Last night I had to take Pudding to the emergency vets as she stopped eating and was hunching in obvious pain. The vet couldn't find a cause but said her tummy felt a bit tender. She also noticed that her cheek teeth were slightly misaligned and that she had a couple of tiny spurs but she didn't think they were a problem as there was no damage to the cheek or tongue and also Pud is a huge hay eater so we concluded that we'd keep an eye on for the future but dismiss as an immediate symptom.
Anyway, she had all the shots (metaclop, baytril, metacam, zantac and fluids) and within about half hour of her being home she was gorging herself on hay and did a couple of strings of pearls. This makes me think she had a bit of fur blockage as she's still sat in the tray stuffing her face with hay after inhaling her pellets in her usual manner.
So, bearing in mind that Pud is a very angry Nethie and hates being touched by lowly humans, do I keep on and do the 7 days of baytril the vet recommended 'just in case' or do I see how she goes? She's done this once before and had a string of pearls and been fine so I'm tempted not to stress her out as I don't think with the way she is now that its an infection.....
Anyway, she had all the shots (metaclop, baytril, metacam, zantac and fluids) and within about half hour of her being home she was gorging herself on hay and did a couple of strings of pearls. This makes me think she had a bit of fur blockage as she's still sat in the tray stuffing her face with hay after inhaling her pellets in her usual manner.
So, bearing in mind that Pud is a very angry Nethie and hates being touched by lowly humans, do I keep on and do the 7 days of baytril the vet recommended 'just in case' or do I see how she goes? She's done this once before and had a string of pearls and been fine so I'm tempted not to stress her out as I don't think with the way she is now that its an infection.....