Pig with bleeding

[frustratedearthmother]

How could you NOT love that face!!?!!

 

[babsbag]

Glad that you got the meds in her, hope that helps. I would just watch the eye and clean it with a damp cloth, which you probably are already. I wouldn't overfeed her at this point, let her system recover from the e-coli first. It is good that she is hungry though.

You are being careful about hygiene and e-Coli, right?

 

[Mouse14]

Yes, being very careful! she's definitely gained some weight too. A good bit of it by my judgement. Sweetest thing.

 

[Mouse14]

The only thing is we were all kissing on her the day she ended up with scours.

 

[misfitmorgan]

For the feed....

2 Tbsp is 29.5ml
2 tsp is 9.8ml

Full size piglets get 40ml she weighs about 1/4 their size so 10ml should be correct per feeding, so your doing perfectly fine feeding her 2 teaspoons per feed. She may end up eating 2 Tbsp when she is 10 days old you just have to wait and see. If you feed her and she is still complaining for more you will know its time to up her dose a little.

Her crusty eye could be from getting scratched by straw or hay or anything really. I don't think it should worry you to much atm, if you are cleaning her eye to get the crusty off dont do it to often because if she did scratch it, your rubbing on it when your cleaning it could make it take longer to heal. Also to be fair pigs sometimes just get crusty eyes in the winter but usually in both not one lol.

 

[Mouse14]

Okay good deal. I just gave her dose 4 of her spectogard. Her poop isn't any better and has taken on a gross smell and is now orange red in color. Do you think she will be okay with the SpectoGard until Monday when I can get her antibiotics? I was told adding egg to her milk is beneficial? I'm really wanting her to make it. I just didn't have the $20 to get spectogard and the antibiotics. I'm regretting what I chose. I'll post what her poop is looking like

 

[Mouse14]

 

[Mouse14]

I'm thinking a tag from a blanket may have caught her eye :/

 

[babsbag]

The SpectoGard is an antibiotic and it is probably the one used the most often for pig scours. Are you saying that the orange might be from the tag? I think that eColi scours smells pretty bad.

 

[Mouse14]

No, that her eye may be sore from a tag from a blanket or stuffed animal. Is the poop supposed to be orange before it gets better? She's still eating as much as ever. She doesn't act like she's losing energy or anything. She's started trying to escape the box she's in.