Eriathwens piggies

Leonard's had a rough few days, only tomorrow left of his antibiotics. He has been straining and crying again so a stone is looking quite likely. I have upped his fluids which has helped massively for now, no pain and most importantly, still no blood but will see if we can get him xrays booked soon to see what we're dealing with.
He is very gassy though, you can hear it moving through him and he just sits there constantly farting away bless him 😅

Got a few adorable pictures of the little man though while I waited for him to pass some urine.

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Eriathwen said:
Had a bit of a disappointing morning today, I had gone to get a filter, decor and bits for the fish tank I had been given, while I was out I spotted a satin lilac tri colour crested boar..he was beautiful but I was immediately worried he would end up somewhere that did not know about Osteodystrophy. I went home and thought about it, I don't really have boar space but in the end I decided I couldn't leave him. Unfortunately when I got there he was gone..I hope he is somewhere that will love him and ensure his life is as pain free and comfortable as possible.
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Very frustrated today, I was (stupidly) doing my usual scan of local pigs for sale and who do I see? The satin boy I was going to buy, along with another lovely piggy that I also noticed while I was at pets at home. Barely had a home 3 weeks and being moved on because apparently children take up time, who knew! 😣 If it weren't for the virus and the possibility of surgery for Leonard I would go get them. Not sure where I would put them at the moment but at least they would be safe.
 
Eriathwen said:
Very frustrated today, I was (stupidly) doing my usual scan of local pigs for sale and who do I see? The satin boy I was going to buy, along with another lovely piggy that I also noticed while I was at pets at home. Barely had a home 3 weeks and being moved on because apparently children take up time, who knew! 😣 If it weren't for the virus and the possibility of surgery for Leonard I would go get them. Not sure where I would put them at the moment but at least they would be safe.
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Aw, it’s so sad, all these piggies just given up like that with not a care in the world where they end up, I wish people would stop buying on a whim!
Poor Leonard hope he improves soon and it’s not a stone x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, it’s so sad, all these piggies just given up like that with not a care in the world where they end up, I wish people would stop buying on a whim!
Poor Leonard hope he improves soon and it’s not a stone x
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So do I, I've had an awful couple of nights sleep worrying about Leonard and all these piggies who are going to suffer due to this virus. Luckily they're charging a small fortune for them so hopefully they won't sell until the non essential travel restrictions are lifted so I can go help them.

Luckily, Leonard has had a really good 24 hours. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but he's been peeing really well. He finished his Baytril this morning and the straining has stopped since I upped his fluids. No blood either. I will contact my vet to see what they want to do with regards to xrays, due to only seeing emergency issues right now I'm not sure if he would still be considered an essential visit. It would be peace of mind to know for sure either way but with the peak of this virus fast approaching, any trip out the house that can be postponed a little would probably be best left for a while.
He has also put some weight on again bless him, fingers crossed he was just being dramatic 😅
 
Leonard has improved a tiny bit, we had a phone appointment with the vets a little while ago and even though they're only meant to be seeing life and death issues I'm so grateful they will see him first thing in the morning to just see what's going on for themselves, they even let me pay tomorrow after I've been paid which was lovely of them. His gut sounds are so loud at the moment and he's uncomfortable, but still eating well.
I'm hoping xrays won't be necessary but we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
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Thankyou! I'm wondering if i've potentially been a bit of an idiot.. we got his new bottle of metacam a couple of weeks ago just in case everything went to hell and we couldnt get to a vet when he ran out, which would be this week when we expected the virus peak to be close, so I'm currently using the dregs of his old bottle. I'm thinking maybe he is uncomfortable because there isnt enough of the actual drug left in whats left of the solution? It makes no sense for him to suddenly be painful a couple of days before finishing his antibiotics when he was otherwise doing so well.
 
Well they tested his urine..he peed on the table bless him, they found some blood in it so they have kept him in for xrays, if there's no stone another urine sample will be sent off to check if there's bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotics.

It's been an hour and I already miss him :(
 
Thankyou! I have good news, his ultrasound (he refused to let them x-ray him well enough for them to be useful) showed no stones, but there was some sludge. We had 2 options which were send some urine away which would take 5-7 working days and go from there, or try him on a different antibiotic now regardless. So rather than making him wait over a week while painful we have opted to try a different antibiotic.
I'll be leaving to collect him in about 5 minutes!
I'm so happy, I can't even tell you.
The vet was gushing about how lovely he was, everywhere he goes people fall in love with him 😂
 
I'm so relieved for you, stones are my nightmare after losing 2 piggies to them and Rusty having his op in January. Rusty did a red wee yesterday, I know it was him I saw him do it! I'm telling myself it's oxidised urine and watching him very closely, no squeaks so fingers crossed.
Get well very soon little Leonard. X
 
Aw, that’s good no stones. Hope this new antibiotic will sort out any bacterial infection that might be there. Wishing lovely Leonard a speedy recovery x
 
Today was his 3rd dose of his sulfatrim, I haven't said anything sooner because I didnt want to jinx it but since his very first dose, he has been peeing absolutely perfectly. You can actually see the relief in his little face when he's finished that it didn't hurt so I think it's been a problem for a while before he started making a fuss about it, poor little man. At least we know now, sod the baytril, straight onto sulfatrim if this ever happens again.
 
That’s great!I hope that he carries on getting better until he fully recovers!By the way, all of your little piggies are gorgeous! :wub: :wub: :wub:
 
Unfortunately little Ebony has a phone appointment at 4 with our vet, her slightly hormonal behaviour has escalated, her nipples are enlarged, her normal submissive personality has been replaced with a piggy that wants to pick fights.. I've had to order some grids to seperate her until we can spay her. Her breathing is a little laboured and I'm worried something is in there pushing everything up into her chest. She's also very gradually losing weight.
So that's not the best news but luckily it seems my normal vet is in today and if not him, it is another that I've seen who was very clued up on piggies. I guess we will just have to see what they want to do when they call at 4.

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Thankyou! Poor little lady has been booked in first thing Tuesday for an ultrasound unless she suddenly goes downhill. I'd imagine they would book her in for spaying once they know what's going on.
 
Hoping Ebony is OK and that the ultrasound gives you an answer as to what is going on. Betsy has bounced back from her spay 8 days ago and is more like her old cranky but beautiful self if a little scraggly due to hormonal hair loss.
 
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