Please help it is urgent!
My 6 year old pig has a respritory infection (according to vet) she breathes heavily and has harsh breathing, She also has loss of appetite and lost lots of weight as well as runny nose. The vet perscribed doxycycline and something else we are picking up tomorrow. Her weight has been going down for awhile and she is not eating or drinking nearly enough.
Her poop is tiny (1/4 normal size) and some are tear shaped.
She currently weighs only 655 grams.
Vet said she NEEDS to be eating even MORE then before so she is strong enough to pull through. So obviously we need to get her to eat some way or another.
We have some oxbow critical care and need to syringe her that and water.
Here is the confusion:
My syringe is "ML/CC". It goes 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc. all the way to 1.0. If I need to feed 15 ml of critical care, do I give her 15 full syringes of it throughout the day or what? Is the 1.0 (full syringe) only 1 ML?
At 655 grams, how much critical care and water should i be giving her?
Please help!
Have fun with the hobby!
-Sebastian
My 6 year old pig has a respritory infection (according to vet) she breathes heavily and has harsh breathing, She also has loss of appetite and lost lots of weight as well as runny nose. The vet perscribed doxycycline and something else we are picking up tomorrow. Her weight has been going down for awhile and she is not eating or drinking nearly enough.
Her poop is tiny (1/4 normal size) and some are tear shaped.
She currently weighs only 655 grams.
Vet said she NEEDS to be eating even MORE then before so she is strong enough to pull through. So obviously we need to get her to eat some way or another.
We have some oxbow critical care and need to syringe her that and water.
Here is the confusion:
My syringe is "ML/CC". It goes 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc. all the way to 1.0. If I need to feed 15 ml of critical care, do I give her 15 full syringes of it throughout the day or what? Is the 1.0 (full syringe) only 1 ML?
At 655 grams, how much critical care and water should i be giving her?
Please help!
Have fun with the hobby!
-Sebastian