Hello all. I bought a couple of 1 year old skinny pigs about 3 weeks ago who seemed to be in perfect health. The one in question would be jumping around, wheeking and coming up to his cage constantly for food.
Last week I had him neutered so he could mix in with my sows, as currently he was with another boar. I'd been watching him since and didn't notice any change in his health.
Suddenly yesterday, 6 days after neutering, his body temperature had dropped to about 33-34C and he was shivering. I took him to the vet immediately who did a scan and saw his GI tract wasn't moving but couldn't see a reason why. He wanted to open him up in case of torsion as giving him medicine could kill him, and we reluctantly agreed. No torsion or foreign blockage was found, only a buildup of gas in stomach.
They removed the gas and pumped his stomach, and he seemed to be standing up and walking around after surgery. Unfortunately he died overnight at the vets. They don't have any answers other than that his circulatory system wasn't working, likely because his stomach still wasn't processing food.
I've fed them on a diet of timothy, pellets, green peppers and lettuce, and have no idea why this happened. Would appreciate if anyone had some ideas in case our remaining skinny pig is at risk, thank you.
Last week I had him neutered so he could mix in with my sows, as currently he was with another boar. I'd been watching him since and didn't notice any change in his health.
Suddenly yesterday, 6 days after neutering, his body temperature had dropped to about 33-34C and he was shivering. I took him to the vet immediately who did a scan and saw his GI tract wasn't moving but couldn't see a reason why. He wanted to open him up in case of torsion as giving him medicine could kill him, and we reluctantly agreed. No torsion or foreign blockage was found, only a buildup of gas in stomach.
They removed the gas and pumped his stomach, and he seemed to be standing up and walking around after surgery. Unfortunately he died overnight at the vets. They don't have any answers other than that his circulatory system wasn't working, likely because his stomach still wasn't processing food.
I've fed them on a diet of timothy, pellets, green peppers and lettuce, and have no idea why this happened. Would appreciate if anyone had some ideas in case our remaining skinny pig is at risk, thank you.
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