Sending lots of love. How is she doing? x
It's rather a bit up and down, as you'd expect.
An hour ago, she was very sorry for herself when the metacam had run out. But yesterday's poos have now started to come through (in cow pad form, but they are coming) and she has just tried to tuck into a little veg when I served dinner for the group, so she has obviously found her will to live again now that the new lot of metacam has kicked in.
I am well on track in getting syringe feed into her in 5 ml instalments every hour or so to keep the guts busy without overloading them. I can hopefully get 60 ml or even a little more into her in 24 hours, which is very good.
Signs are good, but it is a long haul.
How is she this morning Wiebke?
Pili Pala has made it through the night and is lively enough to teeth chatter her protest at the regular feeds. She is however still very poorly and not eating on her own.
We are now in the phase where no poos are coming through, reflecting the period when she suffered GI stasis. I am not worried, as her guts are gurgling (if not exactly a lot) and she is brighter and more with it compared to yesterday morning even if at times she is still nodding off during a feed.
It's not going to be a quick recovery, but I am well on the way to get 60 ml into her within 24 hours of her GI stasis, which is a very good amount for a very ill piggy not eating at all for herself.
I am hoping that I am going to see some poo output (mushy or not) starting up again over the course of hopefully today or latest tomorrow, depending on how slowly the guts are working. it takes time to bring the whole engine back up to speed.