Eriathwens piggies

She must do, bless her. I can only imagine that must have been pushing on other organs at that size!
 
Gosh I remember having a ovarian cyst the size of an tennis ball removed and I can imagine how much better she will start feeling soon, Bless her x
 
Eriathwen said:
Thanks, I'm so relieved. I was really worried after how things went with Treacle but she's doing good considering. She's still laying down more than normal which we were slightly concerned about, but she had her first post op check today and apparently it took quite a bit of tugging to get it out, so she's probably feeling, in the nurses words 'a bit battered' still 😅 but she's improving as time goes on, so I'm sure thats nothing to worry about.

While we were there, the nurse emailed me a picture of her cyst, it was absolutely huge!
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Poor girl she must be feeling so much better without that! It looks about the same size as the abscess that was taken out of Christian in May 2018.
 
Ultimately, it would have been larger than a golf ball, my vet has pretty big hands, he's at least 6ft! So no wonder the poor little girl bit me when I took her out her carrier to be examined the first time, id have bitten me too 😅 Daisy has begun rumbling again, so she's off to the vets next week unless they can fit us in any earlier. I had really hoped I could stave off another surgery for just a little bit, but that's unfortunately not looking very likely.
 
Well yesterday wasn't great, I was sat watching Delilah to make sure she is still doing well when I was met with a horrendous smell, and Ebony squealing in pain beside me, soaked in urine and straining hard to pass poops. Still have no idea what happened but we sat for an hour and a half waiting for her to pee and poop so I could see what was going on.. luckily we were able to get her to the vet who somehow managed to get things moving again. Her poops were much more normal than what she passed while squealing in the cage..she's got Baytril and metacam for now, I've also started her on a course of panacur just to be safe as she was unsteady on her back legs and her incisors are wearing at an angle, molars are fine. Just has a horrible ring to back when Blackberry and Bramble first went downhill.

Luckily this morning brought a happy, dry Ebony with much less smell, no squealing that I have heard, and walking around much better. I'm so relieved, I thought we were going to lose her when I first found her. Scary that we still aren't sure of the reason but at least we know how to fix it. Vet thought most likely a UTI but seems a bit excessive for that!

On top of that, before I went to bed I caught Leonard laying with his back legs lifted into the air, a sign his Osteodystrophy is progressing :( I'm gutted to be honest but it is inevitable I suppose. He's atleast still comfortable.

In better news, Thistle is loving life and doing well. She's so much softer after her bath and the hair on her belly is growing again.

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Eriathwen said:
Thanks, I'm so relieved. I was really worried after how things went with Treacle but she's doing good considering. She's still laying down more than normal which we were slightly concerned about, but she had her first post op check today and apparently it took quite a bit of tugging to get it out, so she's probably feeling, in the nurses words 'a bit battered' still 😅 but she's improving as time goes on, so I'm sure thats nothing to worry about.

While we were there, the nurse emailed me a picture of her cyst, it was absolutely huge!
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I saw that on your Instagram, have me a fright when I saw that pop up on my (all piggy) feed!
 
Sophie B said:
I saw that on your Instagram, have me a fright when I saw that pop up on my (all piggy) feed!
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Sorry about that! I did think about nesting it behind one of her face, but the first post that came up on my feed was Scottys animals graphic bumblefoot pictures so I figured I wouldn't. In hindsight probably not the best decision! It makes me jump sometimes too 😅

Updates..Ebony is good, I spent most of yesterday holding her over the toilet, it was definitely a bowel problem not a UTI..or both maybe? But she could not poop unless I held her on her back and helped her. I'm assuming at this point she ate a foreign object in the hay? But at one point I was worried it was nerve/spinal. Eventually she passed 4 huge, disgusting looking poops, the ones behind it were all flat ended or starting to squish inside each other. After an hour or so she began producing normal amounts of normal looking poops. By 11pm she was passing them sat normally, by herself. So that's that drama hopefully over with!
Ivory has been massively bugging Delilah so I popped her back with the herd before lights out and she was accepted immediately which was nice, I don't think my nerves could take bonding! 😂

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Delilahs last post op check is tomorrow morning! And Daisys appointment to check her for cysts is in the afternoon.
For her own safety, I've taken down Delilahs hospital pen and put her back in with the herd early, I'm currently on antibiotics and I never react well to them, but on top of feeling constantly sick, I'm also dizzy a lot of the time and I couldn't risk accidentally stepping or tripping on her while I step through her pen to get to the herd. She and everyone else seems very happy shes back :) lots of popcorning and chatting. Her incision looks great so I don't think being off the fabric bedding will be an issue.

