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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: princesspiggy on January 13, 2011, 06:43:11 pm

Title: poor delilah
Post by: princesspiggy on January 13, 2011, 06:43:11 pm

delilahs been off colour all week, completely shivering allover, lost quite a bit of weight, not eating as much as usual, sleeping outside instead of her usual spot in the barn, then today she had white discharge fom her vulva and seemed lame especially behind, and had trouble walking very far. vet diagnosed uterine infection. Shes got antibiotics for 3 days. she was due for AI next week but will have to miss 2 cycles now. apparently it wasnt preventable but not common at her age - 12mths. i got a scare cos i had visions of her dying from pnuemonia, which is apparently common after cold weather starts to warm up.
anyone had this with theirs?
 :love: :pig: :love: :pig: :love: :pig:

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: faith0504 on January 13, 2011, 06:45:05 pm

oh bless fingers crossed she has a speedy recovery  :pig: :hshoe:

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: littlemisspiggy! on January 13, 2011, 07:19:01 pm

we had this with Dolly in early 2010..we had 2/3 really bad days when we tought we were going to loose her!we gave her goats milk and a bit of banana (its all she would eat!)she had some electrolites from the vet but we had to get water into her so she didnt get salt poisoning!!!!after 3 days she began to get up and drink on her own and on day 4 she was weak but back to normal..she is in pig now at 16 months old and due in about 6 weeks!..i hope you have the same outcome....good luck and my thoughts are with you both.x.x.x :pig: :pig: :pig:

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: gavo on January 14, 2011, 12:04:24 am

This problem is more common after a pregnancy than before and can lead to kidney infection and vice versa; it will take a wee while before she is back to herself, keep a close eye on her as sometimes the antibiotic may be ineffective ,if she doesn't improve further ie  return to a more normal eating and drinking pattern over the 24 -48 hrs after her first injection call the vet again.This problem can kill.Sorry don't want to scare you but know of someone who's sow developed a uterine infection that spread to her kidneys and caused renal failure she died.I'm sure you wont be that unlucky.

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: princesspiggy on January 14, 2011, 07:56:19 am

well i was very worried yesterday - will keep you posted, thanks

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: Hilarysmum on January 14, 2011, 08:32:11 am

Hope Delilah is making huge improvements ...

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: princesspiggy on January 14, 2011, 05:32:43 pm

she was really poorly this morning but looks abit better this afternoon, she had a wander round outside then put herself to bed with dorothy. fingers crossed thats the worst over.
 :pig: :love: :pig:

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: Blinkers on January 14, 2011, 06:21:21 pm

Oh bless her - fingers crossed for a good recovery.  :pig:

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: gavo on January 14, 2011, 08:31:21 pm

Glad to hear she's progressing hope she goes from strength to strength.

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: little blue on January 14, 2011, 08:57:06 pm

poor piggy... hope she recovers well  :)

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: Hilarysmum on January 15, 2011, 09:31:45 am

Hope Delilah is feeling better today

Title: Re: poor delilah
Post by: princesspiggy on January 17, 2011, 06:03:55 am

luckily delilah is getting better, not completely back to normal yet but nearly.
has anyone got any idea what would cause a uterus infection in a 12mth gilt? never been mated or AI-ed. her condition dropped off 5 days before the discharge, but i thought it was the constant pouring rain, after all that snow, that made her lose weight. would the weather have given her a chill and triggered it? she has access to a barn but she does go for long ramblings of her own accord.