My almost 7 year old boar has been acting odd the last couple of days. He has arthritis for which he gets medication, and a recently enlarged tescticle, which doesn't bother him at the moment. It isn't a tumor, it's not growing and it's not causing any pain, it could be varicocele, and we have an appointment for an ultrasound.
Two days ago we came he from a check-up, everything was fine, clean bill of health despite his age and conditions. Later in the evening I was picking up poop from the fleece while he sat in one of his hideys and he got a fright and ran to the other hidey. He didn't run into anything and didn't injure himself but he got so spooked that he didn't leave that corner for a full 24 hours, he still ate and came out to me for his medicine and treats, but just wouldn't go near the other side of the cage where he got the fright. Well yesterday evening he was back to normal and I found him in the "scary" part of the cage when I came home. He ate well, took his medicine and probiotics. But this morning I found his bowl hadn't been emptied overnight, although he did eat pepper, and he wouldn't eat his oxbow biscuits this morning, he nibbled on some fennel and had a handful of grass, and he's been chewing his cardboard box. He's eating hay, drinking, pooping smaller pellets and and in smaller amounts. Please help, is he just still getting over the scare ??
Two days ago we came he from a check-up, everything was fine, clean bill of health despite his age and conditions. Later in the evening I was picking up poop from the fleece while he sat in one of his hideys and he got a fright and ran to the other hidey. He didn't run into anything and didn't injure himself but he got so spooked that he didn't leave that corner for a full 24 hours, he still ate and came out to me for his medicine and treats, but just wouldn't go near the other side of the cage where he got the fright. Well yesterday evening he was back to normal and I found him in the "scary" part of the cage when I came home. He ate well, took his medicine and probiotics. But this morning I found his bowl hadn't been emptied overnight, although he did eat pepper, and he wouldn't eat his oxbow biscuits this morning, he nibbled on some fennel and had a handful of grass, and he's been chewing his cardboard box. He's eating hay, drinking, pooping smaller pellets and and in smaller amounts. Please help, is he just still getting over the scare ??