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Thankyou! It's only for a week so hopefully it will go quickly.
The herd are delighted to be back together again, I'm really surprised they didn't need to be rebonded after 10ish days apart but they're fine!
Ebony is so good at taking her medication she even takes her panacur through the bars. It's only her Baytril she needs taking out for and I don't blame her..if it tastes as horrible as mine do 😂

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Well today was fun 😂 I took the wrong pig to the wrong appointment haha! I'm far too tired, not sleeping well at the moment. Luckily our vet is a diamond and sorted it out and did Delilahs post op check for us, she's been signed off, good to go crack on with life :) Dasiy definitely has hormonal changes, but he couldn't feel lumps on the ovaries, although they could just be very small. So she's been booked for spaying on the 10th, there is no rush so we took one of the further off appointments so I can repair my vet fund a little beforehand.
Daisy was 110% not happy about being at the vet, she absolutely screamed the place down, she's never happy about being checked over but she was extra stroppy today. She loved the car though, curled up and slept on and off the whole way there.

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I wanted to spend some time with the piggies doing something that didn't involve medical problems.. so Tilly and baby Hazel came out for some photos. I can't believe how big and stocky Hazel has become given her beginnings as a tiny runt half the size of her siblings. They're both so beautiful ❤

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Still very shocked and saddened to say that we unfortunately lost Ivory in the night. She had clearly passed from very sudden heart failure, which dropped her where she had been stood eating. The piece of hay she had been chewing on was still poking out of her mouth when I found her.
I'm absolutely gutted, but I'm taking comfort in the fact it was obviously sudden and immediate, and that she had no idea what happened, just went. Shelly has been quiet, and sad, but food is helping, as are the rest of the herd. I'll post her tribute in the rainbow bridge section once I've had a little more time to process it, we've not long come back from the crematorium.

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Thankyou both, I've started getting over the initial shock now.
I've spent the evening with the piggies just to make sure everyone is ok. Leonard was especially happy to have the extra attention bless him. He's thankfully still doing very well, still has a great appetite and enjoyment of life.

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The spare bit of choroplast turned up today I'd ordered to make the 2x5 a 2x6 so...Tilly and Hazel now have a 2x3.5 cage and Leonard has a 2x2.5 cage, space upgrades for them both and split with perspex to prevent and accidents if Leonard is still capable. I'll need to keep a close eye on him though in case it's too much for his little body to handle, his back legs aren't what they were and I'd hate to end up with him in more pain.

That meant the new 2x6 could finally be set up and Ebony and Bailey could meet Thistle.
I'm not entirely sure how well it went to be honest. Are they sharing a cage? Yes.. but both Bailey and Thistle have taken massive steps back in regards to confidence. When I open the door, Bailey has gone back to absolutely flying off as far as possible. And Thistle is hiding. I'm not sure of by trying to do a good thing, I've done something not so good.
Their intro on the floor went reasonably well, there was some initial 'fighting' but it was fear based on both sides, neither one touching the other..I got a very brief clip of some of it. But eventually they settled down and shared hay. Maybe it's the open top of the cage? Maybe they just need some time. We'll have to see.

We still haven't had Ivorys ashes back..I don't know what's going on there, will have to call them tomorrow I think.
But yeah, some pictures of the new trio.

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Ivory is finally back home, complete with paw prints and hair clipping. I'm very grateful they managed to find a section of her that didn't have beetroot smeared on it...she was very enthusiastic with her last dinner bless her. She has now joined Bramble, Cinnamon and Treacle on the bookcase.

Thistle and Bailey have slowly but surely improved throughout the day, starting with choosing nearby hay piles to sleep under and as usual, food won the day. Bailey is still very flighty, but once I put their hideys in tomorrow morning, that should hopefully settle again. Ebony couldnt care less, she loves any and all new pigs and is perfectly happy sharing with Thistle bless her.


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