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A man dropped a boar and a sow off with us this morning (after calling and saying, 'can we get rid of them now a couple of hours prior)'....I checked them out and they have blisters all over their feet(the female more so) and the female some up her legs...the female had some dried blood on her poor feet...and they both clearly have mites. I asked the guy what kind of living conditions they had, he shrugged and said 'they were my sisters' which is a lot of help! but he did manage to say that they had been living together and are about 6 months old : so potentially pregnant female and they both have mites...its not that thats getting me, i can treat that myself, its these feet...
the girl cant even walk and she is pretty fat so I'm guessing definatly pregnant, the boy seems to be moving normally but the feet are very red and blistered. Obviously ive put them both in their own cages and put some fleece down on the floor for bedding as i cant think of anything better to put down for their feet. I am going to the vets first thing in the morning about the poor feet, but i dont know what to do in the meantime?!
The females are all over her feet and halfway up her legs and they had obviously been bleeding...
Andy said he thinks they have been kept on woodchip (the stuff used on rockerys) as there were a few random pieces in the box the guy threw as us...although i cant see how the hell that is possible... :'( :tickedoff: :tickedoff:
It looks like a variation of when you get a pet shop piggy with poor red feet from the sawdust thats been used only 100 times worse...they both still really smell of urine and smoke?!? i am at a loss with this one! I just need to keep them as comfy as possible until tomorrow morning...
the girl cant even walk and she is pretty fat so I'm guessing definatly pregnant, the boy seems to be moving normally but the feet are very red and blistered. Obviously ive put them both in their own cages and put some fleece down on the floor for bedding as i cant think of anything better to put down for their feet. I am going to the vets first thing in the morning about the poor feet, but i dont know what to do in the meantime?!
The females are all over her feet and halfway up her legs and they had obviously been bleeding...
Andy said he thinks they have been kept on woodchip (the stuff used on rockerys) as there were a few random pieces in the box the guy threw as us...although i cant see how the hell that is possible... :'( :tickedoff: :tickedoff:
It looks like a variation of when you get a pet shop piggy with poor red feet from the sawdust thats been used only 100 times worse...they both still really smell of urine and smoke?!? i am at a loss with this one! I just need to keep them as comfy as possible until tomorrow morning...