Valerie711
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- Joined
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I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY FORUM, However I have no options...
Phoebe is a bit over 5 years old. She is a larger pig, and generally in decent health. (She has a tumor on her hind leg for something like more than a year now, but the vet gave us home care instructions because surgical correction was too risky)
Today, when giving Phoebe her favorite, banana peels, she did not stand to greet me. Phoebe seems to be unable to balance, with a tendency to fall to one side or the other and lay-out flat in an almost prone position. She does not show great interest in food, and has only nibbled 3-5 little bites of all things offered, in total. Her breathing is not labored, but rather finite such that is is nearly undetectable and I really have to check her over to make sure she has not expired. She moves only a little bit, about once every 5 minutes... sometimes she will wave her head about as if she needs a stretch. She feels cool, like she is not maintaining temperature well, so I have her set up in a shoe box with towels for warmth and comfort. Her back legs seem worse off, though if she were human I'd think she had a stroke because one side of her body has different muscle-reflex action now... I called a vets office, and the nurse said it sounds like old age death setting in, but she gave me the opinion it would be quick and I noted this over 3 hours ago. I placed honey on her lips in case her blood sugar is low.
I have no real options. We just moved here from 2000 miles away and we are broke from the move and my husband has the one and only car at work and he is new at his job so he cannot leave early. He will be home in 4 hours if I am lucky...
Any advice? I held her and cuddled her for 3 hours before placing her in the cuddle box with food right at her nose... now, my 2 year old needs me, too.
Phoebe is a bit over 5 years old. She is a larger pig, and generally in decent health. (She has a tumor on her hind leg for something like more than a year now, but the vet gave us home care instructions because surgical correction was too risky)
Today, when giving Phoebe her favorite, banana peels, she did not stand to greet me. Phoebe seems to be unable to balance, with a tendency to fall to one side or the other and lay-out flat in an almost prone position. She does not show great interest in food, and has only nibbled 3-5 little bites of all things offered, in total. Her breathing is not labored, but rather finite such that is is nearly undetectable and I really have to check her over to make sure she has not expired. She moves only a little bit, about once every 5 minutes... sometimes she will wave her head about as if she needs a stretch. She feels cool, like she is not maintaining temperature well, so I have her set up in a shoe box with towels for warmth and comfort. Her back legs seem worse off, though if she were human I'd think she had a stroke because one side of her body has different muscle-reflex action now... I called a vets office, and the nurse said it sounds like old age death setting in, but she gave me the opinion it would be quick and I noted this over 3 hours ago. I placed honey on her lips in case her blood sugar is low.
I have no real options. We just moved here from 2000 miles away and we are broke from the move and my husband has the one and only car at work and he is new at his job so he cannot leave early. He will be home in 4 hours if I am lucky...
Any advice? I held her and cuddled her for 3 hours before placing her in the cuddle box with food right at her nose... now, my 2 year old needs me, too.
