Eriathwens piggies

Our little hairball is home after seeing the locum, seems there was a miscommunication somewhere and she isnt getting her diagnostics today but I'll get a call later or tomorrow with a date, which is disappointing because I'd got myself a bit stressed out about it, but it happens! So I'll see what happens when they call.
Shes glad to be home and was eating her hay in her carrier while sat on the table 😅 she was so well behaved as well.

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Thistles been in to the vets and back today, got a call yesterday to say to bring her I first thing as he had shifted some things around.
Everything in her mouth seems fine, teeth are perfect so it's definitely not a dental issue. Attempts to take bloods weren't successful so she's being given a few weeks to heal and for the exotics vet to sort some bits out, but then I need to call up the second week of January to book her in for another try with some different techniques. So hopefully then I we will get more answers. But she's still gaining weight, bright in herself and we can rule out dental issues now for sure.

I got her some watermelon to have tonight as a treat for being such a good girl. Apparently she was up and eating before they even got a chance to syringe feed her 🤣 she got home, climbed straight into her lunch box and had a nap!

Also...check out those little chicken legs 😂😂
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Bless you Thistle. You are such a good girl. Percy and Pepper are sending healing vibes your way. ❤️
 
Bill & Ted said:
Could the vet get some blood from cutting her nail a little short? The Maddock’s use this method for blood tests I believe
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I'm not sure to be honest! One of the techniques they're looking to try next is apparently to make a small cut in the leg, but I'd imagine a cut nail would be easier, I'm not sure if it would result in a large enough amount of blood to use but I'll definitely ask them when I next go in, thankyou for the suggestion!
 
Eriathwen said:
I'm not sure to be honest! One of the techniques they're looking to try next is apparently to make a small cut in the leg, but I'd imagine a cut nail would be easier, I'm not sure if it would result in a large enough amount of blood to use but I'll definitely ask them when I next go in, thankyou for the suggestion!
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I think they just nick it and suck the blood up in a pipett. Good luck, it’s hard to think of them hurt them to get blood x
 
Bill & Ted said:
I think they just nick it and suck the blood up in a pipett. Good luck, it’s hard to think of them hurt them to get blood x
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Thanks! It is, I already feel so sorry for her with her little bruised legs, absolutely not upset at my vet about it at all, it's just what happens, but knowing it's because I asked for it to be done makes me feel awful 😅 I'm moving her metacam to twice a day for a few days just to make sure she isnt sore.
 
They've done very well today (after keeping me up all night crashing around 🤣)
Silvers circling has expanded outwards and now mostly seems to be zoomies around the cage perimeter! He took the majority of this mornings syringe feed through the bars instead of needing to be taken out, and was waiting for his veggies in the middle of the cage, eating them straight away rather than having to run a few circles first. Very pleased with them both!

I almost forgot today, but its now 7 months since Daisys diagnosis, and she's still going strong. She's still an absolute bundle of energy and personality, popcorning and running around, enjoying her food :) very pleased with her too.

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I think those boys are just so gorgeous and special. Forrest and Silver look as if they’re thriving.
Glad that Daisy and Thistle are doing well.
 
So glad Daisy’s doing so well, brave girl! :love:
Thistle’s little chicken legs! :wub::wub::wub: Hope her bloods are more successful next time round and she’s doing well too ❤️
And Forrest and Silver enjoy your new cage gorgeous boys, even more space to keep your mum up all night! 🥳:))
 
Oliver went to the vet today for crackly breathing, I'm going to be getting him a nebuliser and some F10sc which should hopefully help.

Poor Misty continued passing blood when peeing, so she's booked in tomorrow for xrays to check her for a stone/stones.

Luckily both are still very happy and doing their regular piggy things.

Forrest and Silver have been weaned onto bowl feeds for their critical care, theyre doing fantastic in their new cage!20211222_234816.webp20211222_234846.webp

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Just dropped little Misty off at the vets for her xrays, fingers crossed for no stones! She's been passing a fair bit of sludge so I'm hoping that her issues are just irritation from that, but better safe than sorry.
 
