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Something is wrong with Clifford.

Sappyshelly

Sappyshelly

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Clifford is having issues. He’s not his normal social self and has been pretty lethargic. I noticed a problem when he lost about 60 grams in a week. I’ve been keeping a closer track since and he lost 70 in the past three days. He’s not eating his pellets or hay but he’s eating veggies and fruit. Last night he was fine and seemed good. This morning he’s been in the second floor of his cage all day. Planning on putting him in the tub with pee pads to make sure he’s peeing a pooping. Going to start him up on critical care early, though he’s still eating. The earliest appointment we could get from our trusted vet is on Monday in the morning. I feel bad for my boy. We have the emergency number for our vet just in case he takes a sudden decline but hoping for the best. Will update more later.
 
I didn’t even realize our critical care is expired. I’ll use crushed pellets for now, but does anyone know where I can get critical care quickly in the states? Do they have it at pet smart?
 
Sappyshelly said:
I didn’t even realize our critical care is expired. I’ll use crushed pellets for now, but does anyone know where I can get critical care quickly in the states? Do they have it at pet smart?
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Hi!

How badly out of date is your critical care? If it is not too long over the sell by date, then you can still use it in an emergency. If necessary, mix it with mushed up pellets (you will need to cut off the syringe tip for the rougher pellet fibre through).

You can find our emergency care tips and links all in this guide here to get him through the weekend: Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
 
Wiebke said:
Hi!

How badly out of date is your critical care? If it is not too long over the sell by date, then you can still use it in an emergency. If necessary, mix it with mushed up pellets (you will need to cut off the syringe tip for the rougher pellet fibre through).

You can find our emergency care tips and links all in this guide here to get him through the weekend: Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
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I’m pretty sure it says August 2018 but it’s kinda faded so I can’t tell. I forgot they expired, and I feel bad. Clifford just ran down stairs and is now eating some pellets which I’m happy about. I will still give him some of the pellet mixture cause I doubt he’s gonna eat as much as I want him to.
 
Sappyshelly said:
I’m pretty sure it says August 2018 but it’s kinda faded so I can’t tell. I forgot they expired, and I feel bad. Clifford just ran down stairs and is now eating some pellets which I’m happy about. I will still give him some of the pellet mixture cause I doubt he’s gonna eat as much as I want him to.
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If Clifford is eating on his own, then just syringe feed as much as he will take in one go (it should be more than if he was completely off food) but do not force anything into him. ;)

Unfortunately, the recovery formula is a bit too much out of date.

All the best!
 
An update.
Clifford has been acting normal and eating and such. Now I’m worried about his behavior. Clifford is a dominant pig. He’s been really humping poor Leo these past two days. He usually does his humping sprees every few weeks, but he’s been doing it all tonight and some of yesterday. I feel bad for poor Leo with his little submissive squeaks and don’t know what to do to help. I try to intervene with food but then he’s right at it again when they finish. I don’t want them to fight, and feel sorry for leo. Anyone know what to do? Also, Clifford still has his vet appoint for Monday. (Today, as it’s midnight for me)
 
Here are our tips for bonds in trouble and how to evaluate them. Bonds In Trouble
How old are Clifford and Leo? Hormone spikes are typical for the teenage months but the occasional one can last well into adulthood.
 
Sappyshelly said:
Clifford is around 4 or five now and Leo is around 1 and a half.
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It may be that Clifford is trying to hold on and entrench his dominance while he is not necessarily feeling secure in his leadership position.
It is always difficult to figure out what exactly is going on as we can't ask the piggies themselves...
 
Pig update!
They couldn’t find anything wrong with him by doing a check up and poking around so they did his blood work and turns out he has a high amount of white blood cells. He’s on antibiotics and critical care and the vet wanted to lower the pellet amount and increase the veggies.
 
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