Hi All,
What a morning, has this site been down? Anyway got up this morning and Cuzzy was not himself. Peter picked him up and he let him, very odd. On inspection his eyes where crusty and he wasn't happy with us stroking his side. So I rung the vet and we got an appointment for 10:50.
Told the vets the problem, said Cuzzy did eat carrot, melon and pepper yesterday but hasn't wanted his favourite cucumber and seems lethargic. Vet looked at him, checked his grease gland and his teeth, listened to his chest and took his temperature. He wheeked a lot which the vet said is a very good sign as pigs that don't are really low.
So the vet couldn't find anything major wrong with him except for a high temperature and heavier breathing. So he said it looks like the start of a URI seeing as he has crusty eyes too. We have got some antibiotics and some critical care, oh the fun I've just had giving him the cc. It was up the walls...lol but Cuzzy seemed to enjoy it!
Will give him is antibiotics in a min, sooner I get them in him the better but wanted to feed him first as he has had nothing all day. Aren't I glad he is a house pig, as soon as I saw he wasn't himself I took him the vet. If he was outside maybe I wouldn't have caught it so early!
He had been spoilt rotten, bought him a cuddle cup and a nice fleece blanket will scrub his cage and put care fresh down seems cosier for him then Megazorb while he is rough.
Got to take him back on Thursday so will keep you all posted.
Louise
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What a morning, has this site been down? Anyway got up this morning and Cuzzy was not himself. Peter picked him up and he let him, very odd. On inspection his eyes where crusty and he wasn't happy with us stroking his side. So I rung the vet and we got an appointment for 10:50.
Told the vets the problem, said Cuzzy did eat carrot, melon and pepper yesterday but hasn't wanted his favourite cucumber and seems lethargic. Vet looked at him, checked his grease gland and his teeth, listened to his chest and took his temperature. He wheeked a lot which the vet said is a very good sign as pigs that don't are really low.
So the vet couldn't find anything major wrong with him except for a high temperature and heavier breathing. So he said it looks like the start of a URI seeing as he has crusty eyes too. We have got some antibiotics and some critical care, oh the fun I've just had giving him the cc. It was up the walls...lol but Cuzzy seemed to enjoy it!
Will give him is antibiotics in a min, sooner I get them in him the better but wanted to feed him first as he has had nothing all day. Aren't I glad he is a house pig, as soon as I saw he wasn't himself I took him the vet. If he was outside maybe I wouldn't have caught it so early!
He had been spoilt rotten, bought him a cuddle cup and a nice fleece blanket will scrub his cage and put care fresh down seems cosier for him then Megazorb while he is rough.
Got to take him back on Thursday so will keep you all posted.
Louise
x