Eriathwens piggies

Little Leonard's had a rough day, he's a week off his antibiotics and blood returned to his urine as well as some pain. He's currently being treated for cystitis, some pineapple water to increase his fluids etc to hopefully flush out his bladder. I've been sat or laying next to his cage all day which has been murder on my back but I wanted to keep an eye on him and change what he was laying on frequently. His pain has reduced, the blood has gone, he's perked up quite well so fingers crossed that continues. If not we'll have to see about stronger antibiotics.

As per usual though he's remained his cheeky little self!
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After perking up short term, he's back to being painful...so we're hopefully going to brave the flooded roads to get to his 5.15 appointment..in the dark. Not looking forward to that, the things we do for these pigs eh!

Leonard looks about as happy as I do about it 😅
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We made it! Ended up being 20 minutes early so got seen and back out again before our appointment time :) he's been given a 5-6 week long course of antibiotics to hopefully really kick out the infection. He thinks it may be related to the sutures in his bladder or just a stubborn pocket of infection. But his bladder itself feels pretty much fine and it's not another stone. So fingers crossed in a few weeks he will be as good as new!
 
Aw thankyou, they make it worth it bless them!
Thistle is getting a spectacular set of bingo wings on her, she looks like she's part flying squirrel under all that hair now! But today, day 12, she hit the -100g milestone :) as the more weight comes off, the easier she's finding it to move around which is nice to see!
She's less than impressed that she has to sit in a bowl but shes so long I can't see the screen through her head when she sits on it normally. 😂

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I've swapped hay again, purely because I completely lost track of what I had, ran out and needed next day delivery..so Amazon's finest Natures own sweet green hay is what I'm currently using and the room smells amazing! It's like a herbal tea factory has exploded 😂 😂 the piggies have all given it a very big thumbs up too, or they would, if they had thumbs..

Anyway 😅
A few pictures of some of the piggies today!
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Aw, all your piggies are a credit to you, hope Leonard picks up soon and Thistle looses a bit more weight x
 
Thankyou! They're a lovely bunch. Leonard is continuing to do well, he's reasonably comfortable at the moment and enjoying surfing through his big piles of hay lol!

This heairy lump hasnt lost any more weight, although that's my fault..she got a few extra pellets yesterday for being such a brave girl and letting my friend pick her up and cuddle her. Even when the number on the scales dont go down though, she's feeling less and less like a water balloon, she's much firmer and developing better muscle mass all over. She reminds me so much of a sea otter 😅

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She has probably been stuck in a very small cage with no exercise and nothing to do but eat rubbish, bless her x
 
Eriathwen said:
Thankyou! They're a lovely bunch. Leonard is continuing to do well, he's reasonably comfortable at the moment and enjoying surfing through his big piles of hay lol!

This heairy lump hasnt lost any more weight, although that's my fault..she got a few extra pellets yesterday for being such a brave girl and letting my friend pick her up and cuddle her. Even when the number on the scales dont go down though, she's feeling less and less like a water balloon, she's much firmer and developing better muscle mass all over. She reminds me so much of a sea otter 😅

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Gorgeous big floofy girl! Remember that muscle weighs twice as much as fat so she may be toning up and rebalancing her heft in a healthy way without the scales showing much difference, our "big pig" Clover went from flabby obese to looking like a muscle bound rugby player without losing more than 80g, but she lost her tummy fat and her saggy dewlap that trailed on the floor even when she lifted her head to the water bottle, and gained some giant cuy style shoulder and bum and back leg muscles!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Gorgeous big floofy girl! Remember that muscle weighs twice as much as fat so she may be toning up and rebalancing her heft in a healthy way without the scales showing much difference, our "big pig" Clover went from flabby obese to looking like a muscle bound rugby player without losing more than 80g, but she lost her tummy fat and her saggy dewlap that trailed on the floor even when she lifted her head to the water bottle, and gained some giant cuy style shoulder and bum and back leg muscles!
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I have a feeling that's what she will end up like, she is absolutely huge. I have a picture from her failed bonding with Misty...who will now remain a solo pig as she's decided to attack anypig that goes near her. Luckily Thistles floof protected her from the attack.

