Hay Poke, probably not a serious problem but still...
- skinnypigs1
- Supporter in '12
Cipro is what I've been given as well for Barnaby.
That is good news that your piggy will be feeling better soon!
That is good news that your piggy will be feeling better soon!
Well thanks to all for the good wishes!
I would say that she is feeling better but honestly I don't think that she has felt any discomfort at all except for the moment when she actually got the hay poke. Her appetite is good, her weight was 1044g on Sunday night and is 1042g now (i.e. 50 hours after the injury occurred), essentially unchanged. No behavioral changes, no ominous signs or symptoms, nothing.
So everything is progressing as well as could possibly be hoped for!
I would say that she is feeling better but honestly I don't think that she has felt any discomfort at all except for the moment when she actually got the hay poke. Her appetite is good, her weight was 1044g on Sunday night and is 1042g now (i.e. 50 hours after the injury occurred), essentially unchanged. No behavioral changes, no ominous signs or symptoms, nothing.
So everything is progressing as well as could possibly be hoped for!
- caruba
- Supporter in '10
I had a very similar experience today - it was my day off and I was going to give one of my piggies some lap time when I noticed something was "wrong" with one of her eyes. Sometimes they get a bit of hay stuck in it and "blink" it out, but this time it seemed more serious, with her normal ruby eye color almost turned purple, and a deep red where it's usually white.
So off to the vet we go, thankfully we got an appointment right away. They did an eye stain, flushed the eye, and retrieved a hay seed that was embedded deep in the corner of the eye and caused an ulcer. I was sent home with gentamicin sulfate eye drops to use twice daily.
I am glad they were able to retrieve the culprit, and while Mocha is very shaken, she seems much better already. She's happily munching with the rest of the herd. Moral of the story, don't delay, see a vet right away :)
So off to the vet we go, thankfully we got an appointment right away. They did an eye stain, flushed the eye, and retrieved a hay seed that was embedded deep in the corner of the eye and caused an ulcer. I was sent home with gentamicin sulfate eye drops to use twice daily.
I am glad they were able to retrieve the culprit, and while Mocha is very shaken, she seems much better already. She's happily munching with the rest of the herd. Moral of the story, don't delay, see a vet right away :)
- AldenM1
- Supporter in '21
When Snick poked himself last year, we used two kinds of ointment, alternating. This time we too got ciprofloxacin drops. Dr. A said she hadn't given them to me before because she had been out, but she prefers them -- and so do I. They were so much easier to be sure I was applying correctly.
Hay pokes suck, and some pigs seem more prone to them than others. They look super-nasty about 12-24 hours after they work. But they seem to clear up really well.
FWIW, I asked Dr. Ahearn about the rule of thumb that one doesn't remove impalements, and she said "Yeah, except for eyes, ALWAYS pull stuff out of eyes immediately."
Hay pokes suck, and some pigs seem more prone to them than others. They look super-nasty about 12-24 hours after they work. But they seem to clear up really well.
FWIW, I asked Dr. Ahearn about the rule of thumb that one doesn't remove impalements, and she said "Yeah, except for eyes, ALWAYS pull stuff out of eyes immediately."