HDPigletMommy
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- Joined
- Oct 16, 2012
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- Joined
- Oct 16, 2012
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- 97
Good morning. Before I say anything let me assure everyone that Daisy Mae has the first available appointment with her vet today - however that is not until 1 pm. I am taking off work and taking her in. Ok, that is out of the way now -
I'm a MESS today. I need some advice. My Daisy Mae is bleeding a little bit when she goes to the bathroom. It isn't a lot, actually when we first saw it in the pen we thought maybe they had been fighting - it just didn't seem like enough blood to be in her pee.
It wasn't happening yesterday morning - when I cleaned out their pen. However, last night I saw it on the places where the girls sleep - so I kept an eye out and saw Daisy going to the bathroom (right where she doesn't normally go) and when she pooed there was blood coming out as well, not a lot, but enough that I could see it and that it scared me.
It seemed like it took her a bit longer to go than usual to go to the bathroom too. Normally the poos just kind of pop right out even while they are running around. She stopped, kind of squatted and, after what seemed like awhile to me, about 5 poos came out and the blood in the middle. I wiped a bit of the blood on a tissue and collected the poos - immediately contacted her vet (this was around 8 pm and they were just closing for the night but didn't seem to think I needed to take her to the ER Vet...). They are going to see her at 1:00 today (they only have two women that see piglets, so that is the first appointment available for her today).
Have you ever seen/heard of/had anything like this happen? Can you put my mind at ease with a simple idea of what it could be (I am really hoping it is something very easily cured!) If you are going to say something horrible like it might be cancer, please don't. I'm at work and already a crying mess. I'm just hoping someone might be able to set my mind at ease a bit until I go see the doc.
She was great this morning, snuggly - like normal, running around, jumping up and down for her food. Peeing, pooping, eating, playing, sleeping, snuggling, purring when I held her. She seems fine except for that. And I didn't see any blood this morning. I also think if I used regular bedding (not fleece) I don't know that I would have even see the blood at all - so I'm glad I use the fleece!
Could it be something I'm feeding her? I WILL be taking her to the vet no matter what, but I was hoping maybe you could set my mind at ease a tiny bit?
Thank you
Michelle
I'm a MESS today. I need some advice. My Daisy Mae is bleeding a little bit when she goes to the bathroom. It isn't a lot, actually when we first saw it in the pen we thought maybe they had been fighting - it just didn't seem like enough blood to be in her pee.
It wasn't happening yesterday morning - when I cleaned out their pen. However, last night I saw it on the places where the girls sleep - so I kept an eye out and saw Daisy going to the bathroom (right where she doesn't normally go) and when she pooed there was blood coming out as well, not a lot, but enough that I could see it and that it scared me.
It seemed like it took her a bit longer to go than usual to go to the bathroom too. Normally the poos just kind of pop right out even while they are running around. She stopped, kind of squatted and, after what seemed like awhile to me, about 5 poos came out and the blood in the middle. I wiped a bit of the blood on a tissue and collected the poos - immediately contacted her vet (this was around 8 pm and they were just closing for the night but didn't seem to think I needed to take her to the ER Vet...). They are going to see her at 1:00 today (they only have two women that see piglets, so that is the first appointment available for her today).
Have you ever seen/heard of/had anything like this happen? Can you put my mind at ease with a simple idea of what it could be (I am really hoping it is something very easily cured!) If you are going to say something horrible like it might be cancer, please don't. I'm at work and already a crying mess. I'm just hoping someone might be able to set my mind at ease a bit until I go see the doc.
She was great this morning, snuggly - like normal, running around, jumping up and down for her food. Peeing, pooping, eating, playing, sleeping, snuggling, purring when I held her. She seems fine except for that. And I didn't see any blood this morning. I also think if I used regular bedding (not fleece) I don't know that I would have even see the blood at all - so I'm glad I use the fleece!
Could it be something I'm feeding her? I WILL be taking her to the vet no matter what, but I was hoping maybe you could set my mind at ease a tiny bit?
Thank you
Michelle