Pig & Pymble
New Born Pup
My lovely pig, Pig, has been loosing weight for a few months now following what we think is a case of bad sterile interstitial cystitis (more info on a previous recent thread here), despite us still syringe feeding 60ml/day, and him eating for himself (veg, hay, biscuits). He used to be 1450g, in May, and has steadily dropped down to 1086g (today’s weight). He was 1160g last Thursday but did that day have a general anaesthetic and blood test done.
We’ve had the all clear in X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, dental checks, blood tests, urine samples. Nothing is coming up other than low white blood cell count on the bloods so going to test that again in a few weeks, but we wonder if he’s fighting something. He had a weird parasite in his bladder recently but was on antibiotics that seem to have killed it as urine sample looked fine last week.
Any ideas on anything else we can test or check for? We’ve not had a poop sample tested but not sure if that’s a thing!
We can’t go on syringe feeding him every day for the rest of his life (he’s only 2) - it’s such an impact on our life, but are so scared he’s going to loose so much weight he won’t make it. We just want him to bounce back and start maintaining or gaining his weight - ideally!
We’ve had the all clear in X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, dental checks, blood tests, urine samples. Nothing is coming up other than low white blood cell count on the bloods so going to test that again in a few weeks, but we wonder if he’s fighting something. He had a weird parasite in his bladder recently but was on antibiotics that seem to have killed it as urine sample looked fine last week.
Any ideas on anything else we can test or check for? We’ve not had a poop sample tested but not sure if that’s a thing!
We can’t go on syringe feeding him every day for the rest of his life (he’s only 2) - it’s such an impact on our life, but are so scared he’s going to loose so much weight he won’t make it. We just want him to bounce back and start maintaining or gaining his weight - ideally!