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PiggyWiggy
Hi everyone,
I'm here for some advice please. Any help would be appreciated.
We have two piggies.Male brothers, around 9/10 months old. We rescued them from a centre getting on three months ago.
They live in a lovely big hutch in our dinning room and come out to play in a big play pen daily. Sometimes outside, sometimes inside!
We have had no problems with them settling in. They are still not keen on being handled, though they love being tickled behind their ears!
Our ginger pig, Flash, is slightly larger and the more submissive of the two. He is easier to catch!
He's always made a funny noise...one that his brother has never made...but we just presumed that could be normal. His brother(Bozzy) wheeks with excitement but Flash doesn't as much, so they are different.
Anyway, now...I think that it is a cough that Flash has. These last few days he has been very quiet. Preferring to stay in his hideyhouse, even when it's veggie time! I've had to remove his hidey so he'll concentrate on his food! Today though he has no interest in his food at all. When I had put their breakfast in...I was tidying around and he just lay down on the hay in front of me! Didn't attempt to run at all when I stroked him which is very unusual. I let them be for a few moments and then went back to get Flash out for a closer look. This time he kept running away, which is his usual thing!
He is out now. We had a cuddle but now I have him in an open top box with a net top. Tea towels and usual bedding, food etc.
I just want to see if he will pick up. But he is very quiet still.
I have phoned the vet (we are registered there with our dog...piggies have never been to vets yet with us) but it is out of hours and they just have emergency number. I don't know if this is an emergency situation? My gut feeling is to give him lots of TLC and see how he goes on until the vets re open on Tue. If he hasn't improved then I'll make him an apt then?
His brother is in their hutch, below Flashes make shift home. He keeps standing up and looking for him, bless.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Cathy
I'm here for some advice please. Any help would be appreciated.
We have two piggies.Male brothers, around 9/10 months old. We rescued them from a centre getting on three months ago.
They live in a lovely big hutch in our dinning room and come out to play in a big play pen daily. Sometimes outside, sometimes inside!
We have had no problems with them settling in. They are still not keen on being handled, though they love being tickled behind their ears!
Our ginger pig, Flash, is slightly larger and the more submissive of the two. He is easier to catch!
He's always made a funny noise...one that his brother has never made...but we just presumed that could be normal. His brother(Bozzy) wheeks with excitement but Flash doesn't as much, so they are different.
Anyway, now...I think that it is a cough that Flash has. These last few days he has been very quiet. Preferring to stay in his hideyhouse, even when it's veggie time! I've had to remove his hidey so he'll concentrate on his food! Today though he has no interest in his food at all. When I had put their breakfast in...I was tidying around and he just lay down on the hay in front of me! Didn't attempt to run at all when I stroked him which is very unusual. I let them be for a few moments and then went back to get Flash out for a closer look. This time he kept running away, which is his usual thing!
He is out now. We had a cuddle but now I have him in an open top box with a net top. Tea towels and usual bedding, food etc.
I just want to see if he will pick up. But he is very quiet still.
I have phoned the vet (we are registered there with our dog...piggies have never been to vets yet with us) but it is out of hours and they just have emergency number. I don't know if this is an emergency situation? My gut feeling is to give him lots of TLC and see how he goes on until the vets re open on Tue. If he hasn't improved then I'll make him an apt then?
His brother is in their hutch, below Flashes make shift home. He keeps standing up and looking for him, bless.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Cathy