Poor Smoothpig is in the wars. Have no idea what happened, but he went off to bed as lively as ever on Saturday, however on Sunday morning he had injured his rear leg and was struggling to walk. He still had his enormous appetite so we monitored him closely yesterday and took him to the vet this morning. Luckily his leg is not broken but the poor soul is on anti-inflammatories. Anyone else have any experience of these injuries?
The vet said if there's no improvement by the end of the week he may have to be pts, so fingers crossed.
We've put him in isolation so he can't be hassled by Scruffypig but can still see him. Poor Current bun has been evicted so that Smoothpig can have his cage!
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FernieB · 08/04/2013 15:39
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
08/04/2013 18:38
Oh poor SmoothPig. 
Did the vet have a good old prod about at his poor little leg? Probably feeling for heat indicitive of strain or sprain and any sign of a trauma.
Might he have slipped and twisted his leg? -depending on how active they are. He might have had a barney with ScruffyPig anf tried to get away a bit too sharpish.
Many moons ago my first pig caught his foot in the cage door and pulled it shut on his foot. It was a bit swollen but he could still walk on it. We kept him quite with minimal movement until it healed.
Your boy won't enjoy being confined to barracks- he'll think he's missing out on all the action. 
Do you give your guineas Vit C? Might be worth a supplement while he's recovering.
Is Current Bun homeless now, left with all his belongings in a red spotted hank tied to a stick over his shoulder................
FernieB ·
10/04/2013 11:22
Thank you for the encouraging comments. Smoothpig did have an x-ray and there's no fracture. His knee is swollen and he's showing signs of arthritis . The vet says it's most likely to be ligament damage and should respond well to the anti-inflammatories. The pts comment was simply because I have a very honest and straight forward vet who always puts the animal first - he was merely thinking about the quality of life for a pig who can't move much.
On a positive note, Smoothpig seems to be responding well. He's been resting mainly but is quite alert and is still excited over food. We had him out yesterday in Current Bun's basket so he could watch Scruffy playing and they had a cuddle and then a minor row 
which we had to break up. He's taking his meds well complete with parsley bribes and I'm hoping the vet will be pleased with his progress when he sees him tomorrow.
70 - the pigs do have Vit C, but I've upped this slightly for Smooth at the moment and he's getting extra Vit C veg as well. Current Bun was not happy when he saw me moving Smooth into his cage, but when he saw he was getting the pigs playpen he did huge binkies of delight as it's much bigger. He will not want to move back home. Last night he spent a good deal of time doing 'upside down bunny' which is one of the highest levels of bunny contentment .
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fortifiedwithtea ·
11/04/2013 17:42
Good he's making progress. I could never pressume to give piggie weight loss advice. Have you you seen Fatimus huge round bum on my profile 
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
11/04/2013 21:42
Good to know he's doing well Fernie.
No advice on the weight though.
I suppose unlimited hay, pellets and select veg.
If I'm trying to get weight ON GP2 I give him beetroot, sweetcorn, fruit- banana, apple, melon , parsnip (natural bulky high sugar).
So I'd avoid those for weight loss.
GP1 tells me that parsley is a negitive equity veg (it uses more calories to digest than it contains) - so he should way less than a hamster if that was the case . Cucumber, celery are too.
Dandelions leaves? Good diuretic (the ones in our garden are tiny and sweet , but right in amongst the blardy nettles -ouch),
FernieB ·
12/04/2013 14:33
Thanks 70 - Scruffypig is also a follower of the parsley diet. We don't have any dandelions in our garden - previous owners must have really taken care of their lawn . I'm trying to cultivate some and planted some seeds last year - hopefully I should have a patch soon.
Smoothpig is still okay and starting to put a huge little weight on his foot now. I put him in with Scruffypig for a bit this morning to play and Scruffypig declared war. Smoothpig was all for retaliating but was restrained by my DD. I'm now a bit concerned that I'll never get them back together. Who's head of the piggie UN?
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