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Terrified Toast Has An Uri

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Yes things are moving :) You could still syringe feed her a bit, as long as she is happy with feeding, mine usually love the extra when they are poorly, I never have to force them :) Weigh her regularly at the same time every day & keep an eye on the amount she eats & poos ;) x
 
Toast's little tummy massage last night must have worked wonders because she's been doing normal poos now, I woke up this morning to a huge pile of them after days of next to nothing..

I've to give the Emeprid until Monday and then the plan was to swap to Cisapride, but my question is, if she's pooing normally now, does she still need to take this?
 
Continue as planned until the vets are open again and then give them a call. Coming off the meds too soon can result in relapse. So glad to hear about the volume and size of poos (not many places you can say that! :lol!:)
 
VickiA said:
Continue as planned until the vets are open again and then give them a call. Coming off the meds too soon can result in relapse. So glad to hear about the volume and size of poos (not many places you can say that! :lol!:)
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Thanks, I didn't want to just stop but I also wasn't too sure if I should continue when the problem seems fixed. But I suppose it may not fully be fixed. I know, I feel ridiculous being excited about poo. I woke up in the morning to see she'd done a big pile and my response was "good girl toasty!" :P
 
Seriously worried right now.
I just weighed Toast, I've been weighing her evey day since she's been ill and there's been no major weight changes until now.

Last night she was 1170g.
Tonight she is 1134g

How is that possible? I've literally not stopped watching her for a couple days (I've even took days off work to make sure she's okay) and she's been eating and drinking absolutely fine.
Veg, hay and nuggets, just like normal.
How can she have lost 36g in one day?
 
I suppose that makes sense as she hasn't been pooing properly for quite a few days but now the Emeprid must be doing its job and she's pooing normally.

A couple months ago Toast weighed 1130g.
This was before any bloat/URI and was "normal".

Since then she's gradually been putting on weight until her heaviest was 1240g.

She then started gradually loosing weight but nothing like 30-40gs a day, maybe only 10 or 15gs.

This is the first big weight loss.
If there's another big weight loss tomorrow should I take her to the vet?
Although my vet is closed on a Sunday and I cannot afford another £150 emergency vet bill as I had to pay that last week for her sudden URI so could it weight until Monday of so?
So worried :soz:
 
If she's eating and munching I'm sure she'll be fine until Monday. To be honest you'll probably find her weight will go up tomorrow or stay the same.
 
Thank you so much. I tend to get extremely worried over every little thing with the pigs. It's good to have a bit of reassurance
 
I am not an expert, but given the increase in poos I think that could account for the weight loss.
Plus sometimes you should also try and step back (just a teeny bit) and look at her overall state - does she seem happy, bouncy, eating, drinking, etc?
If so then if can probably wait until Monday, by which time she will have probably stopped loosing weight anyway :hug:
 
Swissgreys said:
I am not an expert, but given the increase in poos I think that could account for the weight loss.
Plus sometimes you should also try and step back (just a teeny bit) and look at her overall state - does she seem happy, bouncy, eating, drinking, etc?
If so then if can probably wait until Monday, by which time she will have probably stopped loosing weight anyway :hug:
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You're right, I know.
But the last month or so that Toast has been ill and not knowing why (I know now) has made me so overly paranoid. I'm always scared something will happen and I might miss the signs..
I've found myself sitting at the cage and watching them for hours.
I know that seems quite pathetic but I can't stop worrying about them
 
Beans&Toast said:
You're right, I know.
But the last month or so that Toast has been ill and not knowing why (I know now) has made me so overly paranoid. I'm always scared something will happen and I might miss the signs..
I've found myself sitting at the cage and watching them for hours.
I know that seems quite pathetic but I can't stop worrying about them
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Firstly it is not pathetic AT ALL to love your pets and be worried when they are ill.
And it is easy for me to say you should try and step back a little, but much harder to do in reality.
I think you are doing a wonderful job, and at the end of the day you know your pigs better than anyone.
If you feel something is wrong them go with that, but also remember you are doing the best you can, and you need to make time for yourself.
 
Thank you :hug:
I thought if I learned all about piggies health and behaviours it would make me more "qualified" (for want of a better word) to look after them properly, but I think I've went too far and I'm now looking for something that's maybe not there.

