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Post by clairfo on Aug 15, 2012 18:13:04 GMT
Betty has been dry all day. Vet has said to see how she gets on. She is having good and bad days. She never wheeks when she pees and theres no blood in her urine so Im hoping the vet is right in saying its cleared up. When she has her bad days Im bathing her and drying her completely before returning to her cage and the house has been removed in the cage so shes encouraged to sleep in different places. Fingers crossed its not a stone thats causing this as my vet doesnt seem to think it is
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Post by babydoll on Aug 15, 2012 18:53:16 GMT
Glad to hear Betty is good today, does she squeal when she poops or is she ok?
Jackie
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Post by clairfo on Aug 15, 2012 20:34:00 GMT
No squealing when pooping or weeing. Her poos are odd now though, she is very swollen in that area still and when she poos it sorta only half comes out and she runs around with it peeking out before she pushes it the rest of the way out lol.... gross huh!
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Post by babydoll on Aug 15, 2012 22:20:19 GMT
Maybe get her some pro-botics because Baytril will be playing havoc with her gut i had to get the for Junior as he was on Baytril for 4 weeks.
Jackie
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Post by Orlaith on Aug 15, 2012 22:52:22 GMT
No squealing when pooping or weeing. Her poos are odd now though, she is very swollen in that area still and when she poos it sorta only half comes out and she runs around with it peeking out before she pushes it the rest of the way out lol.... gross huh! Haha, that sounds like my Xander. He walks around the whole time with a poo sticking out of his bum- classy or what? We've checked to see if he's impacted (and had the vet check too) and it turns out he's just lazy  |
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Post by clairfo on Aug 15, 2012 22:59:09 GMT
Its horrid! She was such a classy lady before and now shes picked up some dirty habits!  she didnt used to do this before she got ill either. Whilst on the subject of poop... how important is it that they eat the soft poops they produce? |
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Post by Kayleigh on Aug 16, 2012 7:02:35 GMT
They should ideally eat the softer faeces they produce as it does contain alot of goodness for them, they usually do this when we arent watching thankfully!!!! But sometimes theres spare and they dont eat it.
I wouldnt worry too much though.
Kayleigh
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Post by madmommy on Aug 17, 2012 0:50:18 GMT
The poo-eating bit really had my son curious (he's 7).
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Post by Orlaith on Aug 17, 2012 10:43:18 GMT
Its horrid! She was such a classy lady before and now shes picked up some dirty habits! she didnt used to do this before she got ill either. Whilst on the subject of poop... how important is it that they eat the soft poops they produce? I made a thread explaining it! Check it out! |
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Post by clairfo on Aug 17, 2012 23:08:45 GMT
Here I go again with my odd questions but.... is it normal for a piggy when they pee to like have it come out like spurt spurt spurt rather than one stream? never noticed them weeing before properly but the last two times ive had betty out this is what shes done...spurt spurt spurt lol :s
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Post by Kayleigh on Aug 18, 2012 7:43:43 GMT
Here I go again with my odd questions but.... is it normal for a piggy when they pee to like have it come out like spurt spurt spurt rather than one stream? never noticed them weeing before properly but the last two times ive had betty out this is what shes done...spurt spurt spurt lol :s Hehe yes thats perfectly normal, just means she is pushing the urine out. Both sows and boars also mark territory so they spray urine in short sharp bursts. Many sows who arent in season when with a boar will spray him (usually in the face) to warn him shes not ready for mating. |
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Post by clairfo on Aug 18, 2012 11:25:44 GMT
haha good to know! When we first got lilly, doris didnt like her and sprayed her in the face with wee lol they are best mates now though
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Post by clairfo on Aug 21, 2012 22:12:40 GMT
We have had a break through the last few days - I have found a way to keep her dry which is working and helping the swelling to go down!! Everynight I am smothering her bottom and the area surrounding it in sudocrem! Ive used it to smooth the hair away from her bottom area and its working!! Betty doesnt mind and as far as I can tell she isnt licking it off. Its really helped, the whole area is less inflamed and shes had a dry bottom for almost a week! Shes putting weight back on nicely too! Huuurah!!  Just thought Id share that tip incase anyone else is getting to the stage where only shaving the fur off helps! Smooth it back with sudocrem |
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Post by Orlaith on Aug 22, 2012 7:28:25 GMT
Great tip!
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