Medical Topic for Oswald
Update, things weren’t getting any better and I didn’t wanna leave him like that another day so I decided to give him a dosage of the metoclopramide. I gave him .25 of a ml. He pooped more last night and when I woke up this morning to weight him there were poops! And a pretty good amount of them too all over the cage
So she left me a voicemail with the dosage and looks like I been fixing him the right amount. She didn’t mention how long I should do it for though. He seems fine now so should I stop or keep giving it to him? I started on Saturday night and been giving him .25ml every 12 hours. I can leave her another message but she probably wouldn’t get back to me till after they close
Well after I cut him off the medicine he was fine and back to normal for about 2 weeks. Now it’s starting all over again. I started the process over again of critical care and metoclopramide. Perhaps it was too soon to cut him off of it
I been giving him .25 ml every 12 hours but on her voicemail she left me she said I could do .5ml three times a day. Does that sound like too much?
- Sef
- I dissent.
How are his poops and frequency? Is he having any bloating with it? .5ml is standard dose for a roughly 1kg pig, if I remember correctly, but I don't have access to my formulary here at work. Three times a day seems a little high, though, but I could see bumping it up short-term if there's something going on with his gut. Without looking back, did the vet have any thoughts as to why this keeps happening? What is his diet?
His poops were very small ond mishapen on Monday. They are starting to look a lot better and pellet looking since I started the cc and meds again. Still not as frequent. She said if he doesn’t get better could be a liver or kidney problem but that we would have to do a urinalysis and perhaps a blood panel.
Well I took him into the vet and we had some samples collected to try and find the root of the problem. The Dr just called me and said mostly everything was normal but that his urine was very concentrated and had a little blood so she wants to get urine sample cultured. She left a note for the lab to see if they can get the sample cultured or if they will need a cleaner sample. He does seem to pee on me sometimes or during floor time but I never thought too much about it. At least we know where the problem is coining from and could be causing him discomfort. He’s been eating more on his own today but I will keep updating as I find out more.