hey
im so sorry to hear about your loss. It sounds as if your piggy had
an obstruction in the bowel combined with old age maybe. You tried
your best and if there was internal bleeding then there was nothing
you could do. Dont feel guilty over it because it just happens and
you cant help it.
my deepest sympathy
jess
--- In aahhhbabyguineas@yahoogroups.com, "Heather"
<rx_queen_666@y...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Unfotunately my oldest female pig Gillian died this morning.
> The strange thing is, I don't understand why.
> A few months ago she started to lose her fur on her back, then it
> spread right up her back towards her head. And it was just coming
> off in little clumps with this gooey stuff attatched to it ( it may
> have been her skin it was really hard to tell).
> About a week ago she lost her appetite and was just lying in her
cage.
> About 3 days ago I noticed she stopped drinking too and she was
losing
> weight. The next night I noticed spots of blood in her cage on some
> of the wood chips, it was coming from her bum area but wasn't
really
> that bad and then last night I was trying to force some water into
her
> but she just shook and moaned and her heart was beating out her
body
> and she was bleeding more and I knew she wasn't going to come out
of
> this. When I woke up this morning she had just passed because her
> belly was still a little warm.
> I thought I would share this with everyone and see if this has
> happened to anyone elses pigs before and if they know what it is
and
> how to avoid it ever happening again. I have two other pigs and I
don't
> want the same thing to happen to them. This is the first time I
have
> lost a pet and it is pretty hard, I am defenitely an animal
lover :)
> I also feel a little guilty because maybe I did something wrong or
> maybe I could have helped her somehow.
> So if anyone can help please do!
> Thanks
> Take care
> Heather