My new piggie won't move!

[suzy_99]

I adopted a new piggie today. She is about 1 year old and was dropped off at a pet store in a garbage bag last August. Well, they gave her to me for free because they knew that I would give her a good home. She was really active at the store and I actually use to go to see her almost daily, but now that I have her home, she just sits whereever I put her and she won't move. If I didn't see her breathing, I would actually thing that she had died. When I pick her up she moves her head around a little but that is it. Is this normal for a new piggy? She won't respond to food, hay or anything. I know that she has had a hard life and I want to make her as comfortable as possible.

I am keeping her quarantined from my three girls right now, but all four only currently have one of their ivermectin injections. I have an apointment for their second shot tomorrow and my vet said to bring all four in, as he has already treated my new piggy about a week ago, when the pet store brought her in. Well, I know that during quarantine, the piggies are suppose to be in seperate rooms, but will it be ok if they are in the same car as long as they are in different boxes?? I really can't afford to make two trips.

 

[AngelsCavies]

They should be just as long as they are not right next to each other. I can see for stress that she has been through but I really can't give you an answer. Maybe ask the vet when you see him/her. I hope she will get better and she sounds like a sweetie. Good luck

 

[pennick]

Its probably just nerves. New surroundings. Give her time, shes scared to death. She will come around just like all the others.

 

[DocDolittle]

That's what my boy did the first few hours after I brought him home. He was still as a statue. Just remember, if he hasn't eaten anything for the last twelve hours you have to start force feeding him because a pig's body breaks down fast.

 

[suzy_99]

Well, I took our new girl out for some floor time and after a few minutes she did have a piece of apple and a bit of pellets. I am glad that she at least ate something. She has not yet had any water but it was a very juicy apple so maybe she got a little bit from that. She was very active out on the floor, so I am assuming that it is the cage that she is uncomfortable with. She was in a fairly large wooden hutch at the pet store and now she is in my also pretty large pet store cage for quarantine. I gave her a hidey house, food, hay, water and even some of her "bad" treats (Not as bad as sugar and yogurt ones, but still not the best and I took then out as soon as she wouldn't eat them) from the pet store to make her feel comfortable, but it hasn't really worked. Maybe tomorrow she will be better, but then I'll have to stress her out all over again when I take her for her Ivermectin injection.