doing alright. 😊
 
anyar.dris said:
Update on Rocky..

We phoned C&R this morning for an emergency appointment for Rocky and he was seen at 4:20pm. Simon said the jaw abscess has now burst and this must have been the cause of the problem. Good thing we went today! He is booked to get lanced tomorrow, so we have to travel to Northampton again. Simon said we can leave him today at the clinic but we said we don't mind travelling back. Fingers crossed Rocky will start getting better after tomorrow.🤞

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We also met @Wiebke today at C&R parking lot and it was nice meeting her. Hopefully Meleri is doing alright. 😊
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I didn’t know Rocky had an abscess so hopefully once that is sorted he should be feeling loads better x
 
Bill & Ted said:
I didn’t know Rocky had an abscess so hopefully once that is sorted he should be feeling loads better x
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Simon can't find any abscess last week either, apart from the spurs. He did say though that whenever he touch his jaw, he reacts on it. But the problem was he is reacting on both jaws, so Simon can't determine whether there is a problem or not. Well at least now we know. 👍
 
anyar.dris said:
Update on Rocky..

We phoned C&R this morning for an emergency appointment for Rocky and he was seen at 4:20pm. Simon said the jaw abscess has now burst and this must have been the cause of the problem. Good thing we went today! He is booked to get lanced tomorrow, so we have to travel to Northampton again. Simon said we can leave him today at the clinic but we said we don't mind travelling back. Fingers crossed Rocky will start getting better after tomorrow.🤞

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We also met @Wiebke today at C&R parking lot and it was nice meeting her. Hopefully Meleri is doing alright. 😊
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oh wow. Poor lad no wonder he was off. Hope tomorrow’s surgery goes well x
 
Poor Rocky, that must have been painful.
Hopefully now it will begin to heal after lancing and he’ll soon be himself again.
Safe travelling
 
Thanks ladies! ❤❤❤ We are so used to taking care of dental piggies now (and dental abscess!). I just wish we live near C&R!
 
anyar.dris said:
Update on Rocky..

We phoned C&R this morning for an emergency appointment for Rocky and he was seen at 4:20pm. Simon said the jaw abscess has now burst and this must have been the cause of the problem. Good thing we went today! He is booked to get lanced tomorrow, so we have to travel to Northampton again. Simon said we can leave him today at the clinic but we said we don't mind travelling back. Fingers crossed Rocky will start getting better after tomorrow.🤞

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We also met @Wiebke today at C&R parking lot and it was nice meeting her. Hopefully Meleri is doing alright. 😊
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Glad that you and Simon have both finally got to the bottom of the dental issue. Abscesses can cause pain long before they become noticeable and blow up, unfortunately. :(

It was lovely to meet you in person in the car park of the clinic!

PS: Meleri has thankfully passed her eye removal post-op check with flying colours and was very relieved to be back home again. I will take a picture of her progress tomorrow.
 
Poor Rocky and poor both of you! All that travelling, but hope C&R sort Rocky out for you, at least he is in very safe capable hands, and that's a comfort. All the best for tomorrow, keep us posted 🙏
 
So sorry @anyar.dris I’ve not been on much this week so totally missed this but I’m so glad you know what’s happening with gorgeous Rocky boy now and really hope you can get him sorted and feeling much better. :hug: Poor lad, must have been so painful no wonder he wasn’t himself ❤ Really hope Sierra is ok too.
Massive hugs and hope you’re ok x
 
alpacasqueak said:
So sorry @anyar.dris I’ve not been on much this week so totally missed this but I’m so glad you know what’s happening with gorgeous Rocky boy now and really hope you can get him sorted and feeling much better. :hug: Poor lad, must have been so painful no wonder he wasn’t himself ❤ Really hope Sierra is ok too.
Massive hugs and hope you’re ok x
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We are currently on the way to C&R to drop him off this lunch time. It'll be a very long day for all of us today, but he needs to get sorted.

With regards to Sierra, we booked her for an appointment on Friday to another vet (Ellie Whitehead) that can do ultrasound and such. Fingers crossed she's just fat and nothing sinister going on inside her. 🤞 Thankfully, she's acting normal and still eats a lot of hay. I'm just worried she'll burst soon! 😳
 
anyar.dris said:
We are currently on the way to C&R to drop him off this lunch time. It'll be a very long day for all of us today, but he needs to get sorted.

With regards to Sierra, we booked her for an appointment on Friday to another vet (Ellie Whitehead) that can do ultrasound and such. Fingers crossed she's just fat and nothing sinister going on inside her. 🤞 Thankfully, she's acting normal and still eats a lot of hay. I'm just worried she'll burst soon! 😳
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Hope it goes well and you’re all not too shattered! Lots of love and healing vibes from us lot, Lolo sends a big kiss for Rocky and Gigi sends one for you!
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Hope you can get some answers on Friday with your beautiful girl, really hope she’s just been nicking Rocky’s portions of grub and it’s nothing sinister like you say 🤞❤️ Will be thinking of you x
 
We're home now. Made tea for the piggies and Rocky went out of his house and started trying to eat! :yahoo: I know it's not much but him showing interest with food is great! When I picked him up after his op, I saw him already eating the strips of spinach I put in his carrier. That's a massive difference after he went for a dental with another vet 3 weeks ago, which he just stayed in his house for 3 to 4 days and leaking with pee.

I had to separate him tonight from the girls coz I know Vegas would not leave him and would constantly sniff and try to lick his wound. I'll try to take a photo of his wound later (it's on his right jaw).

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Welcome home. Don’t worry Rocky, you’re still as handsome as ever. Hope you start feeling better soon.
 
Glad you all got home safely. Bless him poor little man, hope he’s feeling much better this morning, so pleased he showed some interest in his food :luv: Hope he has a good day and keeps munching :) x
 
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