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Afraid so - but probably no more so than any of the other exotic specialists.
There’s another one that @VickiA mentioned as a possibility for Phoebe but I can’t remember who it was.
I think they were Tarporley way.
 
Merab's Slave said:
Afraid so - but probably no more so than any of the other exotic specialists.
There’s another one that @VickiA mentioned as a possibility for Phoebe but I can’t remember who it was.
I think they were Tarporley way.
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Yeah we used to go to Birch Heath in Tarporley for the very urgent care. But they are sooo expensive that we'd rather travel to Cat & Rabbit to see Simon and Kim, or to Derwent Valley Vets in Matlock to see Ellie Whitehead. We were once quoted for bladder stone removal in Birch Heath at around £1000+, so we decided to go to C&R and Simon managed to remove the stone by bladder flush and we were only charged around £250 more or less. I don't think C&R has ever charged us more than £350 or so ever.
 
Update on Bryce...

Well he can eat (some hay, readi grass, parsley, plum tomatoes, spinach, grass, and sometimes a couple pieces of pellets), but he is most of the time not eating. We can see him nibble and he can eat while on the sofa or if we hand feed him. So no problem teeth wise (we think) coz if he can eat hay, grass and pellets, then his teeth and jaw is not bothering him. It's just he is refusing to eat as he used to. He loved cucumber, melon, pea flakes, lettuce, but he's refusing to eat all of them now. He isn't drinking water from the bottle as well, so he isn't really having much liquid. We are syringing water with probiotics to him at the moment. He eats a lot of parsley but with the way he is eating at the moment, we aren't concern what he eats as long as he is eating.

His weight is going down (his weight today went down to 1256g). We don't know how to get him back to eating what he always eat before. It seems like he is being choosy, and all the watery veggies is what he refused to eat. He can eat by himself but not really much. He doesn't look miserable though coz he sometimes follows Vegas and Whitney and interacts with them. I just hope he recovers soon enough.
 
It's always such a struggle when a piggy doesn't want to eat as normal. I have been in this situation many times, so I know exactely how helpless you must feel. Sending hugs! :hug:
I hope that Bryce will get over the worst soon. Do you still give him pain medication?
 
Viennese Furbabies said:
It's always such a struggle when a piggy doesn't want to eat as normal. I have been in this situation many times, so I know exactely how helpless you must feel. Sending hugs! :hug:
I hope that Bryce will get over the worst soon. Do you still give him pain medication?
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He was only on Metacam since Friday last week and Simon said not to give him any antibiotics because he doesn't think he needs it since the abscess he removed from the hole in the jaw is dry. Yesterday hubby stopped giving him Metacam to see if it is affecting his appetite. He didn't seem to be in pain though coz he eats the grass so quick and would it the hardest hay. 🤷‍♀️:hmm:
 
Bryce update:

Yesterday, we went out for around 5 hours to meet some friends. We weighed Bryce before we left after feeding him and then weighed him again when we get back, just to see if he would eat when we are gone. Well he only managed to lose around 10g during that time. Which only means he is eating enough to sustain himself.

Today, we went to my in-laws in Liverpool for a weekly visit. We had to bring Bryce last week to make sure he eats but decided this week to leave him since he did fine yesterday. We did the same thing yesterday, weighed him before we left and then when we got back. We just got back and we were out for 7 hours. Bryce only lost 4g! He is definitely eating while we are away! He weighs 1256g just now. :yahoo:

So hopefully he is on the recovery, even if he is doing it slowly. He hasn't had Metacam for a week now and he seems to be doing fine and not struggling to eat hay, grass, pellets and pea flakes. 👍
 
Aw that’s great news, whatever the problem was it looks like Bryce has recovered from it, clever boy
 
Thanks guys! He just need to get back eating his cucumber and other liquidy food so he doesn't get dehydrated. At the moment he is fine eating it when he is on our lap and can't escape. But when he is on their cage, he avoids it and won't eat any after sniffing it. He is being fussy still. He needs to start drinking water from the bottle again too.
 
Bryce is doing good and he's maintaining his weight. He is around 1240g-1270g at the moment. We haven't been giving him CC for the past 3 days. We are just syringing him water every now and again just to make sure he isn't getting thirsty.👍👍

Here he is at the moment, asleep in their loft under the hay. 😍🥰

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Aah so pleased gorgeous Bryce has been doing so well! :luv: Hope he keeps up all the scoffing and no more worrying you now!
Lovely Christmas card outtake pics :wub::wub::wub:
 
My little naughty monster..Whitney. 😍🥰😘❤️

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I just ordered a canvas print of all the piggies, past & present. I found a website online that I only had to pay for shipping fee and get the first order of canvas free if I subscribed on email and text. So I did just that. Only paid £6! After the ordered has gone through, I unsubscribed on the text subscription. 😁

Here is the photo I did for the order.

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Just a bit of update on Bryce.

He's gaining the weight he lost. Yesterday he was 1300g, today he is 1308g. :yahoo: His behaviour is fully back to normal too. He again pulls all the food bowls towards him to eat, eating everything from every bit of corner there is food, and of course being just a lazy bum. 😁😊

Vegas is also back to being around 1310-1330g. She lost around 50-70g after we got Whitney (the little baby girl is so active and nuts that we think Vegas was becoming a tiny bit stressed). So I guess she's settled with her now. 👍👍
 
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