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piggy people.......advice please...

biscandmatt1

biscandmatt1

Wise Old Thumper
maisie can't seem to move around properly. it is like she is trying but her back end won't move with her.

she is still eating as normal.

i went to pick her up to check her over and she couldn't run away, she kind of jerked away and it was more a hopping motion than a walk.

is this a deficiency of something? or paralysis?

i think the right hand side of her body seems bigger than the left. like it is a bit swollen??? she didn't like me touching it.

she hasn't hurt herself that i know of. the only things different lately are that they have had some of that grow your own grass, and also some dried herbs - coneflower.

i'm getting all panicky and thinking different things. could she have bloat yet still want to eat???

what does everyone think?
 
Hi, obviously I'd get a vet to look at her but Peter Gurney found that sometimes this can be caused by a lack of calcium. He recomends heavy doses of liquid calcium (0.5 night and morning on first day, 0.5 daily for a couple of days after). If it is this then the piggy would still have a good apetite and breathing normally.

Sending Vibes for maisie, hope she's ok.
 
Amy104 said:
Hi, obviously I'd get a vet to look at her but Peter Gurney found that sometimes this can be caused by a lack of calcium. He recomends heavy doses of liquid calcium (0.5 night and morning on first day, 0.5 daily for a couple of days after). If it is this then the piggy would still have a good apetite and breathing normally.

Sending Vibes for maisie, hope she's ok.
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thanks. i spent ages getting the calcium/phosporous rate right. so i hope it isn't this. i have read about it though and it does have the same symtoms :?

i'm thinking a mild bloat or something to do with her urinary tract.

off to the vets in a bit so hope she will be ok.

she is moving round more and has eaten her breakfast and i saw her poop and they are normal.

poor maisie. :(
 
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