Eriathwens piggies

I was lucky to get a cancellation earlier so Bailey went to the vet today instead of Saturday..which was great because I'm really not a morning person and her original appointment was at 9am 🤣
Poor sausage got poked with a needle a few times and I'll hear the results of what her lump is tomorrow.
She wasn't thrilled about it, she's not one of the more handlable pigs I have so she had a bit to say about being taken out of the carrier 😅 but she was otherwise reasonably well behaved, better than I was expecting to be honest.

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I hope the lump is easily treatable 🤞. Well done Bailey for not being too naughty. It’s for your own good you gorgeous girly. 😍
 
Thankyou! I haven't heard anything yet, hopefully that's just due to them being busy and not because it's something bad.
 
So there was no cancer cells in either sample of Baileys lump 🥳 which is good news, very sick of cancer these days!
There was just some fat, blood and debris so we're going to leave it for now, if it grows to 2cm she can go back and have it lanced. If that still doesn't work then it'll be removed, but for now that's one less thing to worry about!
 
Eriathwen said:
So there was no cancer cells in either sample of Baileys lump 🥳 which is good news, very sick of cancer these days!
There was just some fat, blood and debris so we're going to leave it for now, if it grows to 2cm she can go back and have it lanced. If that still doesn't work then it'll be removed, but for now that's one less thing to worry about!
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That sounds like good news and will allay any fears you had x
 
Eriathwen said:
So there was no cancer cells in either sample of Baileys lump 🥳 which is good news, very sick of cancer these days!
There was just some fat, blood and debris so we're going to leave it for now, if it grows to 2cm she can go back and have it lanced. If that still doesn't work then it'll be removed, but for now that's one less thing to worry about!
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Lovely to hear good news
 
Honestly I'm so relieved, it's been bad news after bad news for a while now! I'm so relieved for her 🙂

Unfortunately we found today that Gus has some skin issues going on, when he was found he was completely bald so I have a feeling this is an issue with his immune system (as his 3 ladies show absolutely no sign of issues) and his previous owners didn't treat it, got overwhelmed/didn't care and just dumped him. I have treated him with ivermectin and an oral antifungal to cover the basics for now, with some metacam as his skin is a little sore, he has an appointment on the 8th just to make sure everything is going in the right direction given his medical history of this issue. Although I will be trying Monday and Friday to see if he can be seen sooner, but my vet has some well deserved time off in between and I'd rather not see someone else if I don't have to. Hopefully in a few days when the ivermectin has had a chance to work I can give him a nice antifungal bath to sooth his skin but I cant take the risk yet in case it's mites and I cause him to have seizures. But I'm about 90% sure this is fungal. Luckily he is quite happy in himself.

I feel kind of bad about taking him to the vet, I dont want him to think he's being abandoned again.. but he will be back with his girls soon enough, I might qctually take one with him for comfort maybe. Probably more for my own benefit that his 🤣 but still.
 
Eriathwen said:
Honestly I'm so relieved, it's been bad news after bad news for a while now! I'm so relieved for her 🙂

Unfortunately we found today that Gus has some skin issues going on, when he was found he was completely bald so I have a feeling this is an issue with his immune system (as his 3 ladies show absolutely no sign of issues) and his previous owners didn't treat it, got overwhelmed/didn't care and just dumped him. I have treated him with ivermectin and an oral antifungal to cover the basics for now, with some metacam as his skin is a little sore, he has an appointment on the 8th just to make sure everything is going in the right direction given his medical history of this issue. Although I will be trying Monday and Friday to see if he can be seen sooner, but my vet has some well deserved time off in between and I'd rather not see someone else if I don't have to. Hopefully in a few days when the ivermectin has had a chance to work I can give him a nice antifungal bath to sooth his skin but I cant take the risk yet in case it's mites and I cause him to have seizures. But I'm about 90% sure this is fungal. Luckily he is quite happy in himself.

