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What happened!? :'(

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I believe my boy died of impaction. I cleaned him out many time before and then he was fine. I noticed a couple days ago that he had a little ball of poop but barely anything so being stupid I put him back in the cage to clean later because i was busy at the time. It must have slipped my mind and 2 days later i found him dead and his butt seem full of poop much worse then 2 days before but it wasnt that bad when i noticed it. I dont know if he died from that or something else.
~ he acted normal and hes been impacted much worse before so y would it kill him?
~ he lives in a cage with his brothers and iv seen him eat their pellets so i dont think its nutrition
~ i feel so horrible knowing i could have saved him, but I'm not sure if impaction what killed him because he was fine 2 days before.
~he also was biting his fur out trying to get to his butt and he got scabs but i shaved him and put medication on it, and it got much better
~ i wasnt home the day he died so i cant tell * if he was ok or not.
can * please help me understand why he could have died. :( i think he might have had a tumor but he seemed perfectly fine beside the fur and impaction.
 
I am sorry; we are all left wondering when a piggy suddenly dies what might have been the course without ever being the wiser. I don;t think that it was his impaction that killed him, especially as you were cleaning him out regularly.

Please be aware that biting the back might mean that he has had mites, so you want to check his brother and have him treated.
 
I am sorry; we are all left wondering when a piggy suddenly dies what might have been the course without ever being the wiser. I don;t think that it was his impaction that killed him, especially as you were cleaning him out regularly.

Please be aware that biting the back might mean that he has had mites, so you want to check his brother and have him treated.


I sure he didnt have mights, and whats even more sad is that i have had him and his siblings since they were born and i found out i over guessed him age. He was only 3. I guess i will never know but what id o know is that hes in a good place and he had a wonderful life. I miss him terrible but my other pigs help me bunches.
 
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