Kieri
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2011
- Posts
- 272
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2011
- Messages
- 272
hi hello! i haven't posted on here in FOREVER.
anyway, elliot has lost weight. she's 5 years old. aside from the weight loss, everything is fine. she enthusiastically eats, she's vocal, she's drinking normally, she loves floor time, her poop is normal, her chest sounds clear, there's no drool around her mouth, her front teeth look fine, etc. the only issue is her weight. she used to be fairly plump compared to my other pig. now she's smaller and significantly lighter.
i upped her food intake and added more veggies and hay to their diet. there hasn't been any change in her weight from what i can tell and it's been about a week and a half to two weeks since i upped the intake.
my pigs don't go outside, so i don't think it is a parasite. they also aren't around other pigs, so i don't think she's contracted anything. elliot is also the dominant one, so she isn't being bullied away from the food.
i'm calling around to some vets on monday, but i wanna know if anyone else has experienced this? i've googled around and everyone says it's a huge red flag. i'm suspecting molar issues and i'm hoping i won't cost an arm and a leg to grind them down.
anyway, elliot has lost weight. she's 5 years old. aside from the weight loss, everything is fine. she enthusiastically eats, she's vocal, she's drinking normally, she loves floor time, her poop is normal, her chest sounds clear, there's no drool around her mouth, her front teeth look fine, etc. the only issue is her weight. she used to be fairly plump compared to my other pig. now she's smaller and significantly lighter.
i upped her food intake and added more veggies and hay to their diet. there hasn't been any change in her weight from what i can tell and it's been about a week and a half to two weeks since i upped the intake.
my pigs don't go outside, so i don't think it is a parasite. they also aren't around other pigs, so i don't think she's contracted anything. elliot is also the dominant one, so she isn't being bullied away from the food.
i'm calling around to some vets on monday, but i wanna know if anyone else has experienced this? i've googled around and everyone says it's a huge red flag. i'm suspecting molar issues and i'm hoping i won't cost an arm and a leg to grind them down.
hopefully i can find a vet who won't charge me so much. i once lived in texas and i had an AMAZING vet to go to. i moved back home and i can't find any ANYWHERE. they're all awful around here. my friend owned a few boars and every time she took one of them to a vet around here, they'd just get worse. she tried different people and all they did was charge her TONS but never really helped her or her pigs. i'm super nervous about it, bc i worry i'll have the same luck as my friend. my pigs are very important to me and i don't have patience for quack vets who only want to charge for unnecessary medication or tests.
