Eriathwens piggies

Eriathwen said:
Theyre doing well bless them, we have this routine where Forrest will scream at me last thing at night until I give them a handful of oats 😅 so they've bulked out quite a bit, as it's usually 1am and I don't want the neighbours woken up lol!
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Well they are certainly doing well on it 😊
 
I had to make this just now while doing Mabels syringe feed, just look at the difference in her! Her eyes look so much happier 🥰
She still isn't 100% and I don't think she ever will be, the damage is done sadly, but that doesn't mean she isnt enjoying the life she has now bless her!

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Eriathwen said:
Well if this picture doesn't sum up their different personalities 😅

They've an appointment tomorrow for their teeth, I've tried 3 times to do Silvers and the little bugger sticks his tongue in the way at the last minute every time! So I give up 🤣 I'll probably double check his gabapentin dose while we're there as he has gained weight now.

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They are doing so well. It’s lovely to see.

Hope the vet trip goes well.

Glad Mabel is also doing well.
 
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They are doing so well. It’s lovely to see.

Hope the vet trip goes well.

Glad Mabel is also doing well.
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The vet trip went great thanks, they behaved quite well considering 😅 although my vet had to fish Forrests lower incisor out of his mouth once he had burred it, he tried to eat it and kept making a horrible crunching noise. He got it back out no bother though luckily!

Just Tilly to go tomorrow, although she has a small list of issues so it won't be as smooth I expect 😅
 
So her eyes and random bits of lacking pigment aren't anything to worry about, she's developing cataracts, all that is probably age related.

The sudden weight gains and losses is fluid, having ruled everything else out. Her heart is good, she seems absolutely fine but it's likely her liver starting to fail, or a tumour somewhere but he couldn't find one. He did find a small 1cm cyst on one ovary which may or may not be related. I've opted not to spay her as its unlikely to be the cause, and she's far too fragile for surgery imo, given her neurological issues and other problems, I dont think she would survive.
She isnt in any pain at all that he could see, even having a good feel of her abdomen she was perfectly happy and relaxed. She's eating, drinking, pooing and active.. even if she did survive I think it would probably cause more complications with her E.cuniculi so as nothing is bothering her, we're opting to leave her, for now. Obviously I'll keep a close eye on her and if the benefit for spaying ever outweighs the risks she will of course have that done.

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Eriathwen said:
So her eyes and random bits of lacking pigment aren't anything to worry about, she's developing cataracts, all that is probably age related.

The sudden weight gains and losses is fluid, having ruled everything else out. Her heart is good, she seems absolutely fine but it's likely her liver starting to fail, or a tumour somewhere but he couldn't find one. He did find a small 1cm cyst on one ovary which may or may not be related. I've opted not to spay her as its unlikely to be the cause, and she's far too fragile for surgery imo, given her neurological issues and other problems, I dont think she would survive.
She isnt in any pain at all that he could see, even having a good feel of her abdomen she was perfectly happy and relaxed. She's eating, drinking, pooing and active.. even if she did survive I think it would probably cause more complications with her E.cuniculi so as nothing is bothering her, we're opting to leave her, for now. Obviously I'll keep a close eye on her and if the benefit for spaying ever outweighs the risks she will of course have that done.

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Aw she is a beauty 😍 Sorry it’s probably now is best if news but if she is happy in herself and not in pain then leave her to blimp around and see what happens
 
Thankyou, yeah at the moment I just don't want to rock the boat, she is stable and happy. We weren't expecting her to even live as long as she has so for as long as she wants to continue bimbling along happily is fine by me. I'm not going to put her through invasive surgeries when it may not even fix the issue, unless it's absolutely necessary.
 
Absolutely the best decision, just because we can carry out surgery doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do. I have two older sows (6.5 years) with ovarian cysts and have chosen not to have them spayed. They are both happy pottering around, eating well and pain free (on Metacam for arthritis), i would rather they lived out their old age like this than put them through an invasive surgery that they may not survive. I'm sure that others would have made a different decision from mine but you have to trust your own judgement as you know your piggies best.

Wishing Tilly lots more happy piggy days. xx
 
Yeah, I must admit I'm very pro fixing things so the idea of just leaving her doesn't sit well with me in some respect, I know my vet is an excellent surgeon and I've opted for surgery with older pigs before but she has always just seemed so fragile, I've always said if she ever needed invasive surgery I would likely not go ahead unless she would otherwise not have a chance of surviving, I know I'd never forgive myself if I went against that now and she didn't make it when she is so well otherwise, other medical issues aside.

