michel oosterbeek

kelvyn schreef:


I agree, but nontheless, we do a yearly checkup anyway. Among other
things, our vet allways checks the teeth / molars because there are so
many bad things that can happen to a piggy because of bad teeth
(overgrown, not aligned, etc).

We also keep track of the weight of each of our piggies. Every week we
write down the weight, and compare it with the previous measurements.
This also enables you to act fast before the piggy turns ill. I'm not
saying it's the holy grail, but when a pig starts losing weight for some
unknown reason, take it to the vet. It might indicate something is wrong.
A few weeks ago, our little guy Dribbels started losing weight. We took
him to the vet, she did an x-ray and found a small kidneystone. We could
not tell this from his behaviour, so if it were not for this simple
weekly "weight-check", he could have been in serious trouble by now...

Michel

kelvyn

I agree with you there Michel, with what you are doing, monitoring
your piggies weight etc. My point was pigs fall sick so fast you could
take it to the vet for a check up, let us say tomorrow...2 days later
it could fall ill and be gone overnight such is the speed of some of
their illnesses. I agree with you 100% ....watching the weight,
watching what it eats, is it suddenly not wanting food, its behaviour,
is it hiding away. I think regular monitoring of piggy behaviour can
pick up problems much faster than a vet visit. There are exceptions of
course where your vet picked up the kidney stone problem.
bet wishes....kelvyn