I feel kind of bad about taking him to the vet, I dont want him to think he's being abandoned again.. but he will be back with his girls soon enough, I might qctually take one with him for comfort maybe. Probably more for my own benefit that his 🤣 but still.
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Sorry to hear that Gus is not well. Sounds like you're well on your way to getting to the bottom lf it. He's lucky he's with you and can get such excellent care. I'm sure he'll forgive the vet trip especially if he's got a lady piggy's paw to hold. :nod:
 
Hope4gem said:
Sorry to hear that Gus is not well. Sounds like you're well on your way to getting to the bottom lf it. He's lucky he's with you and can get such excellent care. I'm sure he'll forgive the vet trip especially if he's got a lady piggy's paw to hold. :nod:
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Thankyou, it'll probably be Daisy so he might not be too quick with the forgiveness 🤣 she's a right noisy drama queen that doesn't sit still, but she does enjoy a car ride bless her. He seems much less itchy already thankfully!
 
Luckily his skin is looking less irritated today, he got a pedicure just now, nails and spurs done as I wanted to check the original fungal issue he had with his feet hadn't come back, which it hasn't :)
He lay down and gave my hands a wash after, which was sweet. Hes such a lovely little old man 😅

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Aw hope you feel better soon gorgeous Gus! He sounds like such a sweet little chap :wub: Hope you can get it cleared up so he can live his happy retirement bless him xx
 
He really is an absolute sweetheart. He adores Thistle, I'm wondering if her going to the vet for the day the other week upset him just enough to knock his immune system. I dont like taking her out into the cold due to her low weight but it might be quieter to take her as his travel buddy instead of Daisy 😅

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Thistle is booked in on Monday to have xrays done to see the extent of her deformities, as well as (hopefully..there was a bit of confusion) a glucose blood prick and urinalysis, I'll double check when I drop her off. Both my vet and the exotics one will be in that day apparently so fingers crossed we get some answers, 3rd time lucky 😅 but it shouldn't be quite as stressful for the poor thing this time if she isnt getting poked for a full blood test, I dont think she will be needing aneasthetic either this time.

Shes continuing to stay fairly stable, apart from the day I forgot to give her bell peppers and next morning she was a mess of urine and drool :( I'm fairly sure she's diabetic at this point, I cant really see what else would be so effected by diet. When I found her I tested the theory, gave her some apple (I've removed all fruit and root veg from her diet) to give her some sugar and she very quickly perked back up.

So yeah.. fingers and paws crossed 🤦‍♀️

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She really is a good girl, to be fair to them, most have learned pretty quickly what I'd like them to do with the scales! They're smart little animals when there's food rewards 🤣

Poor old Gus got the next stage of the plan to help his skin out, his nizoral bath. He was as good as gold, although that probably means he was plotting something 🤣
He did seem to enjoy getting dipped into the big jug of warm water to rinse off his belly, so I didn't have to manhandle him too much and risk hurting him if he's getting arthritic. He loved the hairdryer one he realised it was giving out warm air, he decided to have a lay down and wash my hands bless him.

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I've had to start making sure Thistles head is stretched up while she's having her critical care, its not often, but she has started to cough and bring up critical care if she eats too quickly and with her head down, I'm wondering if it's related to her bringing up food while under aneasthetic last time she was at the vet, although she doesn't do this with solid food she has to chew. She's going in for xrays tomorrow so it will be interesting to see if whatever deformities she has going on is somehow impacting her oesophagus, or whether this is a muscular or nerve issue. She's doing quite well otherwise, I've changed her diet to one suitable to a diabetic and she is definitely much easier to maintain. Once she's been to the vet tomorrow I'm going to try to take her off metacam as I've read that the honey flavour can effect diabetic pigs, which could purely be anecdotal but last time she did this she bounced back, this time she hasn't and the only thing I'm doing differently is keeping her on the meds. I've already weaned her down to a lower dose with no ill effect so fingers crossed.

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Good luck with Thistle’s X-ray appt tomorrow, hope you get some answers x
 
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