Eriathwens piggies

I think I've finally found the source of the bickering between the boys 😅 Forrest has decided he's a big boy now and doesn't need his afternoon naps 🤣 Silver absolutely disagrees however, so while he's trying to sleep, Forrest is jumping around, nudging and climbing on him and generally being..Forrest!

So it looks like I will be making good use of all the toys I ordered, I can put Forrest in a play pen to play supervised while I sit with Silver and let him get some sleep 😅 I did read somewhere that lethals sleep way more than regular pigs and it certainly seems to be the case.

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Aw, they are soooo cute, is Forest the boss or don’t they display much dominance between them?
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, they are soooo cute, is Forest the boss or don’t they display much dominance between them?
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Most dominance doesn't seem to have much weight behind it to be honest, but Silver is the boss piggy, when he became unwell Forrest made an attempt to take over but he didn't make a very good job of it 🤣
 
Ebony was back at the vet today, while her eye was healing I found a little lump in her ankle joint which concerned me, and has slowly been growing.
My biggest concern was bone cancer, because I've had awful luck with cancer lately. Luckily though my vet thinks thats the least likely option, she is being treated for sceptic arthritis for the next 3 weeks so fingers crossed that does the trick!

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I'm hoping it isnt just wishful thinking, but it does already seem smaller after just 2 doses, although it is quite a high dose for her weight. The issue is it was already quite small so its hard to really judge 😅 my vet asked how I'd even managed to find it.
I didnt tell him I'm massively over the top with health checks..I'm pretty sure I already come across crazy with all these pigs with problems without making it seem like I check every hair on their body 🤣 but my biggest fear having so many is that I miss something and I end up being the reason one of them suffers.
 
Thankyou both, that's very kind. Just doing the best I can with what I have, they deserve at least that after what most of them have been through.
I'm still not sure 8f Ebonys lump is getting smaller, but it has at the very least stopped growing which is as good as! She's certainly looking nice and healthy in spite of it.
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I cant quite believe it but it is 6 months today since we learned Daisys tumour was inoperable and she only had months to live. She's doing so well, I dont know if we can get her to a year or even just to her 5th birthday, but she's certainly going to try! And I'll be doing everything she needs to get that chance.

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Eriathwen said:
I cant quite believe it but it is 6 months today since we learned Daisys tumour was inoperable and she only had months to live. She's doing so well, I dont know if we can get her to a year or even just to her 5th birthday, but she's certainly going to try! And I'll be doing everything she needs to get that chance.

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That great news. Keep on keeping on Daisy. You go girl. 😘
 
Eriathwen said:
I cant quite believe it but it is 6 months today since we learned Daisys tumour was inoperable and she only had months to live. She's doing so well, I dont know if we can get her to a year or even just to her 5th birthday, but she's certainly going to try! And I'll be doing everything she needs to get that chance.

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My other little lady who seems to be defying the odds had to go to the vet today, Thistle has the same issue as 2 months ago. Drooling, not eating, weight loss (down to 750g), stasis. Again, teeth are absolutely fine when I looked, vet also looked, said they were perfect. Poor little lady is back on metacam, cisipride and baytril for now and critical care feeds. She is also having an issue with her left back leg, either holding it up or dragging it. I'm pretty certain these 'episodes' are being caused by seizures but as I've not seen her have one, I cant prove it. If the medication doesn't help then I can call up and collect some oral steroids but that's kind of a last ditch thing.
Her prognosis is still very guarded, but she's made it 2 months, she can do it again hopefully :(

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Shes quite tired this morning, but she has gained about 50g since yesterday and the drooling has stopped! She's pooping a fair bit better too, just working on getting her rehydrated and fed. She isnt picking at food as well as she was yesterday, but hopefully as she gets more of her meds, her appetite will come back.

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Thought we were going to lose her overnight, she became very sleepy and refused to touch anything, just chewed it up and spat it out.
An hour of forcing grass into her mouth so she had no choice but to eat it, she started picking at it for herself and nibbling her pellets, she even ate some celery. Getting her critical care down her also became easier and she rallied round.
She started at 730g a few days ago, at the vet she was 750g and now she's been sat at 800g since 6am.

Theyre due a full clean out today, so I'm hoping a nice clean cage and fresh hay will tempt her to eat some.

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