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Womble and the plum fairy. :)

Bill & Ted said:
I know “the look” only too well 😆
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We all know that look! After Christian's mahoosive abscess removal, poor thing had a cocktail of drugs. Metacam, Sulfatrim, Ranitidine, Metaclopromide all he took happily until the vet said he had to have Baytril too. Well he thought he was getting something nice in that syringe. The look he gave me was definitely WTF WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
Betsy said:
We all know that look! After Christian's mahoosive abscess removal, poor thing had a cocktail of drugs. Metacam, Sulfatrim, Ranitidine, Metaclopromide all he took happily until the vet said he had to have Baytril too. Well he thought he was getting something nice in that syringe. The look he gave me was definitely WTF WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Ah yes. The look of betrayal... Baytrail betrayal.
 
I don't want to leave my boy at home but I'm in all day today. Gave him his medicine this morning and he was like a grumpy teddy bear. Moving his face away and pouting. I hope he eats a lot whilst I'm at work. I wish I could stay home and keep an eye on him. My fiancé will be back this afternoon. So hopefully he'll be ok, but I'm not liking keeping my eyes off him for too long. Unfortunately I have to go to work to keep my boy in the luxury he is so accustomed to.
Will have to change his fluffy hide and pee pad tonight. The vet told me to put a white (washable) pee pad on top and change it every day for cleanliness and to be able to see if there is any problems so that's what I have been doing. Changing it just before we go to bed every night after his last lot of medicine. So to recap. Don't want to leave him. Love him so much. Eat more you little bean! Eat constantly. Eat like before you had your surgery. ❤
 
I can understand your concern at not wanting to leave Womble but I'm sure he'll be fine. It's so hard when they are not well or recovering from surgery to leave them!
 
Betsy said:
I can understand your concern at not wanting to leave Womble but I'm sure he'll be fine. It's so hard when they are not well or recovering from surgery to leave them!
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Thank you for your reassurance. I wish I could just skip ahead to where he is well and feeling better but I know that's not how reality works. 😅
 
Kellykels said:
I want to feel that he will be fine. I am just very worried all of the time. Hopefully he'll feel like he'll get some peace without me fretting about him and eat more when the 'nasty syringe lady' is at work. 😏
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I know it’s so difficult not to fuss around them too much when they are off it. I have been in and out when Ted was poorly last week. I’m sure he will rest up and be fine x
 
Merab's Slave said:
How is Womble doing now?
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Thank you for asking. 😍 I have only just got home from work so I haven't seen much of him but my fiance has been home since this afternoon and he said Womble was hiding in his snuggly tunnel and he'd been out for a bit of a nibble of his hay. He also ate all his veggies this morning. I just wish he'd have a go at the hay like he used to.
 
He's not really coming up to the bars and begging for food like he used to... 🙁
Is it normal for his to feel off for a bit? This is day 3. He was nurtured on Friday.
 
Have you tried putting a small dish, like a ramekin, in the cage with Critical Care / recovery food in?
I do that with a recovering piggy. You are doing everything right for Womble, it just takes a few days to get over surgery.

As an aside - do I remember correctly that you are managing to get married in a small simple ceremony this month?
 
Merab's Slave said:
Have you tried putting a small dish, like a ramekin, in the cage with Critical Care / recovery food in?
I do that with a recovering piggy. You are doing everything right for Womble, it just takes a few days to get over surgery.

As an aside - do I remember correctly that you are managing to get married in a small simple ceremony this month?
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I am going to phone the vet and see if they can up the pain killers.
I thought you did not need to give recovery good unless they lose weight.

Well. I am supposed to be getting married but I don't know what's going to happen.
Things have been going upside down a little bit. My fiance and I need to talk about what we need to do. our relationship is fine and everything. It's just getting to the place and my hairdresser got covid etc...
 
The little so and so! The minute I mention him not coming to the bars for food, what does he do as soon as I go in to give him his fibreplex?! 😆 He thought veggies were coming. Silly sausage. I gave him some critical care on a spoon,and he pulled the spoon out of my hand. I put the rest in his bowl. He's eating his veggies quite happily.
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw, that autocorrect has a mind of its own, so sorry Womble x
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No problem. He's more concerned with eating his fill and avoiding the nasty syringe lady. I gave him his Christmas present early. The hay pigs circus hidey. He nibbled on his fresh hay for a moment then ambled over and made himself pretty comfortable. I just want him to have somewhere clean and comfortable for his sore parts so he gets a good nights rest. He's ok. Been more active tonight. Don't want to jinx it. He's going for a check up on Saturday.
 
Betsy said:
Try adding a little banana, grated apple or carrot to the Critical Care it makes it tastier for them. Also you could add a few oats if he needs to put on a bit of weight.
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Womble's putting on weight. I'm just not seeing him eat as much hay as he used to maybe he's doing it while I'm not there. 😊 he lost a little weight on the day of his surgery but that's hardly surprising. He's steadily climbing up in weight and the weight he lost wasn't much. Again don't want to jinx it, I'm still a bit traumatised after what happened with Stripe. Which is why I am acting so paranoid and questioning every little thing. I got back his ashes recently, he's now sitting on the windowsill above his home, by his friend, like he should be. 💕

I'll put a pic up here when I'm ready. To be honest, I didn't go pick them up straight away because I was not ready to see him like that.
 
He had all his medicines and a couple of spoons of critical care this morning, just to keep him going as he's not eating as much hay as I would like.
I would say he was a good boy but I had to fight him with the fibreplex again...
At least his poohs have started to normalize. His poohs are mostly normal now compared to the first couple of days.
 
I found Jasper’s poos were a bit odd for a day or two afterwards as well, but there’s a lot of meds they have when they’re anaesthetised etc in their little bodies so it’s bound to have a bit of an effect. Glad they’re looking more normal now.
I haven’t used fibreplex for years as my past boar Rupert hated it too, I find Pro-C (which is a powder you add to water and syringe) goes down much better with my piggies.
 
I knew that he had a lot of medicines on the day of the surgery, we got an itemised bill to show. So I was wary and anxious (because of what happened to Stripe) but I was aware he may have a funny couple of days with recovery. I just was trying my upmost to make sure he didn't have a funny turn. (like Stripe) I am so relieved his poohs are normalising and he's seems happy enough (knocks on wood) Thank you for your suggestion. I will try find the pro-c powder. :)
 
Womble eating his hay. :) 20201215_122440.jpg
He's in his smaller recovery c and c cage, it's lined with a washable pee pad on top of a guinea dad fleece on top of another washable pee pad. The washable pee pads are from the same company who do vet bed.
I change the pee pad on top and the hide or pee pad inside the hide every evening after he's had his last lot of medicine, just before I go to bed. The babies are next door to him so he can hear them playing and running around.
 
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