I just worry so much about them. I absolutely adore them and they're not just pets, I have a bond with them and I feel like they know me too, as silly as that may sound.
But yes you're right I need to take a step back and chill out :P
 
Big weight loss

I'm getting really concerned about Toast.
I've been weighing her daily for a couple weeks while she's been ill and on meds.

Up until Saturday there's been no sudden major weight loss/gain.

Friday she weighed 1170g
Yesterday she weighed 1134g
Tonight she weighs 1120g.
That's a loss of 50g since Friday and I just do not understand because she's been eating as much as always.

I've been watching her for 3 days straight, I took days off work specifically to do this (might sound sad but that's how worried I've been about her) and I've seen her munch hay all day and she's ate all her veg so I'm at a complete loss as to what's going on? :no:
 
I wouldn't be overly worried about 50g at this stage. Mine can fluctuate quite a bit in a day, especially my skinny Katie. Are you seeing the vet tomorrow still?
 
helen105281 said:
I wouldn't be overly worried about 50g at this stage. Mine can fluctuate quite a bit in a day, especially my skinny Katie. Are you seeing the vet tomorrow still?
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I didn't have an appointment to see the vet tomorrow, I'm not due to take Toast back until Friday but I have to go in tomorrow to pick up cisapride (to swap this for the emeprid she's currently on) so I was going to ask about the weight loss while I was there...

What reasons could there be for this seeing as I know for a fact she's eating all her nuggets, veg and hay? She's tucking into a big pile of hay right now... very confused
 
Good idea.

Have just read back through the thread, has the weight loss occurred since she started pooing again?
 
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I took a screenshot of Toast's recent weight diary to see if you think there is some sort of pattern?
It was Friday 1st April that I gave Toast her little belly massage and she started pooing normally from then..
 
It seems like an almost steady weight loss but I do think the latest bigger drop is related to the poo starting again. What is her normal healthy weight. Just showed the OH and he thinks the same.
 
I stupidly stopped weighing her around October time because her weight was pretty constant at around 1000g-1040g (this was before I found this forum and realised the importance of this) 6th March was when I thought I really need to get back into weekly weigh ins..

Should I be worried about the steady weight loss as well as the sudden one..As it seems to be getting back to her "normal" range? Although this was around 6 months ago..
 
No not really if it is more in her normal range. The weight loss is since she got ill so can be explained really. The increase seems to be when she wasn't pooing as much and now she is she is getting back to her usual weight. See what the vet says though.
 
Thank you I really appreciate you're advice.
I'll speak to the vet tomorrow when I pick up the Cisapride.
That's another thing, I was going to ask if there's any need for the Cisapride as Toast has been pooing normally for 2 days now.
Is it possible the bloat has subsided now and there no need for the Cisapride or would it be worth continuing with a prokinetic just to make absolutely sure bloat is gone? Of course I will speak to my vet about this, I just like to get the opinions of others who know a great deal about piggy health
 
I tend to be of the opinion that gut stimulants should only be given when needed but see what the vet says as they may think she needs them for a bit longer.
 
Spoke to the vet and explained that Toast is pooing fine now so I can stop the Emeprid. And with the weight loss, it was as you said, most likely due to the fact that she's not bloated anymore.. but I'll still keep an eye out for more loss.

My final question is, would it be okay to remove the divider now? I only had Toast seperate to monitor her eating etc but now she seems fine I'd like to put them back together, they've been missing each other :(
 
So happy to hear the vet think s it isn't anything major to worry about. Yay Toast!
No advice about the divider as I haven't been through this, but as they are so close and you know what you are doing I am sure it would be fine.
Hope things continue to improve and you can start to relax soon.
 
Me too! I'm hoping this is her on the mend now, that's her off antibiotics and Emeprid the only thing she's on is the pain relief for arthritis but that will be long term.

I had a wee think and I'm going to keep them seperated for a day or two longer, just to be absolutely sure with Toast..
They can still see and touch though the divider and I let them have floor time for a few hours a day so they can snuggle together :drool:
 
Toast had her final check up at the vets today.

There's no sign of a URI now, no more bloat and she's not barbaring anymore :yahoo:

I'd been advised to keep her on Loxicom long term for pain relief for the arthritis. She's currently on 0.4 a day but I've to try and reduce that to 0.2 if Toast will tolerate it, if not it may have to stay at 0.4. I've also to take a urine sample every 3 months so they can check kidney functions while on the Loxicom.
 
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