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Teasel fell out of her cage

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Last night, putting Basil and Teasel away, Teasel decided that reverse was the way to go and went backwards out of the cage, about 2 feet.

I put her back and she was dragging her back legs, so I brought her in to the hospital cage, where she stayed over night. She was able to run round this morning (judging by the way she ran round when I too her box off of her), so I'm not as worried as I was.

I think she's rather uncomfy - is there anything I can give her till I get her to the vet (unfortunately the GP-allergic vet is on tomorrow)? Anything I should look out for? She has eaten, grudgingly, but she has eaten.

Samantha
 
A veterinary examination won't hurt, though I would prefer that the pig was seen to sooner rather than later to (hopefully) rule out anything untoward.

Keep a very close eye on her, make sure she continues to eat and make sure she's moving around okay. It may just be a painful landing she had that jolted or sprained her back legs a little, but there is a risk of an underlying issue until she is behaving, moving and eating completely normally. If she is in pain, Metacam or Rimadyl is preferable but human infant medicines will do for a couple of days if you haven't got any animal preparations. Children's Calpol or Children's Nurofen, given at the dose of 0.2ml twice daily, is safe, but if you do think she is in pain then a vet check ASAP is necessary.

Good luck, keep us updated.
 
Teasel is fine now, to the point where she elbowed Basil out of the way for dinner last night and was straight in for brekkie this morning. I think a day by herself helped and she'd been moving round the cage. Obviously if she had still been dragging her feet the morning after, the allergic vet would have had to have a look at her.

Thanks very much on the Calpol front - I shall keep some in in case of injury in future.... Because they always seem to hurt themselves when you can't get them to the vet and if I can give them something till we get there.

Samantha
 
Good to hear she has picked up. :)

I don't especially enjoy giving human childrens painkillers to pigs - I would rather give Rimadyl or Metacam and have been lucky in the past to be able to pinch some Metacam off my dog - but, given human infant meds have been given many times to many guinea pigs and is safe, I find it is very useful to know the dose to give in case of an emergency. At the end of the day, a pig in pain need pain relief ASAP, and many vets won't consider a pig to be in pain an emergency unless there's an obvious, serious reason for the pain.
 
my sonny jumped out of his cage when we first had him. i held him round the middle and with two fingers i made his feet do bicycle movements to see what he'd do, he did them, but he could put pressure on my fingers and he was fine, if there'd been no resistance (think pressure against my fingers), i would've got an emergency vet. x glad to hear teasel's well! x
 
Samantha, so sorry I didn't see this thread till now .... do hope Teasel is fully recovered by the time you read this ..... Basil must've wondered where his friend had gone!
 
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