ladymary86
New Born Pup
Hi. Please help me if you can.
My little boy Merry has a large bladder stone. It’s come out of the blue as until yesterday he was absolutely fine.
He’s a rescue pig that I got from horrific circumstances. With his two brothers, who I also rescued, he was kept in a filthy tiny cage, with no water, no hay and no nuggets. He had severe impaction, and shows signs of malnutrition and deformity.
However since I’ve had him he’s really come on, impaction improved and is generally a well, happy and cheeky little man, although he’s never put on much weight despite eating!
Yesterday, he stopped eating, drinking, and is hunched with pain, and his wee is bright red.
I took him to the vets this morning and an X-ray has shown a large bladder stone. He’s also dropped from 1.1kg to 870g. He’s skin and bone. He’s about 4 years old and is very frail. He’s not moving, is just huddled in his hay looking puffed out, and is making little screechy groans. My heart is breaking for him. He’s on meta cam, antibiotics and syringe feed and water, Although he’s refusing most of the feed.
The vet said we can push for an op, but he would have to spend a few days in hospital beforehand just to try and get his health somewhere near good. He also has a little gas in his tummy. The vet also warned that bladder stones do have a tendency to reoccur.
The alternative is to let him go.
My question is, has anyone had a similar experience? I’m so torn between wanting to take the risk, try to save him because I love him. Or am I putting him through a scary, pain filled time just to assuage my guilt. The thought of him passing away alone in the vets without me and without his brothers is too much to bear. Is it kinder to let him stay home with me and the people that love him, and let him go?
Any advice is gratefully received.
My little boy Merry has a large bladder stone. It’s come out of the blue as until yesterday he was absolutely fine.
He’s a rescue pig that I got from horrific circumstances. With his two brothers, who I also rescued, he was kept in a filthy tiny cage, with no water, no hay and no nuggets. He had severe impaction, and shows signs of malnutrition and deformity.
However since I’ve had him he’s really come on, impaction improved and is generally a well, happy and cheeky little man, although he’s never put on much weight despite eating!
Yesterday, he stopped eating, drinking, and is hunched with pain, and his wee is bright red.
I took him to the vets this morning and an X-ray has shown a large bladder stone. He’s also dropped from 1.1kg to 870g. He’s skin and bone. He’s about 4 years old and is very frail. He’s not moving, is just huddled in his hay looking puffed out, and is making little screechy groans. My heart is breaking for him. He’s on meta cam, antibiotics and syringe feed and water, Although he’s refusing most of the feed.
The vet said we can push for an op, but he would have to spend a few days in hospital beforehand just to try and get his health somewhere near good. He also has a little gas in his tummy. The vet also warned that bladder stones do have a tendency to reoccur.
The alternative is to let him go.
My question is, has anyone had a similar experience? I’m so torn between wanting to take the risk, try to save him because I love him. Or am I putting him through a scary, pain filled time just to assuage my guilt. The thought of him passing away alone in the vets without me and without his brothers is too much to bear. Is it kinder to let him stay home with me and the people that love him, and let him go?
Any advice is gratefully received.
