Another hooting pig - Llewelyn
- dgarriques
- Got Pigs?
Llewelyn is such a special little guy. He sure does not want to leave you that is for sure. When I think of him and being sick I always go back to thinking of dear Spot. I still miss that little angel. Your babies are all so lucky to have you as their person.
Come on Llewelyn feel better please.
Come on Llewelyn feel better please.
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
Llewelyn's saga continues:
I've been handfeeding him 80-100cc critical care for several weeks now, and in that time it became obvious that his molars had severely overgrown.
I made the decision to try and have this problem fixed, since he's still lively, wheeks for his critical care every 4 hours or so, and is clearly not ready to go.
I took him in this morning: in the past few weeks, he has developed a heart murmur, and his lungs are sounding 'rough.' Diagnosis: congestive heart failure. This is likely to be his primary diagnosis. His molars were extremely long, so I risked anesthesia to have them trimmed, since the discomfort was clearly going to get worse.
He barely survived the anesthesia, but the vet was able to trim the molars and incisors very quickly - at least enough to get the length down and give him perhaps a chance to be able to eat by himself.
He's remaining at the vet's on oxygen for another 4 or 5 hours, and then he'll come home with oxygen for the rest of the night.
I'm going to increase his lotensin dosage and add in lasix.
This little guy is such a fighter - I hope this gives him a little more high-quality time with his bff, Heddwyn :-)
I've been handfeeding him 80-100cc critical care for several weeks now, and in that time it became obvious that his molars had severely overgrown.
I made the decision to try and have this problem fixed, since he's still lively, wheeks for his critical care every 4 hours or so, and is clearly not ready to go.
I took him in this morning: in the past few weeks, he has developed a heart murmur, and his lungs are sounding 'rough.' Diagnosis: congestive heart failure. This is likely to be his primary diagnosis. His molars were extremely long, so I risked anesthesia to have them trimmed, since the discomfort was clearly going to get worse.
He barely survived the anesthesia, but the vet was able to trim the molars and incisors very quickly - at least enough to get the length down and give him perhaps a chance to be able to eat by himself.
He's remaining at the vet's on oxygen for another 4 or 5 hours, and then he'll come home with oxygen for the rest of the night.
I'm going to increase his lotensin dosage and add in lasix.
This little guy is such a fighter - I hope this gives him a little more high-quality time with his bff, Heddwyn :-)
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
I've looked through the oxygen threads, but I don't have the means today to get an aquarium set up the way others have done. If anybody has any ideas as to how I could accomplish a safe, temporary oxygen environment today I'd love to hear them!
I have large plastic bins (used for storing hay), carriers.
I don't even really know where to start!
I have large plastic bins (used for storing hay), carriers.
I don't even really know where to start!
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
Bugs Mom, he's been on 0.8mg twice daily - he weighs 1lb 11 ounces. I'm going to put him up to 1.0mg 2xday first and then see.What is his Lotinsen dose going to b
This pig was in the grey area on his xrays, but he was hooting badly one summer so the diagnosis was made. But I wasn't prepared to give him a high dose of lotensin without more of an indication. I guess I have that diagnosis now, and I'm kicking myself that I didn't try a higher dosage earlier.
He's supposed to be on oxygen for 24 hours, so the oxygen man is paying me a visit tonight with more supplies :-)