I'm still partially trying to convince myself this is the right thing for her 😅 but I know deep down it is. To be fair, if it wasn't then my vet would have said so yesterday I think.
 
Eriathwen said:
Yeah, I must admit I'm very pro fixing things so the idea of just leaving her doesn't sit well with me in some respect, I know my vet is an excellent surgeon and I've opted for surgery with older pigs before but she has always just seemed so fragile, I've always said if she ever needed invasive surgery I would likely not go ahead unless she would otherwise not have a chance of surviving, I know I'd never forgive myself if I went against that now and she didn't make it when she is so well otherwise, other medical issues aside.

I'm still partially trying to convince myself this is the right thing for her 😅 but I know deep down it is. To be fair, if it wasn't then my vet would have said so yesterday I think.
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You sound like you have a great relationship with your vet, be guided by him/her
 
Well..Mabel wasn't in a very good mood this morning 😂 she was happy and popcorning in her cage! I guess she didn't want to come out for her critical care. I've taken her off cisipride now to see how she does as she's eating well, but kept getting diarrhoea just as her poo was almost normal so I'm wondering if it was moving things too fast. Fingers crossed it helps.

 
Eriathwen said:
Well..Mabel wasn't in a very good mood this morning 😂 she was happy and popcorning in her cage! I guess she didn't want to come out for her critical care. I've taken her off cisipride now to see how she does as she's eating well, but kept getting diarrhoea just as her poo was almost normal so I'm wondering if it was moving things too fast. Fingers crossed it helps.

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Mabel won. She told it 🤣
 
Well she still has diarrhoea, I'm slowly running out of ideas with her to be honest other than the xrays we talked about at her last vet visit. At the moment I'm just getting as much food, fluid and probiotics into her as needed. I'm probably going to skip veggies for a few days to see if that helps although I feel bad doing it, but I suppose it's something else I haven't tried yet.
 
Eriathwen said:
Well she still has diarrhoea, I'm slowly running out of ideas with her to be honest other than the xrays we talked about at her last vet visit. At the moment I'm just getting as much food, fluid and probiotics into her as needed. I'm probably going to skip veggies for a few days to see if that helps although I feel bad doing it, but I suppose it's something else I haven't tried yet.
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Yes it’s worth a try, maybe you could give her some oat hay or something non veggie instead
 
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Yes it’s worth a try, maybe you could give her some oat hay or something non veggie instead
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Luckily she's been a little better today, hopefully the bene bac is doing its thing. She's certainly got a big character 😅 she sat and watched Babe with us earlier while I fed her, it's funny how much some of them enjoy TV!
 
I was so close, I almost made it a whole week without having to make an appointment at the vet 😅

Ebony has started to sound quite congested, I dont want to risk leaving her over the weekend with no antibiotics, I just know I'll end up at the emergency vet if I chanced it, luckily my vet had a cancellation this evening so she's going to go and get checked out. She's down to 680g, such a frail, tiny little thing these days. She seems reasonably OK, a little bit of crust from her eyes but no discharge from her nose, just a few sneezes here and there.

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Eriathwen said:
I was so close, I almost made it a whole week without having to make an appointment at the vet 😅

Ebony has started to sound quite congested, I dont want to risk leaving her over the weekend with no antibiotics, I just know I'll end up at the emergency vet if I chanced it, luckily my vet had a cancellation this evening so she's going to go and get checked out. She's down to 680g, such a frail, tiny little thing these days. She seems reasonably OK, a little bit of crust from her eyes but no discharge from her nose, just a few sneezes here and there.

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Hope Ebony is feeling better soon. xx
 
Sending bucket loads of healing vibes to little Ebony, you’ve caught it quick so hopefully she’ll be better soon x
 
Luckily it seems mostly upper respiratory, but her right lung apparently doesn't sound great, she's got 10 days of sulfatrim and needs a nebuliser twice a day for 10 minutes, if that doesn't work or she gets worse we're going to try doxy and baytril apparently so fingers crossed.

Of course I forgot the entire town needed to close for the Christmas lights switch on and parade, so ended up having to make quite the detour to get back home! The rest of the piggies weren't happy about veggies being an hour late 😅

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Feels like a can't win at the moment! Ebonys breathing has been slowly improving and she gained some weight, I took her out just now to weigh her again and she has a lump on the right side of her chest 😑 I'm assuming it's another cyst given she's prone to them, but considering it was her right lung that wasn't sounding great I'd rather have it checked out so I'll make her an appointment while I'm out a little later, hopefully there's something available this week.

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