But just look at that size difference! Mistys already not small, she's 1150g on a good day!
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I had a slight wobble, and went back to the vets with Leonard today. By now the pain has usually subsided with the antibiotics and I hate seeing him painful, he is still arching up and crying but having only had a week of his 5/6 week course they're not concerned yet. If he is the same in another week we're going to do conscious xrays for peace of mind.
They were so lovely, and Leonard got loads of fuss even though he pooped everywhere 😂 they didn't even charge us for the appointment.
Now I just need to learn how to panic less haha.
 
VickiA said:
Poor Leonard. Is he on some pain relief and cystease?
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He is, he gets both metacam and paracetamol, his doses were checked yesterday while we were in although I'm thinking of starting his CBD again just for some extra relief :( He also gets cystease but he hates it lol I've recently got him a liquid vegan glucosamine to try... but haven't tried it yet in case the strawberry and blackcurrant favouring changes his urine colour.
 
Merab's Slave said:
Poor Leonard.
Hope he feels better soon
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Thankyou, he's finally starting to get comfortable. I got fed up of feeling so helpless so went out and got more cranberry juice. In total he's had 30ml of diluted cranberry juice and a further 45ml of plain water, he's peeing really well at the moment and his hair has stopped standing on end. I'm hoping rather drastically upping his fluid intake again for a week or two can help soothe his bladder lining and give it enough time to calm down for the antibiotics to do their job.

Hopefully my need to 'do' something has paid off, he could really do with a break at this point, the longer this infection causes issues the more chance their is of another stone forming :(

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Such a gorgeous piggie, sending him healing vibes. No one could do more for him than you do, altough I do understand that wanting to do something feeling, it's horrible feeling so helpless when they are ill.
 
Thankyou, he appreciates the healing vibes, he loves a bit of attention bless him. He's had a nice quiet night, no crying that I've heard although he's still very tense when urinating this morning, he barely takes a break from eating his hay to go though! 😅

Thistle has finished up her antibiotics and eye drops so she's very happy about that! She's developed a weird habit of chewing my shoulder when I pick her up..anywhere else she's fine, but when held up there she grabs on to my shirt and won't let go 😂 funny little thing, I guess I need to get used to having a semi permanent wet patch, she still loves a chin scratch...maybe that's what she's asking for haha

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He's had quite a good week bless him, he had a rough day Monday but I had tried reducing the extra fluids I am giving him which obviously was too soon and he's back to being comfortable and stable.

Things have been very uneventful, I should have known something was brewing! I went up last night to do Leonard's medications and noticed poor Shelly the size of a beach ball. On searching the cage I found what appeared to be a puddle of soft poops, but when removed from the cage was clearly some kind of foreign object that must have come in the hay. I still have absolutely no idea what it is...answers on a postcard 😅 but best guess is some very decomposed foam of some sort as it breaks down into a powder when touched. It doesn't seem to be anything organic anyway. But Shellybean has clearly eaten some of whatever it is, luckily the boss lady must have passed on to the rest of the herd that it wasn't edible because the other 6 are fine.
I spent all night giving her her gas meds, some extra painkillers, fibreplex and doing tummy massages which helped her pass all the gas.
This morning she was back to normal just some dodgy poops, not trusting the batch of hay I currently have I went out and got them a selection of bags to keep them going. I thought I'd treat them to some Timothy hay seeing as I already have a cough, can't make it much worse haha but shes very pleased with it!
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And the.. whatever it is!

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So pleased to hear the piggies are doing okay, what a nasty experience. Can you complain where ever you got that hay from and get a refund? I know they put disclaimers on the bags saying it's a natural product and it gets sticks and prickles and things in but somethings are not acceptable. I wrote nicely once warning a company I had a bulk order from had loops of string in it and got about 15 kilos of hay free to replace the bad batch, which was still usable but needed close checking before use.
 
Good idea! I just sent them a message, I'm mostly curious as to whether they know what it is, they might recognise it as something they have on site and be able to tell me if the rest of the bag should be thrown out or if it's ok to feed as long as I give it a good look through first. Although a replacement would be nice, I had to clear that entire cage again just to be sure there was no more in there.
 
Hope all your littlr piggies are feeling better now. It looks like some type of insulation to me?
 
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