severe mites--need Dex dose quick
sure you can, kj. Just email me. Cavyhaven@earthlink.net
Thanks everyone, for your kindness. We'll get them some Torb tomorrow and maybe some more Dex. Then maybe some fleece so they don't have to lie on the rough shavings.
They started wheeking for food when they heard the other pigs at veggie time. Poor things. You can tell by their voices that they are weak. I did see one of them drinking water and they ate the veggies I gave them.
I'll post an update tomorrow (thanks to ChunkyPiggies, who is letting me use her email account).
Thanks everyone, for your kindness. We'll get them some Torb tomorrow and maybe some more Dex. Then maybe some fleece so they don't have to lie on the rough shavings.
They started wheeking for food when they heard the other pigs at veggie time. Poor things. You can tell by their voices that they are weak. I did see one of them drinking water and they ate the veggies I gave them.
I'll post an update tomorrow (thanks to ChunkyPiggies, who is letting me use her email account).
wherewas this petco at ? that's how bad patchy looked when i first got him! Such a shame on those people!
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kleenmama
- I GAVE, dammit!
I'm afraid a tube might rub continuously and stick to the open sores. CAn you somehow fashion little booties you can put over the back feet, then tape them on? The back feet are doing the damage, they can't reach much with those little front legs.
I would cut off the fingertips of a cotton glove and slide those over the rear feet, then tape them at the upper leg.
What a friggin mess. Those poor animals.
You are more than welcome for the hay. Seems like it came just in time.
I would cut off the fingertips of a cotton glove and slide those over the rear feet, then tape them at the upper leg.
What a friggin mess. Those poor animals.
You are more than welcome for the hay. Seems like it came just in time.
That's how bad patchy looked when i got him in June!
Patchy face in Mid June
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
Patchy Face in August
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
Patchy and his mites-getting patched up in June-after 2 baths- 2 ivo shots looked way more worse than this
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
Patchy face in Mid June
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
Patchy Face in August
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
Patchy and his mites-getting patched up in June-after 2 baths- 2 ivo shots looked way more worse than this
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lattie ... pg&.view=t
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Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
You can also use gauze and vetwrap on the back feet. The gauze would buffer the feet from contacting the vetwrap (I don't think Nina's skin did well with direct vetwrap contact). The vetwrap is very cheap and sticks to itself. A collar of non-stretchable tape at the ankle would also secure it.
Take a look at these products on www.guinealynx.info/supplies.html if you're not familiar with them.
I would just bandage the foot itself and secure at the ankle if you don't think the vetwrap would do it.
Take a look at these products on www.guinealynx.info/supplies.html if you're not familiar with them.
I would just bandage the foot itself and secure at the ankle if you don't think the vetwrap would do it.
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kleenmama
- I GAVE, dammit!
Since the pigs are so sensitive and in such pain, I was trying to come up with what would be a quick fix with the least amount of handling.
Sliding on glove fingertips and a quick tape seemed the fastest. Wrapping the feet like Lynx suggested would work just as well, I just know for me, it would take more futzing with the pigs. When I clip nails, I hold the pig with their back to my chest, and their little back feet are just hanging out there.
Sliding on glove fingertips and a quick tape seemed the fastest. Wrapping the feet like Lynx suggested would work just as well, I just know for me, it would take more futzing with the pigs. When I clip nails, I hold the pig with their back to my chest, and their little back feet are just hanging out there.
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Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Yes, anything to prevent them from scratching. I really hope these pigs pull through. You are giving them a chance to make it and that means alot (from a misplaced post, leebee had mentioned T's using valium for the pain . Valium is also an appetite stimulant and might help these pigs if it can be used with steroids).
Chary - that first photo scared me it looked so much like Maggie May sitting in the background. The following photos look like they have fresh skin or is there alot of yeast buildup as well? It is hard to see.
I did sweaters (children's sock) for the first few days, but have now switched to a very effective wrap. It is so much more comfortable for Pumpkin and there is no pulling it on and off over their head while it hurts. It also doesn't stick to the fabric of the sock and will allow you to cleanse the sores, treat them if your vet wants you to and keep her from scratching.
If you decide to wrap their feet, I have had the best luck (on a piggie with bumble foot) to use a piece of gauze wrapped up with a piece of vetwrap. She kept it on; however, she didn't have the urge to scratch herself either. She kept it pretty still.
If you would like, I can email you a photo of Pumpkin in her wrap if that would help you. It is just basically sterile gauze with a layer of really soft gauze stuff over it (not sure what it is called, but is thick and soft) and then vet wrap around the middle (like a belt) and looping through her armpits like Crazy 8s. She has kept it on for 2 days now and it is not even worn where she scratches at it. It gives her complete relief as she never screams while scratching anymore.
As far as people being surprised that this happened in someone's care, I am not one ioda surprised. I find that when I take in individual owner turn ins they are in far worse shape than any of the piggies that I took in from that 150 recovery last October.
I have to get busy and may not be checking my email as often today (cage cleaning day), but shoot me an email if you want the photo and I can email it back to you.
Good Luck with these babies, I know how busy you are and also how badly they need you. Keep up the good work.
I did sweaters (children's sock) for the first few days, but have now switched to a very effective wrap. It is so much more comfortable for Pumpkin and there is no pulling it on and off over their head while it hurts. It also doesn't stick to the fabric of the sock and will allow you to cleanse the sores, treat them if your vet wants you to and keep her from scratching.
If you decide to wrap their feet, I have had the best luck (on a piggie with bumble foot) to use a piece of gauze wrapped up with a piece of vetwrap. She kept it on; however, she didn't have the urge to scratch herself either. She kept it pretty still.
If you would like, I can email you a photo of Pumpkin in her wrap if that would help you. It is just basically sterile gauze with a layer of really soft gauze stuff over it (not sure what it is called, but is thick and soft) and then vet wrap around the middle (like a belt) and looping through her armpits like Crazy 8s. She has kept it on for 2 days now and it is not even worn where she scratches at it. It gives her complete relief as she never screams while scratching anymore.
As far as people being surprised that this happened in someone's care, I am not one ioda surprised. I find that when I take in individual owner turn ins they are in far worse shape than any of the piggies that I took in from that 150 recovery last October.
I have to get busy and may not be checking my email as often today (cage cleaning day), but shoot me an email if you want the photo and I can email it back to you.
Good Luck with these babies, I know how busy you are and also how badly they need you. Keep up the good work.
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HollyT
- Get on your bike.
Chary and I missed each other last night and this morning so she dropped them off at the vet this morning. They have been eating vegetables and some cavy performance....yeah. They hadn't been eating any pellets before. They've received some Torb I think she said. She also said they smell really bad so I don't know if that could be yeast build up or dying tissue. They are very malnutritioned, scurvy, don't eat hay. The pair lived in that bird cage. I think she said 12x12".
They came from a family that had absolutely no empathy for animals. They were not a poor family that couldn't afford basic care living in a fairly expensive area. They were just the type of people that were unfeeling, uncaring. I hope charges are brought against this family.
They came from a family that had absolutely no empathy for animals. They were not a poor family that couldn't afford basic care living in a fairly expensive area. They were just the type of people that were unfeeling, uncaring. I hope charges are brought against this family.
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