Thankfully no stones for Misty! So for now we can avoid surgery. Carry on her baytril until Monday, if no better we'll change antibiotics, try gabapentin, if all that still doesn't work then surgery to see what's going on, pretty sure he mentioned samples from the bladder? But yeah, she seemed to enjoy her trip to the vet 😅 had cuddles, eat loads.
Seems like it'll be interstitial cystitis.

Thistles still doing well, I can feel a very small amount of muscle mass returning at the base of her spine. Not much but it's something! She's never really been lethargic or dull, but she's even more perky than she has been. There definitely seems to be a dietary aspect to her ups and downs, making sure she has peppers every day definitely seems to be helping.

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Oh! I also forgot to share this lovely Christmas card I got this year.
These boys are Arrow and Gwyn. Gwyn is a little lethal white whose original owner I advised when he was first born, she decided she could not afford to keep him so I put her in contact with a friend of mine in Ohio who rescues boars (Original owner was in Pennsylvania) At 3 weeks old she drove to collect him and paired him with one of her lovely, calm boys! It's been so wonderful getting to watch him thrive in his new home and I'm excited to see him grow and continue to do well. He shares so many similarities with Forrest and Silver from what I hear, very loud! 🤣 Isn't he absolutely gorgeous?

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These little men haven't gained any weight at all in about 8 weeks now, I may have to resign myself to having pygmy piggies! They're a good heft though, not thin at all and eating me out of house and home.
I really thought they looked bigger so decided to weigh them, but nope! Not even a little bit! Forrest had to have his lower incisor trimmed as it had started to grow behind the top ones and was no longer being worn down, he isnt thrilled, he can't pick food up very well at the moment but hopefully in a few days he will have got the hang of it.

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Eriathwen said:
These little men haven't gained any weight at all in about 8 weeks now, I may have to resign myself to having pygmy piggies! They're a good heft though, not thin at all and eating me out of house and home.
I really thought they looked bigger so decided to weigh them, but nope! Not even a little bit! Forrest had to have his lower incisor trimmed as it had started to grow behind the top ones and was no longer being worn down, he isnt thrilled, he can't pick food up very well at the moment but hopefully in a few days he will have got the hang of it.

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You can join Cleo’s dwarf piglet club boys! :D:love: I got excited at her growth spurt recently, was a whopping 40g so now she’s up to 840! And she’s also a hoover! :))
Bless them, so utterly adorable :luv: Hope Forrest gets the hang of his nashers soon ❤️
 
Eriathwen said:
These little men haven't gained any weight at all in about 8 weeks now, I may have to resign myself to having pygmy piggies! They're a good heft though, not thin at all and eating me out of house and home.
I really thought they looked bigger so decided to weigh them, but nope! Not even a little bit! Forrest had to have his lower incisor trimmed as it had started to grow behind the top ones and was no longer being worn down, he isnt thrilled, he can't pick food up very well at the moment but hopefully in a few days he will have got the hang of it.

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I may not have said this before ( or at least not for a while) but I am completely smitten by these two 💕
 
They were brimming with something else last night 🤣 little horrors! Kept me awake for hours running around and rumbling, theyve got absolutely no fear bless them. Forrest has figured out how to work his shorter tooth now and eating very well, I've been trying to take more pictures of them but they just do not sit still haha! Poor Silvers longer bum hair needed trimming to remove clumps of boar glue as well 😅 not one of my best haircuts.
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Eriathwen said:
They were brimming with something else last night 🤣 little horrors! Kept me awake for hours running around and rumbling, theyve got absolutely no fear bless them. Forrest has figured out how to work his shorter tooth now and eating very well, I've been trying to take more pictures of them but they just do not sit still haha! Poor Silvers longer bum hair needed trimming to remove clumps of boar glue as well 😅 not one of my best haircuts.
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I’m in love with these two as well, such cheeky beautiful little lads xx
 
So I've been trialling some toys to find some that aren't too stimulating for Silver, and safe to be left in with them without them getting legs caught, or biting anything off they shouldn't. Anyway, the biggest, unexpected, hit with them has been the large grassy carrot. They don't chew it, they move it around and use it as a jump 🤣
I've been looking at agility equipment for rats to see if anything can be altered to be safe for their use. But if not I might just get them a few more carrots 😅

(Excuse the obnoxious music, it was late at night and it made me laugh!)

Blind and deaf? Don't care 😅
 
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