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Thorns not doing so well... :(

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Just because the other post(called hand rearing baby...?) is so long winded i thought it was probly time to start a new one...

This morning i woke up to Thorn doing that weird gasping/hiccupping breathing.... :(

So i threw myself and thorn in the car and drove like a maniac to the vets...

where she said he has a chest infection...
she has given him some batrill by injection... and I'm due back tomorow for another one...
hes been struggling to breath so (not sure wether i should have done this really) I sprayed a bit of ventalin (emergency inhailer for asthmatics) towards him and it seems to have helped his breathing slightly... hes no longer gasping but his breathing is still laboured...
hes had one ml of milk and half a ml of a glucose water mixture...

has anyone had there piggie survive this...?
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Clare i'm so sorry love to hear that Thorn has taken a backwards turn.......... you have done a brill job..........good on you for dashing to the vets (bet your heart was in your mouth love :()
I have no advice as i've never been thru this......... i'm really hoping some of our members who've had rescue and mini's that have been thru many situations can help you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Whee all send mega mega loves and healing wheeeeeks for darling little Thorn xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I am so sorry that Thorn has come down with chest infection; hand reared babies are more prone to these things. You have done a brilliant job to have seen him asap.

I hope that he can make it with your continued good care.

Please don't give him milk, but recovery food and vitamin C; keep it going throughout the night. His appetite will be diminished and every bit of food you can get into him can help his chances. Add probiotics to his food to counter the effect of the baytril on his guts. Weigh him twice daily.
 
Just wishing you and Thorn good luck! He's been a strong little guy so far, so you never know, he might come through this too. Fingers crossed and big hugs for you xx
 
oh no :( wish you and thorn all the best of luck xx
 
My friend's piggy, Zelda had a URI when she was only 2-3 weeks old. She had baytril and recovered well although she was left with a slight wheeze. She's over a year old now.

Everything crossed for Thorn. xx>>>
 
Wiebke said:
BIG HUG

I am so sorry that Thorn has come down with chest infection; hand reared babies are more prone to these things. You have done a brilliant job to have seen him asap.

I hope that he can make it with your continued good care.

Please don't give him milk, but recovery food and vitamin C; keep it going throughout the night. His appetite will be diminished and every bit of food you can get into him can help his chances. Add probiotics to his food to counter the effect of the baytril on his guts. Weigh him twice daily.
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thanks... :)
ive been offering him milk on a spoon as I'm weary to syringe feed him unless necisarry because lets face it the last thing i want is him inhailing milk...
hes been having small amounts of milk and hes been having glucose water mixture and a vit C water mixture...
he's eaten a bit of melon and his breathing is SO much better... still a rattle but no gasping and no laboured breathing... so fingers crossed we got to him in time...
hopefull he'll stay on track...
thankyou again....
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flips said:
My friend's piggy, Zelda had a URI when she was only 2-3 weeks old. She had baytril and recovered well although she was left with a slight wheeze. She's over a year old now.

Everything crossed for Thorn. xx>>>
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thankyou... this has given me hope...x
 
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hes got a bit of an appetite...
but ive noticed his tummy is very bloated and hard... :{
any ideas....?
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Well I'm glad his breathing's better :) But if he's bloated, it's best to get that checked out by the vet.

Good Luck, he's an adorable little guy x)
 
Glynis said:
http://www.guinealynx.info/emergency.html

Hope this info helps :)
whee will have all paws, claws and fingers crossed for sweet little Thorn xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I LOVED the pic of him eating the watermelon x)

have you any baby colic medicine? in OZ it's called Infacol
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thats a brill idea... i think i have some left over from when my son was a baby... :)

and hes got vets tomorow so i'll ask what she thinks aswell...
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I have been thru this before so it's just from what i've learnt, i would still def speak to the vets :)
Hope the little man will be ok xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo...... has he been pooping ok love?
 
Glynis said:
I have been thru this before so it's just from what i've learnt, i would still def speak to the vets :)
Hope the little man will be ok xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo...... has he been pooping ok love?
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hes not been pooing as much as he would and its been very soft... i wouldnt go as far to say diharrea (sorry cant spell) but its not exactly formed pellets either...
I'm assuming its the baytrill...?
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it helps to settle their gut flora........when they have the antibiotics it mucks up their system :p

Keep offering him hay and mushed up pellets, ease off the fruits....this is always advised if they've got upset tum.
 
Wow, just read your other thread, don't know how I missed it! You have done such an amazingly wonderful job! It's been so up and down, such a tough job for you, and Thorn is just the cutest little thing I've seen! I really hope he gets through and grows into a healthy, strong piggy!xox
 
Glynis said:
it helps to settle their gut flora........when they have the antibiotics it mucks up their system :p

Keep offering him hay and mushed up pellets, ease off the fruits....this is always advised if they've got upset tum.
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thanks... :)
hes had a little munch on some hay... wont touch pellets though...
where would you get it from... like the vets...?
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carrot_and_parsnip said:
Wow, just read your other thread, don't know how I missed it! You have done such an amazingly wonderful job! It's been so up and down, such a tough job for you, and Thorn is just the cutest little thing I've seen! I really hope he gets through and grows into a healthy, strong piggy!xox
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lol... :)
thankyou...x
 
hey everyone...
just come back from the vets... thorns breathing is still rattly and labored but over all its better than yesterday... he has a small apetite... so atleast we are heading in the right direction...
the vet said she was shocked i was back here... as she though he was going to pass away through the night....
but alas... thorn is a toughie... :)
so hes on some baytril solution... the tinyest dose... ever!
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Good on you THORN xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
What did they say about his hard tummy...........?
He'll need the probiotics too, i hope they gave you some :)

Loads of healing wheeeeeeeeeeky loves and little nose rubs and hugs from me XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Probiotics you can from the vets, from p@h or over the internet, from places like vet.uk.

I am glad to hear that Thorn is still there. What a little fighter!
 
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