04-06-2016, 09:29 PM
Well Choccy has now returned to the rescue, having had quite an eventful recovery!
He was unfortunate to develop 2 large accesses in his abdomen. They formed in the canals down which the testes descend. Not an unknown complication of neutering, but one I hadn't encountered before. He had 2 different types of antibiotic, but neither did the trick so he had to have them excised. That went successfully, but by the next morning he had removed ALL his stitches, both external and internal and almost disembowelled himself!!
A swift return to the vet for him to be put back together again followed. This time the vet stitched and glued the wounds both inside and out and even Choccy couldn't remove ALL the stitches and they held long enough for him to heal. By the time he returned to the rescue he had healed up well and his hair had regrown. There was no visible evidence of his adventures.
He went back last Tuesday and went home yesterday.
There was a chocolate sow visiting to find a new friend. She was awful with every other piggy she met and was attacking them on sight. Choccy was the 7th pig she met and it was love at first sight!!
They spent all their time snuggling, pop corning and "loving"!!
They really suit each other. It was as if she said "There you are. Where have you been? I've been waiting for you!!"
So a lovely outcome all round.
There's a really scared little girl at the rescue now. She's so afraid that she attacks on sight, people and piggies, so this will be a hard one. Also a "dangerous" one for me!! All our other single fosterlings have been boys, and since I already have a neutered herd leader in Cecil, I've known that there was no way they could stay.
But a girl, who I undoubtedly will fall for, as I do with them all, may just be a possibility.
Naughty me, I mustn't even think It!!
He was unfortunate to develop 2 large accesses in his abdomen. They formed in the canals down which the testes descend. Not an unknown complication of neutering, but one I hadn't encountered before. He had 2 different types of antibiotic, but neither did the trick so he had to have them excised. That went successfully, but by the next morning he had removed ALL his stitches, both external and internal and almost disembowelled himself!!
A swift return to the vet for him to be put back together again followed. This time the vet stitched and glued the wounds both inside and out and even Choccy couldn't remove ALL the stitches and they held long enough for him to heal. By the time he returned to the rescue he had healed up well and his hair had regrown. There was no visible evidence of his adventures.
He went back last Tuesday and went home yesterday.
There was a chocolate sow visiting to find a new friend. She was awful with every other piggy she met and was attacking them on sight. Choccy was the 7th pig she met and it was love at first sight!!
They spent all their time snuggling, pop corning and "loving"!!
They really suit each other. It was as if she said "There you are. Where have you been? I've been waiting for you!!"
So a lovely outcome all round.
There's a really scared little girl at the rescue now. She's so afraid that she attacks on sight, people and piggies, so this will be a hard one. Also a "dangerous" one for me!! All our other single fosterlings have been boys, and since I already have a neutered herd leader in Cecil, I've known that there was no way they could stay.
But a girl, who I undoubtedly will fall for, as I do with them all, may just be a possibility.
Naughty me, I mustn't even think It!!
Greeting from Wales.
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
Hwyl Fawr o'r Cymru.
This is the web site of the rescue I volunteer at.
http://guinearescue.blogspot.co.uk/
