Snicketysnoksnaksnik
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- Nov 26, 2021
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One of my pigs cannot eat very well and is displaying symptoms of anorexia. She cannot open her jaw well and every time she is prompted to eat she has to give up due to seemingly not being able to breathe. She sometimes starts coughing after attempting also
She has a gait to her walk and seems to be struggling. She prefers not to walk and we have been treating her to plantains, corn and watery feed as it is the only food she will eat.
There are unfortunately loose rusty nails in the sty, we have continuously removed them but they tend to get buried then un-burried. I thought she might of stepped on one of these and due to the mud in the enclosure the wound would be is a low oxygen condition.
She is fairly skinny, as seen in images attached. She is from a litter of around 8 but always had stunted growth alongside a couple others. I’d say she is less than half the size of some of the largest members of the litter. No other pigs are sharing symptoms and all are relatively healthy.
All our male pigs are castrated. The pen itself is rocky with dirt, some mud and some watery mudbaths, we have tried to fill up the mud many times but it just keep becoming waterlogged. The pen doesn’t have many plants but was very green and there are plenty of roots keeping the ground together. It is overall very solid but there are some soft patches.
She is only sharing the pen with one other pig and there is no fighting between the two at all.
Their house is cleaned daily but there is no bedding as they have never seemed to need it and we do not have much. They are fed two times a day, at 6am and at around 2pm. This consists of leftovers and scraps (nothing known to be harmful to pigs, very strict about this) and also corn and watery feed when needed.
These symptoms started no more than ten days ago although this is a rough estimate. We are currently ordering a tetanus shot alongside penicillin and it will be arriving today. We plan to inject the pig today so fast responses are appreciated
Link to video with her walking:
She has a gait to her walk and seems to be struggling. She prefers not to walk and we have been treating her to plantains, corn and watery feed as it is the only food she will eat.
There are unfortunately loose rusty nails in the sty, we have continuously removed them but they tend to get buried then un-burried. I thought she might of stepped on one of these and due to the mud in the enclosure the wound would be is a low oxygen condition.
She is fairly skinny, as seen in images attached. She is from a litter of around 8 but always had stunted growth alongside a couple others. I’d say she is less than half the size of some of the largest members of the litter. No other pigs are sharing symptoms and all are relatively healthy.
All our male pigs are castrated. The pen itself is rocky with dirt, some mud and some watery mudbaths, we have tried to fill up the mud many times but it just keep becoming waterlogged. The pen doesn’t have many plants but was very green and there are plenty of roots keeping the ground together. It is overall very solid but there are some soft patches.
She is only sharing the pen with one other pig and there is no fighting between the two at all.
Their house is cleaned daily but there is no bedding as they have never seemed to need it and we do not have much. They are fed two times a day, at 6am and at around 2pm. This consists of leftovers and scraps (nothing known to be harmful to pigs, very strict about this) and also corn and watery feed when needed.
These symptoms started no more than ten days ago although this is a rough estimate. We are currently ordering a tetanus shot alongside penicillin and it will be arriving today. We plan to inject the pig today so fast responses are appreciated
Link to video with her walking:
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