Eriathwens piggies

Silver hit 800g today! Very pleased with how well he is doing.

Poor Delilah has an appointment first thing tomorrow with the exotics locum as my vet has a well deserved 2 weeks off, shes had drainage issues with her left eye since she was little, but both eyes seem irritated on/off lately especially the left, no sign of a URI and I can't see any hay pieces in either eye, nor ulcers in the right eye. The left however has developed a tiny white spot in the middle. She's had antibiotic ointment, wipes with cool boiled water and eye lubricant but nothing is helping. I'm concerned the white spot may be related to E.cuniculi but they've not long finished that 28 day course of panacur and I'm not sure she can have more so soon.

I'm hoping it isn't her teeth 😔

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Appointment with Delilah went well, she got aneasthetic eye drops, an eye stain and a thorough check up. Definitely hay poke which is great news all things considered, so just carry on with what I'm doing with the antibiotic ointment, lubricant and gentle washes with cooled boiled water and he gave me a corneal repair gel to use alongside to hopefully speed up the healing.

Poor Delilah isn't thrilled as she got called middle aged 🤣 but the eye is already looking better than yesterday. I probably could have cancelled the appointment but just wanted peace of mind really.

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Delilahs eye is continuing to frustrate me.. although considering it was a deep poke I expect its just due to that. She's getting her antibiotic ointment 4xs a day, her lubricant 2xs a day and corneal repair gel 2xs a day!
Just when it seems to be getting better, it looks worse again, and just when I think I'll make her another appointment, it starts looking better! 🤦‍♀️ even her 'good' eye doesn't seem to be draining properly now though.

I'll carry on following the vets advice for now and see how it looks next week. If I remember rightly it took a very long time for Ebonys eye injury to look better so maybe this will be similar. Luckily she's her usual happy self, even had a nap while watching the tennis earlier 😅

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When Meg had bad haypoke in Lockdown it took a very long time to get better. I think it was around 8 weeks or so of 3 lots of eyedrops 3 times a day. Meg hates being caught, handled and eyedrops! I did not win Slave of the Year Award but I did save her eye. This is what her eye looked like.
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Betsy said:
When Meg had bad haypoke in Lockdown it took a very long time to get better. I think it was around 8 weeks or so of 3 lots of eyedrops 3 times a day. Meg hates being caught, handled and eyedrops! I did not win Slave of the Year Award but I did save her eye. This is what her eye looked like.
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Aw bless her, that does look nasty!
My main concern is it looks like there should be something still in there but neither me or the vet could find anything. I'm not sure if she needs more pain meds or if we'll just have to ride it out 🤔 luckily she's a forgiving old soul.
 
In a complete 180, Delilahs eye looks pretty good today! Its not red or irritated looking, or weeping. She still tries to close it in the bright light, but I'm not surprised really. The 8 alarms for her various drops that has me running around like a lunatic seems to be paying off finally 🤣 here's hoping to a full recovery by next week.

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Eriathwen said:
In a complete 180, Delilahs eye looks pretty good today! Its not red or irritated looking, or weeping. She still tries to close it in the bright light, but I'm not surprised really. The 8 alarms for her various drops that has me running around like a lunatic seems to be paying off finally 🤣 here's hoping to a full recovery by next week.

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Aw hope she’s better soon, that squinty little face reminds me of Ginger at the moment
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw hope she’s better soon, that squinty little face reminds me of Ginger at the moment
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Bless her, I hope Ginger is feeling better soon. I always feel so bad for them with eye injuries, such a painful place to get poked!

I'm struggling to see the spot where Delilahs eye was perforated this morning so fingers crossed we're getting there, her other eye is pretty much back to normal at least.
 
Eriathwen said:
Bless her, I hope Ginger is feeling better soon. I always feel so bad for them with eye injuries, such a painful place to get poked!

I'm struggling to see the spot where Delilahs eye was perforated this morning so fingers crossed we're getting there, her other eye is pretty much back to normal at least.
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it’s definitely looking better thanks, hope Delilahs heals fast too, sounds like it x
 
I may be biased but Pearl is probably one of the most beautiful piggies I've ever seen 😅 such a lovely girl as well!
Got the right idea, sleep through the warmest part of the day.

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Delilahs eye is looking great today, I've pulled back a bit on the amount of drops she's getting which I'm sure she will be pleased with, I know I am! Just need to get all the ointment residue out of her hair now so she doesn't look so greasy as she can't wash her face very well now with her arthritis.

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Pearl really is a beautiful girl. :luv: :luv:

Glad to see that Delilah's eye is looking so much better.xx
 
Poppets eye is now all healed :) and some of them are finally using their frozen bottles!
I had to quickly get Biscuit out to wipe her ears with cool water and give her some cucumber as she looked a little flat but she was OK as soon as I'd picked her up.. I figured it wouldn't hurt to still help cool her off a little bit seeing as I'd woken her up and made her warmer.

Fingers crossed for an uneventful last few hours before the temperature starts to drop. Excuse the cage mess, they're due a clean out but I cant risk putting them all in carriers for over an hour in this heat.

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They are so clever sitting around the water bottle, my still view made with contempt! I’ve put freezy packs on top of their step stools and one under the cuddle with the mat over it.
 
Those youngsters are absolute hooligans. They've decided now it's slightly cooler to use their 2 litre bottles as springboards! 😅
Poor Misty has done some slightly soft poops so she's had some critical care and fluids, very well in herself at least.

Look at those innocent faces, absolutely not messing around with the bottles whatsoever 😅

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Bit of a busy morning 😅 Silver, Delilah and Amber went to the vet. Hadn't planned on a second appointment but there was one free so nipped back to get the girls! They've been having issues with irritated eyes so we have a plan to see if we can get them sorted while my vet has a look to see if flushing them is possible. From what I've seen, there isn't any catheters small enough but we'll see what he comes up with.
Trouble with them possibly being related, they'll have similar health issues 🙃
Silvers all good, his wheezing doesn't seem to be anything bad.

Just Misty to go, Friday, and Pearl when I can get her in.

Iris was very happy to see Delilah, I have a feeling she must look like their mother because they have gravitated towards her from the start.

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