[SallyintNorth]

Just in case anyone's on that has any ideas...

Piglets now two weeks old, all going brilliantly, little ones starting to eat a few pellets and a bit of apple.

This morning everything as normal, midday Meg her usual self, had a few apples when we had a visitor to see the little ones.  (Just a few windfall apples - maybe 8.)

Teatime, Meg came out of the ark very slowly - not like her at all.  Not interested in her food, threw up a few times.  Then did have a very few pellets but not very many at all.

Have taken her temperature, I am rubbish with these new-fangled things, it says 100.8 so I probably didn't use it right.  She feels warm but not overwarm, her mucous membranes are a little redder than they should be, I think.

She's fed the piglets - there was a lot of scrapping, which may mean she hasn't got much milk, but they were clearly getting some.  One piglet threw up after feeding.  Like a dog would be, it seemed absolutely fine after it had vomited twice.

There's no sign of mastitis, she's not sore below, she's just not herself.  Sitting with her trying to get a temperature and watching the piglets feed, there was a lot of gurgling in her tum.

She hasn't had anything to eat today that she didn't have yesterday, but I've only been feeding the piglet pellets alongside her sow pellets for a few days.

The vet is on his way - but while I am waiting, does anyone have any ideas?

[HappyHippy]

Sorry Sally, nothing springs to mind (but it's been a long day & I'm not at my best)
Didn't want to read & run.
Hope she's better soon,
Karen x

[pikilily]

something springs to mind - rats pee on the apples? did you wash them?
Emma T - with everything crossed that she is ok.

[suziequeue]

Gosh - keep us updated. Sorry I can't offer any useful advice.

[Tiva Diva]

Oh no! The only things I can think of are poisoning or severe infection, or possibly intestinal obstruction. Best of luck to you and Meg, and please let us know how she does. Hugs to you both xx

[faith0504]

I cant give any advice but i have everything crossed for you all 

[SallyintNorth]

Thanks for support, folks.

Vet says resps are normal, temperature is normal (102 is a little low but not worryingly so), guts sound normal, heart sounds normal, udder seems normal, no discharges and behaviour is encouraging.  (He stood his ground a long time and she really drove him out of the ark!)  Piglet vomitting is a little worrying, but he thought they all looked well.  So his advice is if I am still worried in the morning, Pen&Strep - and for any sick piglets too.  But he thinks she's probably just had a bad apple and will come around very quickly.

[little blue]

poor meg, hope she and the little one recover soon,

 

[Miss Piggy]

Hi Sally, hope Meg has a good night and is bright eyed and waggy tailed in the morning. Pleased to hear vet not to worried at the moment. 

[SallyintNorth]

Well I checked on her before going to bed myself and she asked for food, so she's had a light supper of bananas, boiled potatoes and porridge.  Fingers crossed all is ok tomorrow.  (Make that later today  )

[manian]

how are things this morning........
hope all are feeling better
Mx

[Sylvia]

Poor Meg! I hope all is well this morning

[SallyintNorth]

Thanks for all the good wishes and enquiries, folks.

She had a good appetite this morning and has had her normal breakfast, just a slightly smaller portion.  All looks hunky dory although I'd like her udder to be a bit more malleable.  It's not hot though and she's not sore at all.

The piglets seemed fine but I will be keeping an eye as I am not yet 100% convinced she's milking ok.  Hopefully just a hiccup.

As to what caused it...  First off, I can't find anywhere that tells me it's normal for pigs to vomit, so that still has me a bit concerned.  As far as I am aware she had nothing to eat yesterday she hadn't had the day before.  It is possible that one or two of the (not very large number of, maybe 8 to 10) apples were unripe, picked not windfalls - could that cause a problem?

[Fowgill Farm]

Sally
sorry to read Meg and the piglets have been unwell, keep on with the antibiotic that the vet gave you won't do any harm, could be the unripe apples especially if they were cookers, is there any eveidence of rats around her ark, as somebody already mentioned rats pee is highly horrid causes lepcipriosis(sp?) which can be nasty. We've started to push bags of rat poison well under into the middle of the arks base to get rid of the little buggers as they're attracted by aby spilt food which is an occupational habit with pigs around.. Pigs generally only vomit if they've eaten something that doesn't agree with them so fingers crossed it was the apples.
Take care kiss to meg & babies
Mandy 

[DeeDee]

Hi Sally

Hope Meg and her piglets are faring better now. Sorry I have nothing to add to help as we're still new to pig keeping and breeding too, so just wanted to pass on our good wishes.

We're expecting litter no. 4 very soon now,  and have been very lucky that the first three farrowing/ growing/ weaning experiences we have had with our pigs have been emotional (on my part at least!) but pretty uneventful. I absolutely understand your concern for Meg and her babies and hope they pull through and thrive.

Dee x