Eriathwens piggies

Great it’s gone so well, let’s hope she keeps eating and no further ops are required 🤞
 
I'm cautiously optimistic that Pumpkin is doing well, she was one of the 6 who went to the vet to have their repeat prescription redone, shes had her gabapentin dose increased and also been put on metacam, we decided that any kidney issue made worse by a low dose of metacam is less of a factor than repeated aneasthetics if her dental issue is due to arthritic pain so.. fingers crossed that helps stop it reoccurring.

Shes been eating hay and grass today so hopefully there will be continued improvement. She still paws at her mouth from time to time but we're putting it down to irritation and post dental soreness right now.

Good girl has gained 40g since yesterday though and started to poop again so I'll take that!

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I honestly can't believe it at the moment. I did Pumpkins syringe feed to find Finley very bloated and unwell. I've loaded him up with emeprid and ranitadine, massaged and got the vibrations going to help move things along, encouraged him to move around a bit and got a little bit of critical care into him, we have gut sounds and thankfully normal poops starting.. but with his osteodystrophy I'm very worried this is the beginning of the end 😔

I will obviously do my best to get him to the vet first thing however with everything that's happened the last few weeks, the stress has finally got to me and I've started to be sick. I am exhausted, I've not caught up on sleep and have been trying to catch up with house work so haven't had much to eat today. I feel awful that I've had to put him back into his cage but he seemed to perk up when I did, and I would hate to pass out with him out free, with the cat around etc.

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Oh no, I'm so sorry 😢 You have done everything you can for emergency care and you will do everything you can once you have had enough rest to do it safely. If you hadn't been checking on Pumpkin then Finley would have gone much longer without any intervention, so you're already ahead of the game. It's of no use to the piggies if you make yourself ill caring for them so don't feel guilty when you have to care for yourself first. Thinking of you today and hope things get better for you quickly.
 
Thankyou 😔 we have poops but he is very painful again, I'm holding off on giving him any more medication in case it interferes with what the vets want/need to give him, only 6 minutes until they open!
I'm worried about what happened to cause this, even if we can get his GI tract moving again, somethings clearly wrong, he keeps retching and "burping" up awful smelling gas. He's been so cooperative though, obviously knows I'm trying to help.

I'm still not feeling 100% but 8ve kept down some ginger biscuits and some water, and had a couple hours sleep.

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Sending healing vibes to you and Finley - I’m glad Pumpkin is doing so well ❤️
 
Sending hugs and healing vibes to you both. Hope you can find out what the problem is 🤞poor Ginlay doesn’t sound good at all
 
Thankyou all. Little man has been hospitalised, given buprenorphine for his pain and at the very least will be having xrays taken. He has something fluidy in his abdomen but he was in far too much pain to be able to figure out what it was by palpating.
They'll be phoning once they know what's going on and have some answers 😔
 
So he has severe bloat and gas, I'm assuming the fluidy thing was his stomach. The high dose of bupe (she said they even went over what he really should have) and metacam hadn't touched his pain at all, he was at risk of GDV, his prognosis is not great.
Options were pts or to sedate him and try to manually remove the gas via a catheter into the stomach to help get him comfortable, with the understanding he may pass under sedation. I've opted to try.. because I have to 😔 waiting to hear how he's done with the procedure now.
 
Oh no poor Finley. I’m so sorry he’s crossed over the bridge. Popcorn high. Take care ❤️
 
Sending you hugs. What a horrible time you have been having.

I am so sorry you lost Finley to bloat. You did absolutely all you could for him, your vets sound brilliant too.

I hope you feel better soon and can get some well deserved rest.
 
I'm very sorry that Finley passed away. :(💔
Sleep tight sweet boy! 🌈
You did everything you could have done for him. Sometimes these things happen so quickly.
 
Thankyou everyone, it's been such a long day.. I feel like ive spent all day in the car. We collected Finley, went home and allowed Lily and Tilly to say goodbye, then went off to the pet crematorium. I managed to hold myself together until we walked back out, empty carrier in hand, to the largest rainbow I've seen in a long time. I suppose he wanted to let me know he made it there safely. I sat and had a good cry in the car, I've not had time to just stop, these last few weeks.

I've stopped being sick at last although I keep falling asleep, I went for a run with some friends to distract myself this evening so now I'm tired and sore.. but it was nice to get out the house, even if I got told multiple times how pale I look 🤦‍♀️

I've managed some pasta, a half hour nap and a cup of tea 😔 I've not got round to doing their veggies yet, hopefully they're not too annoyed with me but I needed to rest. Although I made sure to weigh Fern and Pumpkin first just to make sure they didn't need anything.

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So sorry for your loss. You did everything you could. Sometimes the call of the Rainbow Bridge is so strong they just have to go.
 
😢 Just been catching up with your thread, so sorry to hear about lovely Finley, and everything else you’ve been going through. You must be so drained. Your dedication to the piggies is amazing.

That rainbow picture is really moving. Take care and I hope you get a smoother ride, you’re due some rest!
 
You poor thing, I'm so sorry that nothing was able to save Finley. What a fabulous rainbow to say goodbye to him. Well done for taking little steps of self care, and I'm glad the sickness has abated. Sending lots of sympathy to you and the rest of the piggies as you navigate these difficult days 🌈
 
Sending huge hugs. I am so sorry you lost Finley, everyone did their very best, he will be out of pain now x
 
Finley sent you that Rainbow, he wanted you know he is fine with all the other piggies over Rainbiw Bridge x

Popcorn high little man 🌈
 
So very sorry to hear that Finley has crossed the rainbow bridge. Sending you a big hug. 🤗

Sleep tight handsome boy.💕🌈🐾
 
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