Hi all,
When i was feeding and going round my pigs this morning i noticed that one of my 16 week olds had something wrong with its ear, on closer inspection one ear was swollen up and was hanging down and seemed full of fluid. The ear was painfull to the touch but the piglet seemed happy enough otherwise and was eating normally.
I assumed that the ear was infected and full of puss so decided to nick a hole in it to drain it down but when i eventually managed to get him to cooperate and cut the skin a lot of watery blood spurted out, i cleaned him up and gave the cut a dousing with antiseptic spray.
I'm now wondering what caused the problem and if its a common thing with pigs, was it something like a blood blister that caused the swelling or an infection and should i get a course of antibiotics from the vets just to make sure?
Any advice would be much appreciated
Rob