Eriathwens piggies

Eriathwen said:
So, totally copying Flutterby's great idea and making my own thread for all my pigs so I'm not cluttering up the forum with my daily piggy pictures :lol!:

Who better to start it off than Miss Bramble getting some of her special porridge to help pick her weight up a bit, I'm not looking forward to the mess shes going to end up making of herself but I'm sure with this heat she will appreciate a nice wipe down with a damp cloth anyway!

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She’s so cute !
 
Been an anxious day, originally she was going in to the vet for an ultrasound but between us when we arrived we decided it would be in her best interest to just spay her there and then. So that's what he did :)
She is home, seems a bit dopey still but pretty mobile, not really wanting to eat much but I'm hoping by tonight that will change.

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That's a very neat scar. When Betsy came back from her spay 12 days ago she was very zonked and would only take 5ml recovery food in 0.2ml increments. The same the following morning in the evening it was speed syringe feed time and she took 28ml in around 5 minutes!
 
Thankyou all, she's doing a little better than earlier. Much more awake at least and producing nice normal poops. She's only really taking 0.1-0.2ml per mouthful and I like to get a good 15ml in each feeding so it's taking a while 😅 should probably start bringing her downstairs so I can sit somewhere comfortable, the floor is killing my back. She still isn't eating anything independently, not even grass which is slightly concerning, even my most poorly piggies usually want to at least nibble on it but still early days. I popped Thistle in with her for a little while to cheer her up but she was a little too enthusiastic, so had to go back to her own cage so Ebony didn't get stood on 😂 but it seemed to perk her up a little any way.
 
We seem to be going in the right direction at last. I ended up going off to pick grass at half 1 in the morning as she decided that she wanted to start nibbling that. She had developed really awful, liquid diarrhoea at about 11pm and seemed very quiet which worried us, she's had fibreplex and unflavoured dioralyte to help her little belly and keep her hydrated which seems to have massively helped. 3 hourly feeds throughout the night and today has kept her on track, and as of about an hour ago she's began nibbling a few extra things, readigrass, hazel leaves and cucumber..still not eating hay but she's shovelling grass down quite well now.
Hopefully this time tomorrow she will have started on the hay.

We have a check up tomorrow which will be over the phone and I'll need to email a picture of her incision over to them so if they're concerned we can sort something out with them.

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Eriathwen said:
I saw one of the most handsome little neutered boars on the rspca Walsall Facebook page today, a completely blind piggy called Sonic. He reminded me of a little bear!
Safe to say..I may have sent an email enquiring about adoption when lockdown is over and they reopen 😅
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Do you know I saw him on the RSPCA site yesterday, isn’t he gorgeous. Poor little blind chap and really friendly too. Was he in the Walsall branch? I do hope you will get him (you can reserve him till lock down is over I believe x
 
Eriathwen said:
We seem to be going in the right direction at last. I ended up going off to pick grass at half 1 in the morning as she decided that she wanted to start nibbling that. She had developed really awful, liquid diarrhoea at about 11pm and seemed very quiet which worried us, she's had fibreplex and unflavoured dioralyte to help her little belly and keep her hydrated which seems to have massively helped. 3 hourly feeds throughout the night and today has kept her on track, and as of about an hour ago she's began nibbling a few extra things, readigrass, hazel leaves and cucumber..still not eating hay but she's shovelling grass down quite well now.
Hopefully this time tomorrow she will have started on the hay.

We have a check up tomorrow which will be over the phone and I'll need to email a picture of her incision over to them so if they're concerned we can sort something out with them.

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Aw, Ebony how did I miss all this that’s been going on at your house! You are looking stunning, such a brave girl! Wishing you a speedy recovery 💕
 
Bill & Ted said:
Do you know I saw him on the RSPCA site yesterday, isn’t he gorgeous. Poor little blind chap and really friendly too. Was he in the Walsall branch? I do hope you will get him (you can reserve him till lock down is over I believe x
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Yes he's at Walsall, unfortunately no reservations until lockdown is lifted, I've emailed them twice already 😂 but I have a drafted email with completed forms attached just waiting to go!

