[Gpdd] HEALTH: Mr. Rumpy Update

[nancy.mckenna at cox.net]

My beautiful 3 pound American black and white piggie has now been an antibiotics for a full week.  I've been syringe feeding him 4-6 times per day along with pedialite, a dropping from a healthy pig, and giving lots of hay, pellets, and anything he'll eat.  He doesn't eat much on his own and he doesn't drink at all and has lost 4oz.  

He doesn't like to be syringe fed anymore and is starting to fight me.  The four other boys fight a whole lot more than they used to when Mr. Rumpy was keeping order.  I now have to keep my two younger ones caged.  His poos still haven't hardened and go back and forth from getting soggier to getting a bit firmer, but no healthy ones yet.  

I think Chocolate, my youngest would be better off by himself.  He's a cutie that looks like a bear and has an inquisitive personality, but Rascal picks on him and makes him cry.  Cinnamin, my second oldest keeps to himself hiding all the time from the younger ones.  

I'm taking Mr. Rumpy with me today on a three day vacation to Yuma, Arizona.  He'll stay comfortable in our camper where I can look in on him regularly while we are in and out with the quads.  I don't dare leave him at home alone while he isn't drinking.