Eriathwens piggies

So I was doing evening medications and found Coco on her way to the bridge. Poor girl, I'm not sure what it was, either respiratory, maybe cardiac.. ive heard of a few people losing their herds to a respiratory issue lately, I'm going to try to have a necropsy done to figure out what happened, she was only 2ish! This came out of nowhere, I'm absolutely blindsided to be honest. I've not even been able to be upset, just sick. She was such a lovely girl, I'm freaking out now in case her sister Biscuit also has a ticking time bomb, or if this is something that may spread through the herd.

I don't have it in me to make a rainbow bridge post yet without getting sick again but I just wanted to get it out, almost everyone else I know is asleep 💔

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I’m so sorry Coco has gone over the bridge. Such a shock for you. She was a beautiful piggy and she had a wonderful life with you. Take care ❤️
 
Thankyou, I've barely slept, banging headache, feel very sick. I cant believe how quickly she was gone. I dropped her off this morning to have a necropsy done and swapped Pearl's appointment for Biscuit just to have her checked over as she is Cocos sister.

I did have to laugh while I was there though, some little old man with his Jack Russel came over asking if his dog could say hello to my cat.. "she won't hurt it"
His face when I told him she was dead anyway, and come in for an autopsy. I probably should have been a bit more tactful but I wasn't thinking.

Of course I get home and recheck everyone is still OK and Pumpkin decides yet again to frighten the life out of me by death napping 🙄 wish I could sleep as well as she does!

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Eriathwen said:
So I was doing evening medications and found Coco on her way to the bridge. Poor girl, I'm not sure what it was, either respiratory, maybe cardiac.. ive heard of a few people losing their herds to a respiratory issue lately, I'm going to try to have a necropsy done to figure out what happened, she was only 2ish! This came out of nowhere, I'm absolutely blindsided to be honest. I've not even been able to be upset, just sick. She was such a lovely girl, I'm freaking out now in case her sister Biscuit also has a ticking time bomb, or if this is something that may spread through the herd.

I don't have it in me to make a rainbow bridge post yet without getting sick again but I just wanted to get it out, almost everyone else I know is asleep 💔

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I’m so sorry you’ve lost Coco so suddenly like that, sending hugs, what an awful shock x
Sleep tight beautiful girl 🌈
 
Autopsy showed some white spots on her lungs, but those could have been due to the fact it had been 10 hours since she passed. Everything else was normal apart from her heart which was thickened. We can't say for certain why she died but it looks like, hopefully, it was nothing contagious and was sudden cardiac arrest.

I've finished up giving out medications, just need to syringe feed Thistle then I'll finally have something to eat and will try to get some sleep.
 
I'm very sorry for your loss!
Of course we never know for sure, but I don't think that you have to be afraid of it being something contagious.
I lost a 2.5 year old girl once out off the blue and the others in her group were fine.
 
Collecting Cocos ashes a bit later, it will be nice to have her home again.

Biscuit and Bella went to the vet this morning, Biscuit seems in good health so hopefully she isnt going to have to deal with what happened to Coco but there's nothing I can do about it if she does, unfortunately. But the good news is, currently, there's no sign of anything wrong with her..other that being well insulated but I'm sure we can forgive her for that 😅

Bella managed to not hurl herself off the table which was my biggest concern, unfortunately she did manage to pee all over my poor vet..I'm hoping he's dried off by now, not still explaining to other clients he didn't wet himself 🤣🤣 can't take these animals anywhere!

No signs of anything wrong with her either, other than her still slightly fungally ear. So she's officially just a miserable bag 😅 it mainly seems to be fear, which being passed from home to rescue repeatedly isnt surprising, given time I'm sure she will be fine.

Pearl and Cherry are also doing well, Pearl is slowly starting to warm up to me, she drifted off while I was putting her antifungal cream on her ears. The more time I spend with her the more I'm convinced she has neurological issues, which in a way is good, as it means the head flicking isn't dental which was my first concern as neuro issues weren't mentioned when I adopted her.

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I shouldn't get as excited as I do about filling my house with stuff I'm allergic to 😅 but refilling the hay bale storage is always a good day. These latest bales are far nicer than the last ones I got, although I had to go an hour away for them, very little local hay that is nice at the moment. Luckily these 5 bales should last a good 8-10 weeks depending on how compressed they are.

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Eriathwen said:
I shouldn't get as excited as I do about filling my house with stuff I'm allergic to 😅 but refilling the hay bale storage is always a good day. These latest bales are far nicer than the last ones I got, although I had to go an hour away for them, very little local hay that is nice at the moment. Luckily these 5 bales should last a good 8-10 weeks depending on how compressed they are.

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That looks nice hay. I get small bales from a farm supply shop my piggies love it and it’s only £6 for a bale so it’s lovely. I do buy a bag of expensive stuff but they don’t discriminate hay is hay as far as they are concerned. Hector actually likes the really straw like bits, I’m sure he was brought up on straw and not hay 😆 when he was a baby
 
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Bill & Ted said:
That looks nice hay. I get small bales from a farm supply shop my piggies love it and it’s only £6 for a bale so it’s lovely. I do buy a bag of expensive stuff but they don’t discriminate hay is hay as far as they are concerned. Hector actually like the really straw like bits, I’m sure he was brought up on straw and not hay 😆 when he was a baby
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Yeah my lot don't seem to appreciate the more stalky hay for some reason, except the little lethals, they just like food 🤣
 
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