Unfortunately Ebony had a rough night, she stopped eating anything independently, and seemed to give up so I made the call to put her back into her cage with her friends which really helped, unfortunately when I went to feed her this morning she had passed blood in her poops, so she was rushed off to the vets where they determined she has had a bad reaction to the metacam while having diarrhoea, apparently oral metacam isn't great for them with the runs. Her colour is good, no abdominal pain, no signs of infection or internal bleeding so she has had a metacam injection and Emeprid for the next 5 days to kick her appetite into gear hopefully. She's still nice and bright so fingers crossed now she will start to recover. Typical that the easiest surgery is the one with complications!
 
Oh no! Poor Ebony and what a nasty shock for you! Hopefully she is on the road to recovery. What a worrying time you are having.
 
I'm sure they're trying to stress me to death 😅 to top it all off my backs gone again too which makes the syringe feeding hard. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day!
 
Sending healing vibes for Ebony, hope she is feeling better soon.xx
 
We have eating! I popped her into her carrier while I went to pick her grass, hoping to tempt her after her critical care...no need! I come back to find her eating the hay! I'm so happy. Hopefully the critical care can be slow be reduced so I can get at least a few hours sleep.

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Eriathwen said:
Yes he's at Walsall, unfortunately no reservations until lockdown is lifted, I've emailed them twice already 😂 but I have a drafted email with completed forms attached just waiting to go!

Unfortunately Ebony had a rough night, she stopped eating anything independently, and seemed to give up so I made the call to put her back into her cage with her friends which really helped, unfortunately when I went to feed her this morning she had passed blood in her poops, so she was rushed off to the vets where they determined she has had a bad reaction to the metacam while having diarrhoea, apparently oral metacam isn't great for them with the runs. Her colour is good, no abdominal pain, no signs of infection or internal bleeding so she has had a metacam injection and Emeprid for the next 5 days to kick her appetite into gear hopefully. She's still nice and bright so fingers crossed now she will start to recover. Typical that the easiest surgery is the one with complications!
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Aw poor Ebony and poor you, it’s frightening when they stop eating like that. She’ll be happier now back with her friends, fingers crossed she’s on the mend now x
 
Just looked on RSPCA website again and some piggies are reserved, don’t know if the applications for them was before the lock down. Debbie at TEAS said the other day that RSPCA was opening again for adoptions soon as they are worried about huge increase in unwanted pets and un neutered cats etc
 
Bill & Ted said:
Just looked on RSPCA website again and some piggies are reserved, don’t know if the applications for them was before the lock down. Debbie at TEAS said the other day that RSPCA was opening again for adoptions soon as they are worried about huge increase in unwanted pets and un neutered cats etc
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Yeah I saw that, that's when I sent the second email 😂 but as they're a volunteer centre with no physical branch they have to remain closed for the time being which is a shame, but given how restrictions are being slowly lifted I'm checking their facebook page each day to see if theyve announced being allowed to open again :) fingers crossed it won't be too long now!
 
Bill & Ted said:
No news on Sonic then, I see he’s still on the site x
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Sadly not, I've been checking their facebook page about 5 times a day waiting for them to say they're open and adopting out again, the emails I sent were replied with them saying they were still closed 😅 I do however possibly have another piggy on the way but the place seems kind of weird...so I'm not really giving much away about that until/if I get her, but watch this space! Lol
 
Eriathwen said:
Sadly not, I've been checking their facebook page about 5 times a day waiting for them to say they're open and adopting out again, the emails I sent were replied with them saying they were still closed 😅 I do however possibly have another piggy on the way but the place seems kind of weird...so I'm not really giving much away about that until/if I get her, but watch this space! Lol
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Aw, hope you can get Sonic the little blind piggie, he needs a caring home x
 
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