Eriathwens piggies

Luckily in true Delilah fashion she's being a good girl, she isn't going to like me tomorrow though as she will be getting an antifungal bath! None of the others seem to be effected although I've F10'd the living daylights out of everything just in case.
 
Bill & Ted said:
What type of cream do you use?
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I use a 2% miconazole cream, I find it the most effective although it definitely needs an oral antifungal alongside it most of the time and a bath or 2 with an antifungal shampoo, it's tricky to get enough cream everywhere it needs to be and goes a little greasy after a few days.
 
Thanks, fingers crossed. I'll nip her down the vet if it doesn't, I just don't like the cream I've previously got as it's a steroid cream, but it does work quite quickly.

Mabel was weighed again today and she's already 40g heavier, at 1120g. She's quite skeptical of about half the veggies being fed, but I'm sure when she joins the herd she will soon learn 😅 originally I was going to put her with Finley, Tilly and Lily but she has taken it upon herself to introduce herself to the big herd and already seems very keen on Delilah and Amber. If that's where she wants to live after her surgery then she's more than welcome to.

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Eriathwen said:
I use a 2% miconazole cream, I find it the most effective although it definitely needs an oral antifungal alongside it most of the time and a bath or 2 with an antifungal shampoo, it's tricky to get enough cream everywhere it needs to be and goes a little greasy after a few days.
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It’s doing the trick then isn’t it 😊
 
Merab's Slave said:
Mine love dill too.
Pity it’s not a herb to be given every day.
Mabel is so cute 🥰
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It's a shame isn't it, I think she would be happy to exist solely on dill from now on 🤣 but at least her list of veg to send with her to the vet has more on it than just lettuce now! I was starting to worry there wouldn't be much I could send in with her that she would actually eat.
 
Got to hand it to Delilah, shes getting a right attitude in her old age 🤣 I'm having to bring her downstairs in a carrier now because wrapped in a towel she's found a way to throw her head up and headbutt me in the throat and jaw which is surprisingly unpleasant considering she's so small 😅

I've decided to make her an appointment anyway when my vet next has an one, just to make sure she isnt becoming run down due to her arthritis bothering her. I'm wondering if cartrophen injections would help her seeing as it is mainly for arthritis. It's worth a try anyway unless he has any reservations, I'd rather that than more drugs given she's over 5 now.

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Eriathwen said:
Got to hand it to Delilah, shes getting a right attitude in her old age 🤣 I'm having to bring her downstairs in a carrier now because wrapped in a towel she's found a way to throw her head up and headbutt me in the throat and jaw which is surprisingly unpleasant considering she's so small 😅

I've decided to make her an appointment anyway when my vet next has an one, just to make sure she isnt becoming run down due to her arthritis bothering her. I'm wondering if cartrophen injections would help her seeing as it is mainly for arthritis. It's worth a try anyway unless he has any reservations, I'd rather that than more drugs given she's over 5 now.

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hello Delliah have you developed some pigitude 😁
 
I really need to figure out a way to babyproof Lily's cage until she's an adult! Turns out she's a problem child intent on causing trouble 🤣 no way she can be allowed to keep doing this, for now she's small enough to easily get her head back out but eventually she will be big enough for her narrow head to go in but not come out and that thought scares the hell out of me! I have some rabbit wire mesh somewhere that was used to make the lid for the lethal boys cage, I can possibly fix some of that to the sides?

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The grass is always greener on the other side. 🤣

Oh Lily you are a worry.
 
I'm all covered in scratches from the wire, but I've now, hopefully, Lily proofed the cage 🤣 they don't seem too thrilled about it but tough, I've seen people lose piggies by getting their heads stuck so they'll have to lump it!

Luckily Willow the cat took his very important job of getting in the way very seriously 😅

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Eriathwen said:
I'm all covered in scratches from the wire, but I've now, hopefully, Lily proofed the cage 🤣 they don't seem too thrilled about it but tough, I've seen people lose piggies by getting their heads stuck so they'll have to lump it!

Luckily Willow the cat took his very important job of getting in the way very seriously 😅

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Willow doesn't look very impressed with the roll of wire arriving in his house!
 
Pound Shilling & Pig said:
Willow doesn't look very impressed with the roll of wire arriving in his house!
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He really wasn't, it came in from the shed so I expect it brought some suspicious "outside" smells which he doesn't like 😅

Delilah has an appointment tomorrow morning, better safe than sorry although typically her ringworm is actually looking a little bit better, but I'd like to discuss the management of her arthritis anyway so even if it's getting better there's still that.
 
So Delilahs appointment wasn't as great as I was hoping, she has an ointment that will treat any parasitic, fungal or bacterial skin issue which also contains a steroid.
If that doesn't work, and having lost her sister Daisy to cancer earlier in the year, its likely we're looking at cutaneous lymphoma. I've been trying to put aside the fact this isn't behaving like ringworm because I was aware that cancer was a possibility but honestly it seems likely what it is to me, but fingers crossed the ointment works. It's not my luck that it will, but we can still hope!

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