Eriathwens piggies

Silver says thankyou for all the birthday wishes!
He is still with us, he has dropped more weight however, a total of 200g now 😔 whatever he was eating himself he now isn't so I checked his mouth again, teeth were fine but some inflammation at the back right hand side so he went back to the vet this morning, had to see a vet I dont know who was.. not much help other than confirming what I already know which is that it's not dental. This is likely a deterioration of his neurological issues, he's on his gabapentin 3xs a day instead of twice to see if that helps him neurologically. Anyway we're continuing to nurse him and see how he goes l, I have an appointment with our regular vet Monday if he makes it to then, but euthanasia is an option if he shows no improvement.

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Lovely Silver. He's getting the best care possible and is as comfortable as he can be. Very sad. I hope he improves ❤️
 
Such a darling. Hope there’s some improvement but if he does pass away he will be sadly missed by many of us here.
Holding you in my heart ❤️
 
Excuse the state of him, he still needs a bath.. ive got some antifungal shampoo to clean him up with a bit later on but, and I don't want to jinx it, he's showing a small amount of improvement. The drooling is intermittent again rather than constant and he's currently dry. He's gained a small amount of weight at 575g up from 500g at the vet and is swallowing better, guzzling his rehydration fluids and critical care. He's even made a very good attempt at a lump of corn, managing to eat a small piece.

He's getting his gabapentin 8 hourly, metacam twice daily, paracetamol 8 hourly, emeprid twice daily and I've also started him on a course of panacur because I somehow managed to forget he had E.cuniculi and this could've been a flare up.

He has been tentatively picking at soaked pellets, I did manage to get a piece of hay out of his mouth which either shows he was trying to eat hay, or its been stuck in there bothering him for a while possibly being the cause of the inflammation.

So anyway, still a very guarded prognosis but at least going in the right direction, he's only had 3 doses of panacur so still plenty more time for improvement fingers crossed!

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He's being a good patient 🥰 Glad he's taking the meds that will make him comfortable and help him to eat. Well done Silver and well done Mum ❤️
 
Wee man had his bath, he's looking a lot better for it 😅 he also managed to eat a bit more corn and 1/4 of a bowl of soaked pellets! Probably out of annoyance and being bathed and dried 🫣 he has some stubborn bits of food in his hair but trying to soak and break them up was getting painful for him so, we can work on those over time.

He's being such a good boy 🥰

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Silver is such a a sweetheart. I hope that he continues to improve.x
 
We were 500g at the vet, today we're at 615g! He's doing so well, as far as I'm concerned euthanasia is off the table now, all he needs is more time I think. But we will see.

I was reminded last night having been told a few times that it's time to let go, he's done well enough to get to 4 etc, that just because someone else can't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done. I am so glad I didn't listen to the first vet and a handful of others and believed in my little man. He doesn't want to go yet, and I know I can support him for however long he is happy and comfortable.

Thankyou for always being such a supportive and uplifting part of the Internet for me where I dont have to constantly question if I'm doing the right thing, it always feels like a weight being lifted coming to the forum ❤️

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Bless you @Eriathwen , there are so many haters on social media. I put it down to jealousy of people who can do when they can't. You do so well with your piggies, Silver was so lucky when he found you. You will know when it's time to let go and it doesn't sound like it's yet.
 
Thanks guys, he's still doing well this morning and seems to have figured out how to use his water bottle again overnight which is great! He's put on even more weight, albeit a tiny amount but the constant upwards trend is what we're looking for.

He's back to looking an absolute mess but as long as he's getting food into himself then it's nothing a nice bath won't fix 😅

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Mrs Tiggy Winkle said:
What does Silver think about "nice baths"?
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He has mixed feelings to be honest 🤣 he hates being dried which I'm not doing in this heat luckily for him, but he loves being clean.. so while he's not particularly thrilled by getting a bath he seems to have accepted its a necessary evil!
 
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