katkor03
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2015
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- Joined
- Nov 13, 2015
- Messages
- 125
So last Saturday night, my pig got himself a hay poke. He is my youngest boar of two, about a little over a year old. I didn't notice until early Sunday morning and called my vet who is a small pet vet, and have been with her before. We had the appointment and she did a stain test, saying that she was sure his eye had been perforated a few layers and gave me antibacterial drops to give four times a day. I was supposed to see her after a period of ten days to see if he needed surgery to get his eye removed.
The day I noticed, (I don't have pictures) it looked glazed over and filmy like someone with a cataract. It had a white spot where you could tell the impact was. Since then, it's been about four days on the drops and it looks less filmy and opaque, and more glossy again. He can open it all the way now, but not all the time. I was told to call her if anything about the eye changed. Crust forms, color changes, etc. The eye now has a ring of light brown around it, almost like a human Iris. So I contacted her immediately and she told me she wasn't sure if that was a good or bad sign and that she would do an air pressure test, as she wasn't sure as to why it would change colors like that.
She gave me an estimate "that she would do on her own pets" for the surgery in the absolute worst case scenario ($1,200) and as a college student making 300 a month, I told her there was no way I could afford that. Even on a payment plan she would only accept two installments. She said she would try to come up with an alternative treatment plan, but even if it was $500 I would have a hard time paying that. The last option she said would be that I'd have to put him down if I couldn't afford it. She made me feel like I don't care about my babies because I couldn't pay. They are my world. They helped me get through so many nights of anxiety and depression. I'd be ripped apart if I had my little baby die because of a hay poke.
Has anyone experienced a bad hay poke and know if a color change is okay?
She told me to start looking gathering money to put him down, and at neutering my boy and getting a pair of girls instead. I don't even know what the "right" thing to do after my baby died would be. I can't even imagine it right now.
The day I noticed, (I don't have pictures) it looked glazed over and filmy like someone with a cataract. It had a white spot where you could tell the impact was. Since then, it's been about four days on the drops and it looks less filmy and opaque, and more glossy again. He can open it all the way now, but not all the time. I was told to call her if anything about the eye changed. Crust forms, color changes, etc. The eye now has a ring of light brown around it, almost like a human Iris. So I contacted her immediately and she told me she wasn't sure if that was a good or bad sign and that she would do an air pressure test, as she wasn't sure as to why it would change colors like that.
She gave me an estimate "that she would do on her own pets" for the surgery in the absolute worst case scenario ($1,200) and as a college student making 300 a month, I told her there was no way I could afford that. Even on a payment plan she would only accept two installments. She said she would try to come up with an alternative treatment plan, but even if it was $500 I would have a hard time paying that. The last option she said would be that I'd have to put him down if I couldn't afford it. She made me feel like I don't care about my babies because I couldn't pay. They are my world. They helped me get through so many nights of anxiety and depression. I'd be ripped apart if I had my little baby die because of a hay poke.
Has anyone experienced a bad hay poke and know if a color change is okay?
She told me to start looking gathering money to put him down, and at neutering my boy and getting a pair of girls instead. I don't even know what the "right" thing to do after my baby died would be. I can't even imagine it right now.