Well, we did the deed and brought our boars back from Australia -total insanity- and they had to spend 4 months in quarantine. Not sure if it was the stress or change or what but when we got them home (Christmas Eve!) they seemed fine.
Got one of our original pigs back from my sil, lovely sow called Rosie, unfortunately her boar partner died just before we got back in the country. Even keeping in different rooms, washing hands and wearing different clothes for cuddles, the boys got wind and started fighting, so I got them both neutered and decided to just have two sets of piggies!
So Luke (skywalker) is not hitched with Rosie and they seem v.happy together. Except he started scratching a lot. So we gave him a bath with gorgeousnguineas wash but it didn't work. After a bit of investigation I was pretty sure Luke had mange so off we trotted to the vet who gave him an injection of ivomec. Took Rosie too, although the vet thought she was fine and gave her an injection too, although she hasn't been scratching at all.
But Luke continued scratching, v.sad. To the point he started seizuring. back to the vet, she gave him some metacam and that seemed to help. So 3 weeks on, he has had 3 lots of ivomec, 2 lots of metacam, 1 lot of steroids and antibiotics and the poor little thing is still scratching.
He is also deeply suspicious of me now as well, not surprising at all I know. In the last 2 days he has started making a noise that I haven't heard before, it is like a coughed 'chu chu chu' but the vet says his chest is fine.
Any ideas? I tried aloe Vera patch test and that seemed to set him off even more. He now doesn't like being stroked, does a little head shake and is very skittish. I am really worried about him.
Sorry that this was so long. Btw, Marble the other Ozzie pig is fine, snuggled up with Coco (pets at home rescue, I felt so sorry for her, did quarantine etc) no scratching.
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Can I get some advice please? Poorly piggie [sad] long so you have all the details
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SconeInSixtySeconds · 05/02/2013 09:38
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