kirstyhill
New Born Pup
hi my 3yr old male pig has been on and off very ill lately - it started in july his teeth were misaligned and had them trimmed completely straight by the vets but of course he couldnt eat for weeks properly because he wasnt used to eating that way.
then he had a very big abscess which developed around two weeks ago the vets thought it was a tooth root abscess which it wasnt rather it was lower down his neck and connected to his carotid artery etc. so he had that cut open on the 20th the first time, but it just filled back up so they put him under to cut it open properly and remove the whole thing this monday (28/08/23) he was pretty happy before that appointment if a little uncomfortable but still eating for himself id just give him one or two meals of critical care just to make him gain some weight.
he came back from that appointment and seemed really quiet and down. he rarely eats so i give him critical care pretty much four or five times a day along with his meds of course he just isnt right. i fed him about 1:30AM today (30/08/23) and he actually seemed quite alright he was a bit more perky and when i put him back in his cage he continued to eat his hay like mad for 5min after then turned to have kale too.
then i got up today to feed him again about 7 or 8 and hes completely different his front legs (not the paws really, further up) are swollen he didnt look anything like this even when he had the abscess i dont know what it could be i was hoping for some advice?
he sees the vets in a couple hours anyway for a checkup i dont know if its worth making an emergency appointment my parents are at work i dont really like the idea of getting a bus to the vets
then he had a very big abscess which developed around two weeks ago the vets thought it was a tooth root abscess which it wasnt rather it was lower down his neck and connected to his carotid artery etc. so he had that cut open on the 20th the first time, but it just filled back up so they put him under to cut it open properly and remove the whole thing this monday (28/08/23) he was pretty happy before that appointment if a little uncomfortable but still eating for himself id just give him one or two meals of critical care just to make him gain some weight.
he came back from that appointment and seemed really quiet and down. he rarely eats so i give him critical care pretty much four or five times a day along with his meds of course he just isnt right. i fed him about 1:30AM today (30/08/23) and he actually seemed quite alright he was a bit more perky and when i put him back in his cage he continued to eat his hay like mad for 5min after then turned to have kale too.
then i got up today to feed him again about 7 or 8 and hes completely different his front legs (not the paws really, further up) are swollen he didnt look anything like this even when he had the abscess i dont know what it could be i was hoping for some advice?
he sees the vets in a couple hours anyway for a checkup i dont know if its worth making an emergency appointment my parents are at work i dont really like the idea of getting a bus to the vets
