Zoltan - an amazing piggy!

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Zoltan went back to see Simon yesterday! He was struggling to manipulate food around his mouth and was looking so poorly. Simon removed a lot more pus from Zoltan’s tummy and took him out the back to check his mouth and to give him some subcutaneous fluids.

The bad news is, Zoltan has now got oral thrush to add to all his other issues. Itrafungol has been added to his cocktail of drugs. However, there is a glimmer of better news, in that he seems less painful in the tummy and it’s slightly less swollen. Whether we can get Zoltan through this remains very uncertain, but whilst Zoltan wants to fight on, we will give him every opportunity to win this battle. Simon has said that he's never seen anything quite like this and he says Zoltan must be a very strong guinea pig to still be alive, with so much going on.

This morning Zoltan has been managing to eat a little better and already seems slightly more comfortable in his mouth. He really is amazing!

I am constantly assessing his quality of life and looking at whether he has a life worth living!

Please continue to keep him in your thoughts!
 
Keep fighting Zoltan, hope you are feeling much better soon.🐾♥️
 
I’ve been out for a few hours, doing pet care visits, plus a trip to Tesco and have arrived home to a fairly perky Zoltan! I’ve just watched him eating veg, hay and nuggets. I’m really hoping we may have turned a corner! Simon has warned me that it won’t be a quick fix and we may not be able to fix things, but for now I’m happy and have a big smile on my face! 😀
 
When Zoltan cures, and I'm saying when to keep faith in him, will he be a problem free boar? All the best for this little lad
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
When Zoltan cures, and I'm saying when to keep faith in him, will he be a problem free boar? All the best for this little lad
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Who knows! A huge amount of his body is affected by the abscess, so it’s going to take a long time before we know the longer term prognosis!
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
But teeth, are his teeth good?
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Not at the moment, as this started with a jaw abscess. However, the teeth aren't awful, so there is a good chance they could come right, but there is so much infection in his body, it is impossible to know what lasting damage will remain.
 
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