adominion24
New Born Pup
Hello,
I was wondering if I could get opinions from a few experienced Piggie parents. I am new to this forum and I am a new Piggie parent. My husband and I got our 2 adorable little boys about 3 months ago. We estimate them to be about 6 months old but don't know for certain. I came home from work yesterday evening and realized that the smaller of the 2 was acting a bit strange. He was hiding in a corner of his house. This would typically be normal but something just didn't seem right. Also, he wasn't as interested in food as normal and seemed a bit lethargic. So I got him out and looked at him. He seemed to be breathing hard. He didn't seem to be breathing faster really, just harder. So we got out the scale and he had lost almost an ounce since we'd last weighed him 4 days prior. So we immediately took him into the animal ER. Now here's a bit of information I had forgotten to list earlier. I had given them both their first bath just the night before. Meeko (the sick piggie) was NOT happy about it. He cried the whole time I was washing him. The vet did her examination and told us that he could have aspirated some of the bath water or that he could have an upset tummy. She gave him an injection of fluids and sent me with Baytril to give him twice daily for 7 seven days and also some Oxbow Critical Care to syringe feed him. (He doesn't like syringe feeding either, at all.) We just got him out again to give him his medicine and feed him. We weighed him and he's lost almost 2 more ounces since last night. He does eat some on his own but not a lot. His breathing seems to be about the same but no worse. I, apparently, am bad at syringe feeding. I found some instructions on this forum that I'm going to try in a couple of hours. Fingers crossed for a good result. He has been out and about a bit more today than last night. I'm hopeful that he will make a full recovery and I'd like to help that along any way that I can. I am hoping that maybe some of you out there can tell me if there is something else that I should be doing? Or not doing? Just basically your thoughts on the situation. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
I was wondering if I could get opinions from a few experienced Piggie parents. I am new to this forum and I am a new Piggie parent. My husband and I got our 2 adorable little boys about 3 months ago. We estimate them to be about 6 months old but don't know for certain. I came home from work yesterday evening and realized that the smaller of the 2 was acting a bit strange. He was hiding in a corner of his house. This would typically be normal but something just didn't seem right. Also, he wasn't as interested in food as normal and seemed a bit lethargic. So I got him out and looked at him. He seemed to be breathing hard. He didn't seem to be breathing faster really, just harder. So we got out the scale and he had lost almost an ounce since we'd last weighed him 4 days prior. So we immediately took him into the animal ER. Now here's a bit of information I had forgotten to list earlier. I had given them both their first bath just the night before. Meeko (the sick piggie) was NOT happy about it. He cried the whole time I was washing him. The vet did her examination and told us that he could have aspirated some of the bath water or that he could have an upset tummy. She gave him an injection of fluids and sent me with Baytril to give him twice daily for 7 seven days and also some Oxbow Critical Care to syringe feed him. (He doesn't like syringe feeding either, at all.) We just got him out again to give him his medicine and feed him. We weighed him and he's lost almost 2 more ounces since last night. He does eat some on his own but not a lot. His breathing seems to be about the same but no worse. I, apparently, am bad at syringe feeding. I found some instructions on this forum that I'm going to try in a couple of hours. Fingers crossed for a good result. He has been out and about a bit more today than last night. I'm hopeful that he will make a full recovery and I'd like to help that along any way that I can. I am hoping that maybe some of you out there can tell me if there is something else that I should be doing? Or not doing? Just basically your thoughts on the situation. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!