Pigging Out

Have you had to deal with an open abscess before? I cared for Pepper for over 8 weeks when he had a massive 4cm wide abscess removal operation recently. He’s still not 100%. Feel free to ask any questions. If Bryce is on Zithromax then when it kicks in in a few days he may stop eating. It really knocked Peppers appetite for six for weeks and weeks. Good luck Bryce. 🤞
 
weepweeps said:
Have you had to deal with an open abscess before? I cared for Pepper for over 8 weeks when he had a massive 4cm wide abscess removal operation recently. He’s still not 100%. Feel free to ask any questions. If Bryce is on Zithromax then when it kicks in in a few days he may stop eating. It really knocked Peppers appetite for six for weeks and weeks. Good luck Bryce. 🤞
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Yeah, we've had dealt of abscesses plenty of times in the past, so we had loads of experience how to handle it. 👍
 
anyar.dris said:
We were given Metronidazole but Bryce had a bad reaction to that in the past (he stopped pooping that time and whatever poop he had, he was eating it all). We asked for zithromax but they don't have it, so Baytril was provided instead.
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It’s a shame you couldn’t get Zithromax. See how he goes, but baytril isn’t very good for abscesses. You could always ask for a prescription for Zithromax and get it from a pharmacy xx
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
It’s a shame you couldn’t get Zithromax. See how he goes, but baytril isn’t very good for abscesses. You could always ask for a prescription for Zithromax and get it from a pharmacy xx
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Yeah, we are going back on Tuesday for a follow up anyway. We'll see what happens first. If the baytril is not working, we can pursue with the zithromax.
 
Bryce is okay. His weight is normal. He is a bit grunty though (like breathing with nose blockage), but it was probably because of the anaesthetic, which also happened to our past piggies that had op. He is eating as normal so no CC for now.

I woke up with loud squeeking and went out the bedroom. Asked hubby what it was, he said it was Bryce (he was on hubby's lap giving him his meds) because he didn't like the Baytril. 😂
 
Please welcome our new piggy, Whitney (as in Mount Whitney of California). She was called Lilah before. We picked her up today from the rescue. She is 8 weeks old and she has 2 rosettes so she's probably part Abyssinian.

She is hiding in one of the beds of the cage (separated by grids for now). We got home just 40 mins ago so we'll try bonding tomorrow and let her settle for now. Hopefully she gets accepted quickly. 🤞

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So cute and so small! Welcome Whitney. 🤞🏾 all goes well with the bonding tomorrow.
 
Bonding looks good! :yahoo: Put Whitney with Vegas first in the bonding pen. Whitney was making all these submissive and happy noises. Vegas gave her some warning nips but no aggressive noise and teeth chattering from her. She just sniffs and follows her (not constantly though) and just stops to eat mostly. Whitney also tried to follow her and sniff her a few times. With all the happy noises Whitney makes, I think it's gone down well. She only really makes submissive noise too when she thinks Vegas is following her close.

Then after around 15mins, I've put Bryce with them. He only rumblestrut to Whitney to assert he is going to be above her in the hierarchy. She weed on his face though when Bryce got too near. 🤣 But after some sniffing and following each other, Bryce just relaxed. Oh he managed to hump Whitney once and he popcorned after that! 🤣 He is such a weirdo. 😂

They are all in their big cage now and Whitney is exploring everything. I was supposed to clean it all first but hubby said to put them all there and clean later today since they will make a mess anyway. 😂 Whitney runs away a bit from Vegas when she gets near her but it's just I think the normal curiosity from Vegas. She follows her but not to the extent of constant chasing.
 
Well, after a few hours of being together, Vegas started chasing Whitney, which has upset her. Though Vegas isn't chasing her to bite her or fight with her, it's more of to sniff her bum. But the chasing is continuous and made the little one scared and just wanted to hide from Vegas. No problem with Bryce though. So I had to separate Whitney again for the time being. We'll be out for the day the next 2 days so will try bonding again on Friday and during the weekend.
 
Fingers crossed second time is the charm. It’s a bit like when Vegas joined isn’t it? It was a little…testy but they eventually got on well.
 
Siikibam said:
Fingers crossed second time is the charm. It’s a bit like when Vegas joined isn’t it? It was a little…testy but they eventually got on well.
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Vegas was fine when she joined Sierra and Rocky. Bryce and Ella was the one who took a long time to bond with Vegas. We got Bryce at 4 or 5 months and Ella was around 6-8 months so they were a lot older than Whitney. We are confident that Whitney will get used to Vegas soon enough. Vegas isn't really aggressive towards her, unlike when it was Ella. Vegas lunged a few times at Ella and bit her before they eventually became friends after a 2 or 3 weeks.
 
Update on Bryce:
We took him to the vet again today because his abscess filled up again. Vet has managed to squeeze it out from the now small hole of his wound. We also asked for Zithromax but they need to order it through. So hubby will phone them tomorrow when we can get it. At the moment, he is just having Loxicom and we are flushing his wound 2x a day. He is fine otherwise. He lost some weight (30-50g less) because he has less appetite due to Baytril, but his weight is still around 1300g and still eats. We're just topping him up with CC in the morning and before bed time.

Update on Whitney:
We removed the barrier this afternoon in their cage. Vegas chased Whitney a few times but it's better today than on Tuesday. We left Vegas and Whitney together for an hour when we took Bryce to the vet. When we returned, both of them were in the loft sleeping in the boxes. So seems like they were fine after all. All three of them are in the loft again now snoozing. On the weekend, we'll let Whitney roam outside their cage. We have to put grids on areas she's not supposed to get to first. I'm sure she'll easily figure out which places in the living room she's allowed, like the other two (and past piggies) have figured it out.
 
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