A few years back one of our rescues had that happen and we had to take him to the ER. Too much of the GI was compromised already and they weren't able to do surgery.
When I went back and told the clinic who did the surgery, I found out that the regular vet was ill and a substitute had performed the surgery. (This wasn't our regular clinic)
Good luck to your Simon! That's good news that they feel he is strong enough to go for it.
Inguinal Hernia -- prognosis/complications
YAY!!! That's so awesome. :) Without seeing the pig, I didn't want to say too much but if a hernia had occurred and it was obstructed/strangulated, a shot of buprenex wouldn't have subsided the pain. He would have had signs of shock. Think GDV in dogs or nephrosplenic entrapment in horses. It's the same concept as a GI torsion and you'd see similar things.
Even though he was painful last night, based on what you described, it didn't seem like dire situation. But that could have easily changed.
Anyways, enough rambling. I'm so glad it was just an abscess! Poor guy. And poor foster!!
Even though he was painful last night, based on what you described, it didn't seem like dire situation. But that could have easily changed.
Anyways, enough rambling. I'm so glad it was just an abscess! Poor guy. And poor foster!!
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PinkRufus
- Contributor in 2020
Glad he made it! Hope he has a speedy recovery.
That same thing happened to our dog Maxwell ( the one you met at the park) after his neuter. I was going to mention it last night, but thought your vet was sure about herniation. Maxwell's scrotum kept refilling with pus so the drain is a good idea.
That same thing happened to our dog Maxwell ( the one you met at the park) after his neuter. I was going to mention it last night, but thought your vet was sure about herniation. Maxwell's scrotum kept refilling with pus so the drain is a good idea.
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Talishan
- You can quote me
"Dr. R could not find any herniation. He said the scrotum was full of pus."
WOO!! :-)
Never ever ever ever would I ever have thought I would be HAPPY to read about a scrotum full of pus!
Very best to Simon.
I just wanna add here (without sounding like an off-the-wall fangirl) how much I second Charybdis' comments about CP's value in evaluation. Had our Julia been properly evaluated ... had we had the knowledge, time, whatever to make sure of what was wrong with her ... she might very well still be with us. The more serious the problem and the shorter the time, the more critical proper, knowledgeable, competent and intelligent evaluation, including ALL possibilities, is.
WOO!! :-)
Never ever ever ever would I ever have thought I would be HAPPY to read about a scrotum full of pus!
Very best to Simon.
I just wanna add here (without sounding like an off-the-wall fangirl) how much I second Charybdis' comments about CP's value in evaluation. Had our Julia been properly evaluated ... had we had the knowledge, time, whatever to make sure of what was wrong with her ... she might very well still be with us. The more serious the problem and the shorter the time, the more critical proper, knowledgeable, competent and intelligent evaluation, including ALL possibilities, is.
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Talishan
- You can quote me
Well, this is gonna be somewhat controversial because there's only one reference out there for it ... which one of my vets found for us about ten years ago.
Infant's Tylenol, compounded (you can use baby fruit juice) to 1 mg/mL. Use 1 mg/kg of pig, and I *think* it was q24h but my reference stuff is not in front of me.
The Gerber baby fruit juice bottles have something like 117 mL in them. The standard dropper in the infant's Tylenol holds 80 mg of drug. So I would syringe out the extra in the fruit juice bottle, leave 80 mL in there and put 80 mg's worth of infant's Tylenol suspension in the bottle. Shake well. It mixes very well. Our pig liked grape Tylenol with baby pear juice. (Ugh. To each their own.)
We gave him this daily for ... over four years? I can't remember exactly but it was a LONG time with no evident side effect. We never did bloodwork for liver function but it never seemed necessary, either. He had a condition called "acquired megacolon" (much like megacolon in rats), and was given this for pain and inflammation. Long-term it worked beautifully, and while Tylenol does absolutely nothing for me if I have a headache, it's the only thing that helps me (OTC, anyway) for a fever.
Toward the end of our pig's life I know we gave him more than 1 mg/kg (up to 5 mg, he weighed about a kilo) IIRC with no evident ill effect. The one reference out there mentions something like **100 to 300** (!!!) mg/kg but our vet felt that was a postsurgical dose.
FWIW and if he's not on any other NSAID of course.
Infant's Tylenol, compounded (you can use baby fruit juice) to 1 mg/mL. Use 1 mg/kg of pig, and I *think* it was q24h but my reference stuff is not in front of me.
The Gerber baby fruit juice bottles have something like 117 mL in them. The standard dropper in the infant's Tylenol holds 80 mg of drug. So I would syringe out the extra in the fruit juice bottle, leave 80 mL in there and put 80 mg's worth of infant's Tylenol suspension in the bottle. Shake well. It mixes very well. Our pig liked grape Tylenol with baby pear juice. (Ugh. To each their own.)
We gave him this daily for ... over four years? I can't remember exactly but it was a LONG time with no evident side effect. We never did bloodwork for liver function but it never seemed necessary, either. He had a condition called "acquired megacolon" (much like megacolon in rats), and was given this for pain and inflammation. Long-term it worked beautifully, and while Tylenol does absolutely nothing for me if I have a headache, it's the only thing that helps me (OTC, anyway) for a fever.
Toward the end of our pig's life I know we gave him more than 1 mg/kg (up to 5 mg, he weighed about a kilo) IIRC with no evident ill effect. The one reference out there mentions something like **100 to 300** (!!!) mg/kg but our vet felt that was a postsurgical dose.
FWIW and if he's not on any other NSAID of course.
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