Yipes! Poor Nina has a badly swollen foot!
That's not what I meant, dammit! I know pigs from other colors get pea eye too. I just thought I heard that cream ones are especially susceptible to it.
You can't have cream and red on the same pig. Most likely, it was lighter (faded) red.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Looks good! I tried flushing her wound tonight. Things were pretty bloody so I only soaked it a very short while (did not want her to bleed excessively). Flushed it more or less. I can see that syringe would work much better. Now I know what I'm looking for. Looks like it would hold 3cc or so?
The swelling was down on her foot some, probably partly because the vet used a pressure bandage up and down. She said when there is even pressure over the whole foot it helps with the swelling. Supposedly you don't want it tight on the ankle but if it's the whole foot, help helps. I tried to make it slightly firmer since it still seemed bloody though it was not actively bleeding when I wrapped it.
FYI, I was also encouraged to cut a small, perhaps 1/2" square piece of a Kendall Telfa "ouchless" Non-Adherent pad. This is something like the pad under a standard bandage and soaks up the blood. Then wrapped with gauze and a breathable tape, this time the whole foot.
The vet used one of those stretchy semi-adhesive bandage material that comes on a roll over the gauze. You can unpeel it pretty easily. The tape I use has to be cut off.
The swelling was down on her foot some, probably partly because the vet used a pressure bandage up and down. She said when there is even pressure over the whole foot it helps with the swelling. Supposedly you don't want it tight on the ankle but if it's the whole foot, help helps. I tried to make it slightly firmer since it still seemed bloody though it was not actively bleeding when I wrapped it.
FYI, I was also encouraged to cut a small, perhaps 1/2" square piece of a Kendall Telfa "ouchless" Non-Adherent pad. This is something like the pad under a standard bandage and soaks up the blood. Then wrapped with gauze and a breathable tape, this time the whole foot.
The vet used one of those stretchy semi-adhesive bandage material that comes on a roll over the gauze. You can unpeel it pretty easily. The tape I use has to be cut off.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Yes, that's exactly what the syringes I got looked like (I got two). And they are PERFECT for this use. I don't know how anyone could expect a 1cc syringe to work adequately. It slips in to the hole (sniff) easily, I rotated it around and pulled it slightly out when I couldn't depress the plunger (pressing against something). It does seem pretty clean in there. I've switched to the elastic gauze bandages over the plain gauze, first putting on that Telfa pad. I see those pads are sold in pharmacies and should be pretty accessible.
I think the worst thing about this is I don't really know what happened. If this is bumblefoot, I have pretty good living circumstances, she gets around (the fastest or at least most slippery pig). All the standard cautions, in my opinion, don't apply. The hay is the only thing that could have cut her foot. There just isn't anything else. And if this happened without a cut, I have no idea how to cure it or prevent it from happening again.
But thanks to you all for letting me know about those curved tip syringes. They really are perfect for flushing an abscess.
I think the worst thing about this is I don't really know what happened. If this is bumblefoot, I have pretty good living circumstances, she gets around (the fastest or at least most slippery pig). All the standard cautions, in my opinion, don't apply. The hay is the only thing that could have cut her foot. There just isn't anything else. And if this happened without a cut, I have no idea how to cure it or prevent it from happening again.
But thanks to you all for letting me know about those curved tip syringes. They really are perfect for flushing an abscess.
My vet says no one really knows what cause bumblefoot. We do know trhat living conditions is not the sole casue since pigs in the right environment get it.
I believe there are 2 causes/types. One is caused by bacteria and one is caused by poor circulation (look to the heart).
Again, many of my heart pigs have had bumblefoot.
I believe there are 2 causes/types. One is caused by bacteria and one is caused by poor circulation (look to the heart).
Again, many of my heart pigs have had bumblefoot.