Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum and I'm curious if anyone can help me out. My senior pig Stoffel is about 4 years old. Recently he has stopped eating his hay. My partner and I noticed that he was chilling in one corner of his cage, acting not like himself. We have a younger pig name Klaus who lives next to him separated by a fence because no matter what we have done, they dont want to share their space and neither will be the less dominant one. Stoffel is known to stand by the fence separating them and rumble strut his 4 year old butt off. He would also drink a lot of his water and constantly eat his hay.
I figured something wasnt right when his poops were squishing to his feet and he barely touched his ultimate hay tube. After a couple of days giving him only hay, pellets, water, and some of Klaus's poop, he did seem to poop better but he still chilled in the same corner. I caved and started giving him green peppers and romaine lettuce because that was something he would seem to eat. I also took him the the vet and they think it might be his back molars that are causing his change in temperament and mood. I've been giving him 9 to 10 ml of critical care every 6 to 8 hours and pain meds once every 24 hours.
Stoffel is supposed to get his back molars shaven down this friday. The vet showed me his front teeth and said they looks a bit off but since I brought him in a week of his sudden mood change, she thinks I caught the start of something that could be worse. Though she thinks his discomfort is from his mouth, I wonder why he'll still eat his veggies in the morning and at night. Is that normal? I've had Stoffel longer than Klaus and I've never owned a pig before Stoffel. Anyone else noticed their pig had an appetite for veggies even if they stopped eating their hay?
Thanks for the imput,
Kelly
I'm new to this forum and I'm curious if anyone can help me out. My senior pig Stoffel is about 4 years old. Recently he has stopped eating his hay. My partner and I noticed that he was chilling in one corner of his cage, acting not like himself. We have a younger pig name Klaus who lives next to him separated by a fence because no matter what we have done, they dont want to share their space and neither will be the less dominant one. Stoffel is known to stand by the fence separating them and rumble strut his 4 year old butt off. He would also drink a lot of his water and constantly eat his hay.
I figured something wasnt right when his poops were squishing to his feet and he barely touched his ultimate hay tube. After a couple of days giving him only hay, pellets, water, and some of Klaus's poop, he did seem to poop better but he still chilled in the same corner. I caved and started giving him green peppers and romaine lettuce because that was something he would seem to eat. I also took him the the vet and they think it might be his back molars that are causing his change in temperament and mood. I've been giving him 9 to 10 ml of critical care every 6 to 8 hours and pain meds once every 24 hours.
Stoffel is supposed to get his back molars shaven down this friday. The vet showed me his front teeth and said they looks a bit off but since I brought him in a week of his sudden mood change, she thinks I caught the start of something that could be worse. Though she thinks his discomfort is from his mouth, I wonder why he'll still eat his veggies in the morning and at night. Is that normal? I've had Stoffel longer than Klaus and I've never owned a pig before Stoffel. Anyone else noticed their pig had an appetite for veggies even if they stopped eating their hay?
Thanks for the imput,
Kelly