Poorly piggy?

[CharlieH]

Hi all,

Hope this is in the right section.

I've just picked up Tiffypig to put her out in the garden and noticed she's a bit wet around the bum (she's semi long haired so a haircut will hopefully help with this too).

She's been doing squishy poos for a couple of days, not wet or diarrhea, but much softer than the harder ones that the other piggles seem to do on a regular basis (sorry if a bit TMI lol) I'm just a little weary as it's hot at the moment and I don't want a dehydrated or poorly piggy.

She doesn't like to take cucumber from hand so I've syringed her a little water over the past couple of days just to be sure she is getting some, as the water bottle in their cage never seems to move drastically and I thought she might be thirsty.

Sorry if this is a bit vague I didn't really know what to put except what I knew!

I'm happy to take her to the vets etc, just thought I'd check if I'm overreacting to just a few soft poos. LOL.

And nope she hasn't lost any weight.

Thanks

 

[Toffeewoffee]

Awm my guess would be she has been lasy and pee'd but sat/laid in it rather than move, hence the wet bum.

But with regards to the soft poo's i would keep her off veggies all together for 24 hours, just plenty of hay and nuggets and see how she go's.

How does she seem in herself? xx

 

[CharlieH]

Ah thank you for your speedy response

She seems fine and happy in herself and will still come over to the bars etc so I'll definitely try just taking her off veggies for 24 hours.

I'll have to sit and look at her desperate face at veg time haha!

 

[Toffeewoffee]

I know it breaks your heart when they know it is tea time and they ask for it, if you have any dried herb treats or readigrass you could give this as a treat. xx

 

[CharlieH]

I'll definately have to give them some extra hays and herbs or they'll break my heart!


Tiffy was just being cuddled when she made an incredibly loud tummy rumble sound.. I'm assuming she has some trapped gas too poor baby

 

[CharlieH]

Just thought I'd update on this!

Tiffy was a LOT better on Saturday having had no veg for 24 hours but by Sunday eve she was back as before and was still like it this morning

The vet has had a good look over her and we have some Fibreplex to give her and the instruction of a little bit of grass but no veg just to keep her going.
He also gave her a worming jab as he thinks she may possibly have a worm being as she is a little on the skinny side too but eats heartily.
We had a long discussion about it and the only way we can think of her getting worms would be from being out on the lawn as she lives on fleece and is kept indoors.

Anyone had any experiences with worms? I feel like a bad mumma lol

 

[Amysmom]

We had this with Snowball, he started off with mushy poos that led to diarreha.
Our vet gave us fibreplex but unfortunately he stopped eating. We also syringed him 'poo soup' because he wasn't eating his poops either. I also ended up having to give him gut stimulant injections because piggie tummys stop working if they aren't eating hay etc. He did end up doing normal poops but unfortunately he started refusing the syringed food and his head was flopping over to one side. Unfortunately we had to make the decision to have him put to sleep because we knew in our hearts he wasn't going to recover from whatever it was.

Keep a very close eye on the situation because thy go downhill rapidly.
Also be very careful when syringing water because you can flood their lungs, if you need to do it only do a tiny drop at a time.

 

[Amysmom]

Sorry I forgot to say that Snowball did develop a secondary infection which he had anti biotics for but unfortunately that wasn't enough.

The vet did have him in for a day so the nurses could constantly syringe him fibreplex and we don't know whether all this syringing caused the secondary.
Even if it did it had to be done so I guess that's the risk you have to take.