Ack! Why did Jackie lose weight?
- momof911kids
- I GAVE, dammit!
Salana just called me and asked me to post for her. She's on her way to the vet with Jackie. Jackie is breathing heavy, making gurgley noises (like a warthog) when he breathes, he has blood coming out of his nose and mouth, and there's blood in the corner of his left eye.
What should she do besides an xray at the vets?
What should she do besides an xray at the vets?
- salana
- GL is Just Peachy
Stinky Jackie is actually doing better than he looked. He was only bleeding from the one nostril and it got all over his nose and mouth.
The vet did X-rays of his chest and head. They don't have a dental X-ray machine, just a regular one. His lungs were clear and his heart was normal sized (not quite to the fourth rib). She was worried about a) infection, b) teeth, or c) tumor in the nose. She said tumors in the nose generally eat away at the bone, and his bones looked fine on X-ray, plus there was nothing clouding up the nasal passages. His roots were not elongated and his teeth generally looked good. So she took a culture of his nose and is sending that out to see what kind of antibiotics he should be on, and started him on Bactrim (which he had recently been on for snots).
He did have loud breathing (an episode of "hork"y breathing, and some whistly breathing) but those were distinct episodes and the whistling was immediately followed by his nose bleeding a little more. Generally his attitude is good--he was eating hay in the carrier, and biting the towel to show how angry he was about the whole thing.
The vet did X-rays of his chest and head. They don't have a dental X-ray machine, just a regular one. His lungs were clear and his heart was normal sized (not quite to the fourth rib). She was worried about a) infection, b) teeth, or c) tumor in the nose. She said tumors in the nose generally eat away at the bone, and his bones looked fine on X-ray, plus there was nothing clouding up the nasal passages. His roots were not elongated and his teeth generally looked good. So she took a culture of his nose and is sending that out to see what kind of antibiotics he should be on, and started him on Bactrim (which he had recently been on for snots).
He did have loud breathing (an episode of "hork"y breathing, and some whistly breathing) but those were distinct episodes and the whistling was immediately followed by his nose bleeding a little more. Generally his attitude is good--he was eating hay in the carrier, and biting the towel to show how angry he was about the whole thing.
- cavyslave8
- I GAVE, dammit!
I hope he's ok. That would've scared the daylights out of me.
Bugs Mom is right, don't scare us like that again.
Bugs Mom is right, don't scare us like that again.
- salana
- GL is Just Peachy
Jackie's nose has been unbloody all afternoon and evening and he is currently fighting with his mom over pellets. If he bleeds again I'm thinking maybe I should Q-tip some vaseline into his nose like I do with mine. Thoughts?
The vet told me if his nose starts bleeding again to apply pressure on it. HA! Jackie flipped out when I tried to clean off his face earlier today. I can't imagine trying to put pressure on it.
The vet told me if his nose starts bleeding again to apply pressure on it. HA! Jackie flipped out when I tried to clean off his face earlier today. I can't imagine trying to put pressure on it.
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- 4 the Good of all Pigs
Jackie! Don't scare us like that.
Maybe it is his weathercast-way of saying there is no humidity!
Maybe it is his weathercast-way of saying there is no humidity!