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Ted’s stopped eating - a terrible week

SkyPipDotBernie said:
Strongly agree on that. The thing that got me through was watching Netflix and YouTube videos whilst syringe feeding
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It's awful, sitting in that quiet while it feels like the whole world is asleep. And you're just exhausted and desperate for your pig to eat well. We are all behind you and Ted, you are not on your own even during those awful night feeds!
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Do any of your pigs chew the ends of the syringe to pieces? Both my old boars wrecked the tips
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Only if it contains Metacam and Bill loved any Critical Care Mush, Ted mainly hates any combination atm, my hair is full of it as he insists on climbing onto my shoulder and nuzzles into my hair 🤢
 
Aw, thanks everyone for all your support, it’s a new day and a new start, feeling quite refreshed from a good nights sleep even if it’s a shorter one than normal. Ted‘s has had a good feed and is looking really chipper. Here he is thanking everyone for telling him to get munching! 😆 very interested in veggies but still no major improvement in picking up and chewing. Almost choked on a piece of cucumber last night, he has to juggle it around his mouth, been there before unfortunately
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Sending massive healing vibes and hugs to Ted.
As far as I understand you are aloud to travel to vets, as animals are not allowed to suffer. May be someone else will know more. If it's a long way(not sure we're you are) could you piggy train him from county to county to get him there.xx
 
Why do you think he’s not eating? Although incisor length can play a part, it shouldn’t really affect eating. We have lots of piggies with missing incisors (Maddie only has one) but they eat perfectly well. In fact Maddie is rather rotund. I always joke that I dread to think about the size she’d be, if she had four!
 
I know it’s such a long journey, especially as it would need doing in one day, but essential travel is allowed. One of the Cat and Rabbit’s receptionist’s son is a police officer. She asked him how the long distance clients stand for travelling for dentals and he said it’s essential travel.
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, thanks everyone for all your support, it’s a new day and a new start, feeling quite refreshed from a good nights sleep even if it’s a shorter one than normal. Ted‘s has had a good feed and is looking really chipper. Here he is thanking everyone for telling him to get munching! 😆 very interested in veggies but still no major improvement in picking up and chewing. Almost choked on a piece of cucumber last night, he has to juggle it around his mouth, been there before unfortunately
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Aww. He does look chipper. Like he's saying OK what's next. The evidence of his greeny yellowy tinged bib is evidence he's been trying his best 🤗
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
I know you would probably not want to do this, but could offer him a temporary TEAS place, plus his wives. Could keep him here, so he can get his dentals, until restrictions are lifted. Just a thought x
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Aw thanks Debbie. I’m going to have to think very ling and hard about it. It’s such a long way and if we get stopped it very much depends on the opinion of the officers who stop you. I’d have booked another appointment yesterday for the 13/5/2020. he is interested in food but just can’t seem to pick it up at all and move it into the back of his mouth to chew. I managed to get one tiny piece of grounsel flower hea into his mouth and it took 5 minutes for him to chew it down. he’s just as he was back in Spring 2018 but older.
 
rhymer said:
Sending massive healing vibes and hugs to Ted.
As far as I understand you are aloud to travel to vets, as animals are not allowed to suffer. May be someone else will know more. If it's a long way(not sure we're you are) could you piggy train him from county to county to get him there.xx
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We are in West Cornwall 300 miles away from Northampton. We certainly could get up to Bristol or possibly higher up? He’s been quite flat so haven’t wanted to stress him out even more. he’s had such a rough time over this last week.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
I know you would probably not want to do this, but could offer him a temporary TEAS place, plus his wives. Could keep him here, so he can get his dentals, until restrictions are lifted. Just a thought x
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That would be lovely! I will have to have a chat with OH, he’s out shopping atm? give me a couple of hours to have a think x
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Why do you think he’s not eating? Although incisor length can play a part, it shouldn’t really affect eating. We have lots of piggies with missing incisors (Maddie only has one) but they eat perfectly well. In fact Maddie is rather rotund. I always joke that I dread to think about the size she’d be, if she had four!
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He’s always been a chunky boar getting up to nearly 1400 gms when he was in his prime at 2 years but he is now down to 990 with this last episode 🙁 Just trying to maintain his weight atm.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
No rush! Just wanted to give you the option xx
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I would be very happy for him to come to you Debbie. I really need to have an opinion on what’s going on in his mouth but there’s no one down here really with much experience! We would get him up most of the way I’m sure it’s just 10-11 plus hours of travelling In one day would be putting others at risk I feel
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Why do you think he’s not eating? Although incisor length can play a part, it shouldn’t really affect eating. We have lots of piggies with missing incisors (Maddie only has one) but they eat perfectly well. In fact Maddie is rather rotund. I always joke that I dread to think about the size she’d be, if she had four!
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This incisor business with Ted is a funny one because he just doesn’t seem to be able to grab at food. This was exactly the same thing that happened the first time he had a dental down here. His incisors have always been perfect. Bill’s incisors were the prblem but he actually never had any problem at all eating even when they were baby aligned, missing or one was too long?
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
No rush! Just wanted to give you the option xx
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When we got back from his neuter/dental with Simon in March, we noticed he wasn’t eating quite as well as normal and a few days in noticed his two bottom incisors were broken not far from the gum line. They grew back fine. Then he stopped eating quite suddenly last week although he had been getting choosier with his veggies and not eating hardly any hay, then he just stopped eating even grass so had to step in and feed him
 
Bill & Ted said:
When we got back from his neuter/dental with Simon in March, we noticed he wasn’t eating quite as well as normal and a few days in noticed his two bottom incisors were broken not far from the gum line. They grew back fine. Then he stopped eating quite suddenly last week although he had been getting choosier with his veggies and not eating hardly any hay, then he just stopped eating even grass so had to step in and feed him
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It sounds like something is going on with his back teeth!
 
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