URI/bronchitis

[Kitana]

Hi everyone I’m new here!
I just need some advice, my 5 year old sow was taken to vets 3 days ago because she’d had a eye infection, which quickly turned into sneezing & popping noises as well as really heavy breathing so they gave us baytril 0.4 twice a day, Anyways.. so I took her back yesteday because I was worrying myself sick thinking she’s breathing heavier and the vet said he can’t do much more and to give her until today to see any improvements if not she needs to go back. She’s eating a little bit and I’m giving her water throufh a syringe. What else can I do? I’m so scared of losing her I have severe anxiety and she’s my whole world and my best friend. I cannot lose her

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m sorry to hear she is unwell.

It’s important you switch to emergency care - that is switching from the routine weekly weight checks to weighing her each morning and stepping in with syringe feeding her a fibre recovery feed or mushed pellets (as the emergency alternative to recovery feed).

You can’t gauge hay intake by eye and usually a poorly piggy struggling to breathe will reduce hay intake (hay making 80% of their daily food intake) - it’s essential you replace lost hay intake to ensure she doesn’t lose weight and keeps gut function.
You need to feed as much as she can take at each sitting but that can mean feeding every two hours and aiming for 60ml per day.

The guides below explain everything further

Thread 'How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency'

May 31, 2024

1 Feed
- Important crisis management resources
- When is improvising necessary?
- Which food group am I replacing with my feeding support?
- How much and how often should I feed and water?
- What can I use that I have already got at home?
- Other possible easily available foods with their pros and cons
- How do I prep a syringe for rougher pellet fibre?
- What can I do without a syringe?
- The role of lukewarm water
2 Probiotics
- Probiotic products explained...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 0
• Forum: Emergency Information and Care

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Thread 'Weight and Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support'

Jun 20, 2024

1 Weight and Weight Loss
- Why regular weight monitoring matters
- How weight changes over a lifetime
- How to weigh on your kitchen scales (with video)
- The weight loss rules
- How critical is the weight loss for my piggy?
- Possible causes for weight loss
2 Body Mass Index (BMI) or 'Heft'
- Why is understanding your piggy's weight so important?
- 'Average' weight vs. individual weight - the big trip up
- How to check for the BMI
3 The Weekly and the Daily...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Health & Illness

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Thread 'All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures'

Mar 9, 2022

Introduction
1 Choosing the right place to medicate/feed your piggy
2 Guinea pig whispering and asserting your authority
3 Recovery products and emergency improvisation
4 Syringe recommendations
5 Weight monitoring: your biggest ally
6 Weight loss guidelines and when to step in with feeding
7 Syringe feeding amounts/frequency advice
8 Practical medication and syringing tips
9 Medicating and feeding cooperative guinea pigs (videos)
10 Medicating and feeding uncooperative guinea pigs (hold pictures and tips)
11 The line between life and death
12...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 0
• Forum: Health & Illness

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