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Unusual behaviour, is she ill - or worse?

Just catching up. Oh I am so sorry to read the posts. Poor Rosemary. I’m so very sorry that she didn’t make it. The Rainbow Bridge has claimed so many of our forum lovelies recently. Huge hugs xx
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Thank you all for your positive vibes, I appreciate it.

Sadly the morning vet phoned earlier and told me that although Rosie had survived the night, she had declined further. She wasn't moving around any more and had started to regurgitate fluid. We agreed that there was no way back as pain relief and gut meds hadn't worked, so it would be kinder to ease her passing. I am at a meeting all day so I couldn't have collected her so she could pass at home peacefully with her friends even if that were possible.

I will collect her tonight and show her to Winifred and Squeaks.

Sleep tight gentle girl, we'll all miss you xx
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BIG HUGS

I am so sorry for you and Rosemary!

Once a very ill piggy starts salivating/regurgitating, they are either unable to swallow or they have a blockage somewhere in the digestive tract between the back of the mouth down to the anus so that the constantly produced saliva can no longer pass. By then, it is usually too late for any medical intervention.

I've lost three piggies in just 6 weeks in 2017 without any warning but a sudden mystery decline; thankfully to three different causes (one gut blockage, one bad swelling at the back of the mouth/throat where it didn't show from the outside and one young one lost the ability to swallow). But I still felt like a bad owner even though there is nothing you can do to prevent any of this; especially as none of these issues really shows up and is easy to diagnose. :(

You and your vet have made the right decision.
 
Sending love. So sorry for your loss and my sympathies for the stress that goes with it.
You made all your decisions with her at the centre, and that's all we can do x
 
Wiebke said:
BIG HUGS

I am so sorry for you and Rosemary!

Once a very ill piggy starts salivating/regurgitating, they are either unable to swallow or they have a blockage somewhere in the digestive tract between the back of the mouth down to the anus so that the constantly produced saliva can no longer pass. By then, it is usually too late for any medical intervention.

I've lost three piggies in just 6 weeks in 2017 without any warning but a sudden mystery decline; thankfully to three different causes (one gut blockage, one bad swelling at the back of the mouth/throat where it didn't show from the outside and one young one lost the ability to swallow). But I still felt like a bad owner even though there is nothing you can do to prevent any of this; especially as none of these issues really shows up and is easy to diagnose. :(

You and your vet have made the right decision.
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On another thread, you mentioned that serious bloat isn't caused usually by diet, so assuming Rosemary did have bloat, what things might have caused it? Or could it be that it was her time, and her gut shut down first leaving her with lots of fresh grass fermenting in her stomach?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
I buried Rosemary yesterday, in a special pot which is now outside the piggie room
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When my sunflower plant arrives, it will go in Zebedee's pot which I will then put next to Rosemary. 🌻
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Aw, that’s beautiful. I always think it’s nice for their resting place. I was admiring Bill and Ted’s pots yesterday, they look lovely and it’s nice to talk to them when you are out in the garden
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
On another thread, you mentioned that serious bloat isn't caused usually by diet, so assuming Rosemary did have bloat, what things might have caused it? Or could it be that it was her time, and her gut shut down first leaving her with lots of fresh grass fermenting in her stomach?
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In my own experience there is very often an underlying frailness of sorts with severe bloat - not necessarily all that noticeable. The underlying frailness is like a powder keg but charge what ultimately sets is much more down to circumstance and the link is very often not quite direct. The wrong food is just one of the potential tiggers (which are often not obvious) but it has to happen when conditions are right for setting the powder keg off. We don't really know what sets off severe bloat; but the frailer a piggy is the less good is the prognosis. :(

A long term diet of lots of pellets and sugary fruit and veg (like carrots) eating into the overall hay consumption can be another contributing factor but that has definitely not been the case with Rosemary.

The point I wanted to make in my other thread is that severe bloat is not mainly caused by a bad reaction to food but that there are other important contributing factors that put it in an entirely different category to a tummy upset with some bloating but still a soft belly.
 
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