Jack with abscess

daj

Post   » Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:09 pm


It won't be here until sometime Wednesday, and there doesn't seem to be any local availability, so I just have to wait. Now my middle pig is having painful poops. I thought Jack's pain had returned because I heard a squeal, but then I saw Melvin pooping with a squeal. I had Jack on the floor earlier, and he races about, happy as could be. So, now I plan to start Melvin on the same protocol, and I'll have to get him x-rayed. This is weird.

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Lynx
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Post   » Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:19 pm


Strange if it is the same issue. Diet? Bacteria? Both? I don't know but hope he's okay.

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Sef
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Post   » Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:17 pm


My guess would be bacteria (UTI).

daj

Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:26 am


Now I've seen blood in his urine just like Jack. I don't know if they're from the same litter. Can you get a brown and a black pig in the same litter?

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Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:19 am


Absolutely. And long hair and short hair from the same litter.

My guess would be a UTI that is getting passed back and forth. It would be an odd coincidence if they both had stones at the same time, but I guess not impossible.

daj

Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:12 am


I wonder if I should start him on the Baytril I have for Jack? Vets won't be back until Tuesday. You may be right about the blood clearing up in Jack being due to the antibiotic rather than the diet change.

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Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:31 pm


They don't have an emergency number? Ideally you would run this by your vet first - then he/she would have a better idea of how serious this is and will agree with giving antibiotics until he can be seen.

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Sef
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Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 4:16 pm


Yeah, I'm not big on giving antibiotics (particularly Baytril) without knowing for sure that there is an infection.

daj

Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:00 pm


Just reading your posts now, but I went ahead and gave it to him this morning. I heard him yelp again, and thought I can't wait. I didn't think of trying to get the vet, and I assumed she would agree with starting him on it. I didn't want to do nothing until Tuesday. Now what? Do I continue?

I am confused on the antibiotics. I thought Baytril was milder than Bactrim? Is that incorrect? I wish I had kept records on all the meds my pigs have been on. I thought Baytril was the AB I've typically gotten.

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Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:13 pm


Bactrim is usually better-tolerated than Baytril, and is generally the "drug of choice" for urinary tract infections rather than Baytril.

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Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:50 pm


Bactrim is much more effective than Baytril against anaerobic bacteria, which are usually implicated in UTIs. That's the real reason for preferring Bactrim over Baytril in that case.

daj

Post   » Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:39 pm


After one dose, would you recommend I now continue with it?

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