Fortheloveofhen
Exploring the pasture
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So I sold a 4 month old piglet earlier today, who I believed was in perfect health. Now I need some advice. He was an indoor piglet and my baby. He was wormed, and fed mini pig feed, sweet feed as a treat, and pears and apples on occasion. He was very sweet but a little shy.
So he man come to see him and I gave him apples and he choked on one, but was fine with a drink of water. I mention this because I am trying to understand what could have gone wrong. He was eatting and drinking water that morning and other than some shaking from nerves or from the cold outside (outside maybe 20 min in 60 degree weather, but used to 70s in house) he seemed perfectly fine. He was pooping before he left and some was a little lose maybe but not unusually as he had apple sauce the night before.
So I packed the little guy up and signed paper work for him, then sent him to what I thought was a good home.
3 hours later the man's wife called and said he was shaking and laying of the couch and refused to stand up. I hear some grunting in the back of the call and told her to bring him to my house, then immediately called my BFF who is a vet tech and almost a vet, and she said she would be over to check him out.
An hour later or so the woman called back and said that the pig had died. She said that they got lost on the way over and he passed in her arms. She said he shuddered and died while they were Driveing. She seemed to be crying and said they named him wilbur.
So I was upset as well and said that I would be happy to give her a full refund if she brought his body back to me, but she refused this and said she was burying him and acted like it was wrong for me to ask about the body. I told her that I understood but would need him so I could have him checked and see why he had passed. She said she would talk to her husband and that she would send him by tomarrow with the carrier that I sent him to them in.
So I Called my mom in shock and she said she think this is a scam. Idk what to think and thought I would ask. Could a pig die 3 hours after going to a new home? Is coughing up a little apple enough of a symptom to kill a pig in hours? Or is someone messing with me because in young and I care about my pigs?
He took a bath before he left, and his poo was not as hard as usual when he poopd in the bath, but he had an appetite and was walking around normally.
So he man come to see him and I gave him apples and he choked on one, but was fine with a drink of water. I mention this because I am trying to understand what could have gone wrong. He was eatting and drinking water that morning and other than some shaking from nerves or from the cold outside (outside maybe 20 min in 60 degree weather, but used to 70s in house) he seemed perfectly fine. He was pooping before he left and some was a little lose maybe but not unusually as he had apple sauce the night before.
So I packed the little guy up and signed paper work for him, then sent him to what I thought was a good home.
3 hours later the man's wife called and said he was shaking and laying of the couch and refused to stand up. I hear some grunting in the back of the call and told her to bring him to my house, then immediately called my BFF who is a vet tech and almost a vet, and she said she would be over to check him out.
An hour later or so the woman called back and said that the pig had died. She said that they got lost on the way over and he passed in her arms. She said he shuddered and died while they were Driveing. She seemed to be crying and said they named him wilbur.
So I was upset as well and said that I would be happy to give her a full refund if she brought his body back to me, but she refused this and said she was burying him and acted like it was wrong for me to ask about the body. I told her that I understood but would need him so I could have him checked and see why he had passed. She said she would talk to her husband and that she would send him by tomarrow with the carrier that I sent him to them in.
So I Called my mom in shock and she said she think this is a scam. Idk what to think and thought I would ask. Could a pig die 3 hours after going to a new home? Is coughing up a little apple enough of a symptom to kill a pig in hours? Or is someone messing with me because in young and I care about my pigs?
He took a bath before he left, and his poo was not as hard as usual when he poopd in the bath, but he had an appetite and was walking around normally.
