You are doing an amazing job but it is so emotionally draining and exhausting.Buttons has had a bit of an up and down day. She has phases where she‘s almost her usual self and then she goes hours without moving or eating and looking rather unhappy. I‘m assuming this is fairly normal as the rest of the gas is moving through her body as I‘m sure that’s very uncomfortable. As of this evening, her tummy feels almost normal again. Soft, squishy, no gas bubbles that can be felt. She‘s also much perkier than she was for most of the afternoon. I‘ve never dealt with bloat but I can see now why people say it’s so unpredictable. You think it‘s behind you with the way she was racing around and munching this morning and then it suddenly gets worse again without any trigger. Hopefully, she‘s really got it behind her now.
Buttons is back in the cage with Cornelius, her appetite is still not quite there although she wanted veggies (which she didn’t get for obvious bloat reasons) and she‘s munching on the grass house they got. There‘s still a bit of a lack of interest in hay and she also doesn’t want any goodnight pellets yet. But one step at a time.
Unfortunately, her and Pewter‘s separation over this past week also meant the end of their already troubled bond. So we reshuffled the cage & Pewter now lives next door. And to top it all off, Cornelius decided that today is a grand day for a suicide attempt and jumped out of the hidey as I was attempting to take him home.
He‘s absolutely fine but not gonna lie, I had a little breakdown after that because I felt like I can‘t do right by them at the moment. That‘s when I realised how draining and mentally challenging this past week was. But I had a good cry and now I‘m feeling better again. Thank you all for your continued support, it really means the world
Buttons is doing as good as can be expected after the week she‘s had. She‘s been a bit more lively since being back in the big cage with Cornelius but she still lazes around most of the day. She does seem to be lazing comfortably and not looking in pain for the first day today since her bloat episode started on Monday so that’s definitely a success. Her appetite is still almost nonexistent which means the hay isn’t getting looked at yet. She will very occasionally nibble at some strands for a couple of minutes but it’s minimal so we‘re still syringe feeding. The only thing she shows genuine interest in is eating the grass house. Maybe it has something to do with that being rougher and her needing a bit of rough fibre for her belly, who knows. I‘m just happy she‘s eating something that’s not given to her through a syringe. Her tummy feels soft and not gassy anymore but she‘s still entirely off veg until I‘m 100% sure we‘re good again. She still has 2 doses of Emeprid left so will assess again after that. I think she‘s on the way to recovery, really hoping her appetite will come back soon. We have a good syringe feeding routine but it‘s still exhausting for both of us.
Buttons neck area smelt so badly of it at some point today during syringe feeding, I nearly dry heaved. Even checked her wound for infection because I thought surely this can’t be Cornelius‘ fault but nope, it was him. He looks proud of himself and is bouncing around like the happy little boy he is. Pewter has already gotten used to living in her own queendom and is enjoying all the room, food & hideys she has for herself. So all in all it is quiet in piggy land today, thank god!
) and Button’s is making good progress x
She isn’t eating enough to not lose weight just yet so we‘re still doing 3 top ups a day but I think in a few days we might be able to stop syringe feeding for good! She hasn’t had any veg since her bloat but since her belly has been fine since Friday we‘ll try a couple of sprigs of coriander tomorrow evening. Fingers crossed it goes well!
We had our (hopefully) final vet appointment today to remove the sutures as they had been in for a little longer than they should be already. Unfortunately Buttons‘ wound isn’t healing as well as it should be but my vet said that’s really no surprise considering what her body went through in these past couple of weeks. It‘s all closed up but there‘s some minor spots where it‘s still a bit sore. She‘s disinfected it and gave us some medical honey to put on twice a day to make sure she doesn’t catch an infection. Although she wasn’t worried at all about that. I just have the orders to keep the cage as clean as possible, no bedding that can get stuck on the wound and to apply that honey twice a day so that’s what we will do. Fingers crossed that last little bit will be healed soon! Other than that the vet was very happy with her.
and healing vibes for Buttons 
