Strange symptoms? But now on the mend

[Bradshaw Piggies]

So we’ve had some strange goings on with Thor this week.

Thor is my 5 year old boar. Earlier this week I thought we were going to lose him. He stopped eating hay, was only tentatively eating veggies and didn’t want to move out of his hide. He had lost a lot of weight very quickly. There were some strange jaw movements, so I suspected dental. But I was unsure if dental were a secondary problem as he was acting very poorly, and wobbly on his feet (like something else was going on). His balance was poor.

We stepped in with support feeding and I was trying to rearrange work to be able to take him to Northampton.

Fast forward to the last couple of days. He’s eating again, has gained back 80g and is still gaining. He’s eating again hay again, is very active and running around wheeking for food as he always did. Like nothing happened?

I’ve stopped support feeding, only giving him some once a day, and he’s continuing to gain weight on his own

How strange. Has anyone any thoughts?

I’m closely monitoring him. I’ll be calling the vet on Monday anyway, for a check up

 

[KathT]

One of mine was like that a couple of months ago and after a few day was back to normal and nothing since. Could possibly have been a virus/illness that was short lived - we get them so I’m sure gps can too? I’d keep an eye on him and pop him to the vets if he relapses - they’re so good at hiding illness it’s scary!

 

[Claire W]

How worrying for you. I’m not sure what could have been wrong but I’m so glad Thor is feeling better now x

 

[Bill & Ted]

So glad Thor is back to his old self, I wonder if he had something stuck in his mouth that stopped him eating?

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

Thank you all

Who knows?

It could have been a virus or something stuck, and maybe he was wobbly as a result of not eating enough? I’ve never seen this before. When I’ve had piggies go down hill that rapidly, they usually don’t go back to normal this quickly!

He’s fine again today, eating and interacting with his friends as normal

 

[Roselina]

So glad to hear Thor is back to his old self - hopefully it was just a virus , a day of feeling ‘ under the weather’
Good to see he’s putting his weight back on

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

Thor has gained another 25g since his weigh in yesterday. All by himself with no support feeding

 

[T&A]

That’s so great! Did you take him to the vets? I’ve had a week at the vets and my guinea pig has suddenly got better

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

That’s so great! Did you take him to the vets? I’ve had a week at the vets and my guinea pig has suddenly got better

He’s going tomorrow

So pleased to hear your guinea pig has got better!

 

[T&A]

 

[Merab]

Glad Thor has recovered from his mystery illness.
Hopefully it was a one off

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

So the vet couldn’t find anything wrong with Thor. He’s gained weight again today.
Will just continue to monitor him

 

[YvonneBlue]

Glad to hear that Thor is recovering from his bout of ill health.