Ghost here again just to let you know F is doing better today.
Here is what has been happening......
Regular readers may remember that not long after I arrived F begun losing weight at first Mummy thought it was because he was much more active chasing and humping me but when he continued to lose weight she got worried.
Mummy wormed F with
Panacur but that didnt help, she took him to the vet who said his tummy was tender and gave him a shot of metacam that didnt help, then the Piggyfriends recommended giving him
Acidophilus.
Acidophilus comes in capsules your human opens the capsule and mixes a third of the powder with 1ml of water and syringes it into you, well F he hates the syringe and after lots of fighting Mummy came up with a new plan she sprinkles the powder between 2 slices of cucumber leaves it a while for the cucumber to absorb it and feeds it to F he is quiet happy to eat this.
F put some weight on not all that he had lost but he stopped losing and got to a steady weight.
Next he had 2 fungal infections one on his ear and one round his testicle these were treated with canaural (ear) baytril (testicle) from the vet, and
Gorgeous Guineas Lavendar and Myrhh lotion on both, they both cleared up.
Last Sunday F stopped eating he was sitting hunched over and fluffed up his poops got really small and then stopped altogether.
Mummy gave him 0.4ml
childs liquid nurofen and 0.5ml
metatone she then syringe fed him food and water and he perked right up.
Monday and Tuesday he was fine.
Wednesday he was hunched up again so Mummy took him straight to vet they could find nothing wrong, but his family all knew something was wrong.
The Piggyfriends suggested the following treatments and Mummy says she owes her sanity to the support of all her friends in the piggy world but especially to the Piggyfriends Mummy.
Mummy tried giving him 3ml
Gripe Water as well as the medicines above he still lost weight.
Thursday Mummy gave him 1ml
Infacol as well as medicines but he still lost weight.
Friday Mummy gave him 1
Buscopan tablet crushed and mixed with 1.5ml water and syringed into him he stayed the same weight.
Mummy gave us lots of treat foods corn on the cob, strawberries, beetroot, yellow pepper and romaine as well as giving F his medicines.(nurofen and metatone)
Sunday F has gained weight he is back to 1039g from 970g.
We still dont know what made him stop eating but we are glad we have found something that helps.
Mummy wants to get him back to 1120g which is what he was before he got ill last weekend.
She would also like him to stop getting ill at the weekend when no vets are open and to stop fighting the syringe as she is only doing it for his own good.
I think her chances of success are slim but at least she has stopped crying and being stressed and is smiling again, stressed Mummy's are not good trust me...............
If anyone is interested in me Ghost I weighed a hefty 1251g yesterday and Daddy says I look like an aubergine.