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Poor old lady

Merrypigs Sanctuary

Merrypigs Sanctuary

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Just got back off hols and poor old lady Toffee isn't doing so well :( She's bright in herself, eating, drinking, pooping and almost as fiesty as normal. But she has lost some weight and is huffing and puffing with her breathing, and she is tired. So we are off to the vets tomorrow morning, perhaps for antibiotics? I do wonder if it might be her various abdominal lumps though :( She is somewhere between 7 and 8 years old so she's no spring chicken but my goodness is she Queen Sow in our house! My sweet girl, please say a prayer or send a wish for her 😣

Ps her bald patch is due to an ovarian cyst ❤️

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Merrypigs Sanctuary said:
Just got back off hols and poor old lady Toffee isn't doing so well :( She's bright in herself, eating, drinking, pooping and almost as fiesty as normal. But she has lost some weight and is huffing and puffing with her breathing, and she is tired. So we are off to the vets tomorrow morning, perhaps for antibiotics? I do wonder if it might be her various abdominal lumps though :( She is somewhere between 7 and 8 years old so she's no spring chicken but my goodness is she Queen Sow in our house! My sweet girl, please say a prayer or send a wish for her 😣

Ps her bald patch is due to an ovarian cyst ❤

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Wishing her all the best!
 
I was very good and have another big bottle of metacam and some sulfatrim. Unfortunately if the sulfatrim doesn't work it's likely to be my lumps and there'll be nothing more the vets can do :( But we will cross that bridge when we come to it! For now I am munching on some snacks and having a snooze. Thanks for all your good wishes!
Here I am on the way home in my snuggle scarf!
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My sweet girl isn't doing well :( Her breathing isn't improving, if anything it's getting worse :( As of yesterday she no longer is really interested in food except little pieces of celery. Do you think a steroid might help as a last resort? To help her while giving the sulfatrim more time to work? I can still syringe feed! I don't know what to do :( Please help me :(
 
OK she ate 5 rabbit nuggets (she can have whatever she'll eat!) I'll get in touch with the vets to see if she can have zithromax! Duck had that and it did him good xx
 
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