ashimay
New Born Pup
Hello!
On Friday afternoon I noticed one of our boars (Mr Pig) was hunching over and being quite vocal, so naturally I sprung to action and went over to investigate and found little pink spots on the fleece. A quick bit of research seemed to indicate bladder issues such as an infection or bladder stones. Due to corona virus our vet surgery is only open 4 days a week, luckily we only had to wait until Saturday and were able to get an appointment for the same day, but it was clear that Mr Pig was having difficulty urinating and so it was quite stressful having to wait!
Upon examination his bladder was indeed full and so the vet gave him a shot of Metacam and instructed that if he didn’t pee within just over an hour we would have to go to the emergency vet to have an ultrasound and surgery ASAP if needed. We were also given Metacam and Baytril to give to him for 5 days should he pee.
An hour went by and still no pee, it was quite distressing having to think about taking him for possible surgery, especially with the consultation already costing £160 for being out of hours! Whilst waiting in line my partner checked on the poor pig in his carrier to see that he seemed to have done a little pee (which was much more than had happens previously!). We decided to go ahead with the consultation anyway to be sure on whether there was a stone that needed to be removed, however thankfully the vet did a quick examination and upon applying a light pressure managed to get some more pee out. They returned Mr Pig to my partner at the vet door and said that the Metacam appeared to be working and to monitor him closely and told him that there was no need to pay the consultation fee as Mr Pig seemed to have peed and the examination had taken under 10 minutes, which was a pleasant surprise! By the time he got home Mr Pig has done possibly the biggest piggy pee I’ve ever seen in his carrier - a huge relief! There have been many stress tears shed over the last few days!
Now I’m wondering whether it would be best to split his 0.4ml dose of Metacam which is supposed to be given once a day into two 0.2ml doses as I’ve read that it can be metabolised quite quickly and this evening Mr Pig was still seeming to be quite uncomfortable whilst trying to urinate (as to be expected I suppose). I’m under the impression that by splitting the dose it will provide him with a longer lasting relief? Any advice on how to help him be more comfortable would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
On Friday afternoon I noticed one of our boars (Mr Pig) was hunching over and being quite vocal, so naturally I sprung to action and went over to investigate and found little pink spots on the fleece. A quick bit of research seemed to indicate bladder issues such as an infection or bladder stones. Due to corona virus our vet surgery is only open 4 days a week, luckily we only had to wait until Saturday and were able to get an appointment for the same day, but it was clear that Mr Pig was having difficulty urinating and so it was quite stressful having to wait!
Upon examination his bladder was indeed full and so the vet gave him a shot of Metacam and instructed that if he didn’t pee within just over an hour we would have to go to the emergency vet to have an ultrasound and surgery ASAP if needed. We were also given Metacam and Baytril to give to him for 5 days should he pee.
An hour went by and still no pee, it was quite distressing having to think about taking him for possible surgery, especially with the consultation already costing £160 for being out of hours! Whilst waiting in line my partner checked on the poor pig in his carrier to see that he seemed to have done a little pee (which was much more than had happens previously!). We decided to go ahead with the consultation anyway to be sure on whether there was a stone that needed to be removed, however thankfully the vet did a quick examination and upon applying a light pressure managed to get some more pee out. They returned Mr Pig to my partner at the vet door and said that the Metacam appeared to be working and to monitor him closely and told him that there was no need to pay the consultation fee as Mr Pig seemed to have peed and the examination had taken under 10 minutes, which was a pleasant surprise! By the time he got home Mr Pig has done possibly the biggest piggy pee I’ve ever seen in his carrier - a huge relief! There have been many stress tears shed over the last few days!
Now I’m wondering whether it would be best to split his 0.4ml dose of Metacam which is supposed to be given once a day into two 0.2ml doses as I’ve read that it can be metabolised quite quickly and this evening Mr Pig was still seeming to be quite uncomfortable whilst trying to urinate (as to be expected I suppose). I’m under the impression that by splitting the dose it will provide him with a longer lasting relief? Any advice on how to help him be more comfortable would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
