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Post by askylitheart on Oct 29, 2011 4:44:08 GMT
So I have had Cinnamon for awhile now and she is about 8 months old. I feed her pellets and hay and she eats it all up,but she is so bony! All my other piggy's have gained weight and when I feed them she is always the first one to look up while I'm putting food in and then she dives in. So I was wondering if anyone has an idea of what it could be? It just confuses me as to how she can eat so much and yet still be so skinny.
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Post by Kayleigh on Oct 29, 2011 7:38:35 GMT
What breed is she? And how much does she weigh? This will help give us an idea. A pigture will also help.
Kayleigh
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Post by askylitheart on Oct 29, 2011 7:59:56 GMT
I am unsure as to what bred she is. And according to my scale she is 430g. Also her breathing is always faster than all the other piggies breathing. Here's a picture. It's kind of hard to see her skinnyness since she has long hair. :/  |
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Post by askylitheart on Oct 29, 2011 8:00:14 GMT
*breed
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Post by Kayleigh on Oct 29, 2011 8:21:49 GMT
She looks like a sheltie. And as for weight at 8 months that is fairly small especially for a sheltie type. Did you get her from a breeder or petstore? Also what pellet are you feeding? You could try feeding her oats to fatten her up, if this doesnt work i would be more inclined to say maybe she has an underlying health issue. When you say she breathes faster is it a crackly breathing or just quicker panting.
Kayleigh
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Post by askylitheart on Oct 29, 2011 8:29:43 GMT
I got her from Petco and I feed them Oxbow pellets. And her breathing sounds crackly. Sort of like her nose is stuffed,but it's dry. There was an incident awhile back in August when I lived in a different city for a month and it was very very hot there and I had the fan on all of my piggies,but there was a day when I looked in and Cinnamon was on her side kind of spazzing and I tried to put her upright and she just fell over and spazzed some more,but then she stopped and started running around like nothing happened. I thought it could have been a heat stroke of some sort,so after that I moved back to San Francisco where the weather was much cooler. Could this maybe be related to that? Like an after effect of some kind?
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Post by askylitheart on Oct 29, 2011 8:39:17 GMT
Here's another picture of her...her hairs kind of messy today. Sorry about that,but she looks small right?  |
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Post by twistedsymphony on Oct 29, 2011 15:34:21 GMT
:/ I don't know, I would say take her to the vet for a check up, breathing could be a uri.
Have you checked her teeth lately? My pigs have done the spazzing out like that thing but I just assumed mine were popcorning... because it doesn't last long and they seem fine. But she is quite skinny so I would definitely take her to the vets, I am not sure what it could be but its probably something.
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Post by Kayleigh on Oct 29, 2011 17:39:13 GMT
Sounds like she has a URI so i would defo get her checked out. Is that her hair colouration on her stomach or has she layed in something. Looks kinder green. Yes she looks a little underweight, Is she getting enough food? Maybe housing her by herself for a few days will let you see if shes eating her fair share.
Kayleigh
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Post by askylitheart on Oct 30, 2011 0:07:53 GMT
oh that's just the crappy lighting in my hallway. My bf said "Their gonna think she peed on herself or something" xP lol sorry about that :/
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Post by Kayleigh on Oct 30, 2011 21:13:44 GMT
Ahh ok. I would suggest weighing her on a weekly basis to ensure shes putting weight on. If she doesnt then i would seperate her from her friends incase she has something contagious. Ensure she gets plenty of veggies, hay and food.
Kayleigh
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