The Pigglingtons

Brillo has been to the vet today. He has been slowly but steadily losing weight over the last few weeks, has had on and off soft poop, cheilitis under his chin and has been slowing down a bit.
We met a lovely new vet who I felt very confident in and we are both in agreement with where we are in relation to his health and age so I feel relieved about that.

The soft poop is probably down to the Metacam which he has been taking twice daily for over 2 years. I have him on Fibreplex and am careful about how much and what veg he is eating, that is to continue. We are reducing the amount of Metacam slightly and adding in Gabapentin. Hoping Brillo's not affected by it like Red was.

I used the same treatment as I used for Red a few years ago for the chelitis and it is gone. He may have had a crack in his skin due to his game of letting water run out of the bottle down his front rather than drinking it.
We are hoping the slowing down is due to age and the weight loss is down to not eating so much due to pain. The Gabapentin will hopefully help with this.

I can syringe feed if I want to try and bring his weight back up. My feeling about this is to wait and see if the Gabapentin helps , whilst happy to feed a sick piggy who is going to get better there is no cure for old age. I don't want to be just keeping him alive. I will sleep on that one for a day or two and see what happens with the Gabapentin and some extra dried forage and special hays to tempt him.
It was quite an adventure travelling in the snow. Brillo was nice and snug in his carrier with hay, a snuggle safe and a fleece cover fitted over the carrier.

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Ah lovely Brillo - he’s living his best life with you and your devotion and care is amazing ❤️❤️
I hope the gabapentin works …..keeping tucking into those lovely bits of forage Brillo
 
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