Hi all, hope you’re having a good weekend.
I was hoping to get some opinions on a tricky situation I have with my piggies. I really sadly lost my beautiful Gloria last week after a battle with a chronic pneumonia and lung fibrosis. She was under the care of specialists and did really well for a long time but she was getting tired and we decided to let her go when her quality of life became poor.
She leaves behind her friend Harriet, who has chronic URI symptoms but has had two separate clear nasal swabs over a few months. She was previously treated with a long course of nebulised antibiotics. Now she has a slightly snotty nose and sometimes has quiet breathing noise but is otherwise a very happy girl. She is maintained on twice daily nebulisation, metacam and bisolvon. I don’t know whether she has any active infection, whether she is a carrier of something, or whether she just has some scar tissue or chronic inflammation in her nose.
The concern is that if I put Harriet in with my other girls, am I putting them at risk of picking up whatever she has or has had in the past? Currently she’s on her own with a double barrier so she can see the other girls but not touch. I have no major concerns about bonding them as they’ve been together for years in the past and have nice compatible personalities. They were also only separated by a single barrier until a few weeks ago so would have been able to touch noses for a long time. They are all 5/6 years old.
I know that nobody can guarantee that putting them together will be fine and safe. I suppose I just wanted some other views on what people would do in this situation. I really don’t want to leave poor Harriet alone but I also don’t want to risk the other girls. Whatever I do feels wrong to one of them.
Thank you for your help!
I was hoping to get some opinions on a tricky situation I have with my piggies. I really sadly lost my beautiful Gloria last week after a battle with a chronic pneumonia and lung fibrosis. She was under the care of specialists and did really well for a long time but she was getting tired and we decided to let her go when her quality of life became poor.
She leaves behind her friend Harriet, who has chronic URI symptoms but has had two separate clear nasal swabs over a few months. She was previously treated with a long course of nebulised antibiotics. Now she has a slightly snotty nose and sometimes has quiet breathing noise but is otherwise a very happy girl. She is maintained on twice daily nebulisation, metacam and bisolvon. I don’t know whether she has any active infection, whether she is a carrier of something, or whether she just has some scar tissue or chronic inflammation in her nose.
The concern is that if I put Harriet in with my other girls, am I putting them at risk of picking up whatever she has or has had in the past? Currently she’s on her own with a double barrier so she can see the other girls but not touch. I have no major concerns about bonding them as they’ve been together for years in the past and have nice compatible personalities. They were also only separated by a single barrier until a few weeks ago so would have been able to touch noses for a long time. They are all 5/6 years old.
I know that nobody can guarantee that putting them together will be fine and safe. I suppose I just wanted some other views on what people would do in this situation. I really don’t want to leave poor Harriet alone but I also don’t want to risk the other girls. Whatever I do feels wrong to one of them.
Thank you for your help!
