Eriathwens piggies

Thankyou all! He has really surpassed all expectation, he was signed off today, we were in and out in record time haha. The nurse said he couldn't have healed any better in 10 days if we had tried. He's allowed to come off his baytril and everything is back to normal :)
 
:doh: spoke too soon, of course! He began passing a tiny amount of blood and grunting/crying while passing urine again. We had him seen quickly today and his bladder feels fine in itself so as he stopped antibiotics yesterday it's likely lingering infection. He has another week of Baytril and he is already starting to pee a little better. Fingers crossed that's the end of it now!
 
Eriathwen said:
:doh: spoke too soon, of course! He began passing a tiny amount of blood and grunting/crying while passing urine again. We had him seen quickly today and his bladder feels fine in itself so as he stopped antibiotics yesterday it's likely lingering infection. He has another week of Baytril and he is already starting to pee a little better. Fingers crossed that's the end of it now!
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Aw, poor boy, hope it’s fettled soon, nasty infection!
 
Betsy said:
Poor Leonard. One day well the next day back on nasty Baytril 😫 Is he on Metacam too?
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He hates the Baytril so it's safe to say he is massively sulking after his 24 hour break 😅
He gets metacam daily for the rest of his life so luckily he's as pain free for all the time he isn't peeing as he can be, although the pain while peeing also seems to have stopped *fingers crossed!*
 
Eriathwen said:
Poor Christian :( how is he doing?
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He is fine now and holding a good weight at just over 1000g. If his weight is stable for more that 2 weeks I can put his metacam down by 0.05 of a ml. atm he is on 0.7ml twice a day. I can't seem to be able to get the Metacam dose less than 0.6ml twice a day or he loses too much weight. He did go right down to 940g a few weeks ago. He is much better that he's in the garage and out of the cold and damp of winter. You wouldn't know he had arthritis in his back now. He acts just like he used to happily bimbling away like piggies do doing bimbly piggy stuff.
 
Betsy said:
He is fine now and holding a good weight at just over 1000g. If his weight is stable for more that 2 weeks I can put his metacam down by 0.05 of a ml. atm he is on 0.7ml twice a day. I can't seem to be able to get the Metacam dose less than 0.6ml twice a day or he loses too much weight. He did go right down to 940g a few weeks ago. He is much better that he's in the garage and out of the cold and damp of winter. You wouldn't know he had arthritis in his back now. He acts just like he used to happily bimbling away like piggies do doing bimbly piggy stuff.
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I'm so glad he's doing so well! Fingers crossed eventually his metacam dose can be reduced, maybe next year when the weather warms up again.
 
Little beanbag Shelly developed red feets during her reduced mobility.. I ordered some f&m ointment which came today. I'm not entirely sure how on board she is with having it massaged into her feet but hopefully it clears up any residual soreness. Luckily she is already doing so much better and felt well enough to stand up at the front of her pen begging for veggies like she used to bless her.
Her left leg is not particularly good, it feels like it has fused at this point but as long as she remains comfortable, we can live with that.

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Both are doing very well thanks for asking! Shelly is currently sat watching tv with me while I do her feet. Leonard is sulking because he is no longer being spoiled at veg time and is now strictly on the diet in the guides for bladder issues bless him.

Shelly says hello!
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Apparently Misty had not eaten much yesterday in the way of hay without me noticing, after getting a little bit of brocolli for dinner she bloated in the night, she was very sore and uncomfortable when I went to put the lights out so she got metacam, critical care and gas drops. Luckily by this point she had started eating her hay again and passing the gas, but no poops. I waited until gone 3am for her to pass something but no joy, I had cleaned her cage so anything in the morning would definitely be fresh. While I was watching she was straining to pee.. and passed bloody urine. So she is also now on Baytril!

I woke up this morning to a smug little face, a clean bowl of the remaining critical care I made up last night and a decent amount of good looking poops! Hopefully that's crisis averted.

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Your piggies are all so gorgeous. I hope Misty is okay now, well done you for spotting a problem so soon and being able to act to sort it out so quickly.
 
Thankyou! Shes been a little gassy off and on but nothing too bad, I'm probably going to skip veggies for her today which wont go down well 😅 but shes very much back to normal for now.
 
Just sitting doing my usual sitting checking for odd noises, funny smells etc and thought I'd share some of the piggies saying hello!

And Tilly being Tilly. Every time I see her eating hay she's stealing it from Ebony and Bailey's side of the cage 🤣

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Watch this space...I may or may not have done a thing 😂 😂 what I will say though is...Misty needs a friend, her recent issues brought on by stress of being alone and only being able to stand at the bars watching the herd or talking to Leonard the other side of her, which is sad to watch. And I have no self control! I'm so excited I couldn't keep it to myself until later lol
 
Eriathwen said:
Watch this space...I may or may not have done a thing 😂 😂 what I will say though is...Misty needs a friend, her recent issues brought on by stress of being alone and only being able to stand at the bars watching the herd or talking to Leonard the other side of her, which is sad to watch. And I have no self control! I'm so excited I couldn't keep it to myself until later lol
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:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
 
Eriathwen said:
Watch this space...I may or may not have done a thing 😂 😂 what I will say though is...Misty needs a friend, her recent issues brought on by stress of being alone and only being able to stand at the bars watching the herd or talking to Leonard the other side of her, which is sad to watch. And I have no self control! I'm so excited I couldn't keep it to myself until later lol
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I wonder what you have done? 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔
 
Oooh, pigtures of "the thing" asap please!
 
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