FW: [Gpdd] BEHAVIOUR aggressive pig and water bottles

[Nancy Tuffli]

Carole,

The excessive drinking could be bad.  How much?  My vet said GPs should 
drink about one ounce per day per pound of body weight.

Excess water intake was the first clue I had that my GP had diabetes.  I 
recommend taking her to the vet, however, you can buy some Diastix at any 
drug store to test her urine glucose (I would test it several times 
throughout the day).  Either way, it will probably mean a trip to the vet.

Good luck!
Nancy


>From: "Carole Appleby" <guinea_pig_8 at hotmail.com>
>To: Gpdd at gpdd.org
>Subject: [Gpdd] BEHAVIOUR aggressive pig and water bottles
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:43:40 +0000
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>Hi everyone, As you all know my Spikey gave me that bad bite when he was 
>angrey because another male pig was close.I was worried about him doing it 
>again for quite a while but he has shown no signs.Sat was nail clipping day 
>we did all the girls but i was nervous when it came to Spikey as he makes 
>such a fuss as well .But no biting not even a nip.So no i havnt heard of 
>pigs being aggressive for no reason.I think he proberly did have something 
>wrong with him.On to water bottles i use to fill mine up to nearly full and 
>they kept leaking ,i told the pet shop she said they have to be filled 
>right to the top so they dont get an air lock which makes them 
>leak.Sometimes they start again when they go down a bit i just refill them.
>         I have a question i no weve talked about excessive drinking ,i 
>have one of my girls who drinks alot she was pregnant at two months i 
>bought her from the pet shop no one knew.She had 3 babies last summer but 
>only one survived.She seems healthy eats well and lively could it be shes 
>just thirstier then the rest shes quite timid and i dont want the vet 
>messing with her for nothing.And what would they do if i did take her a 
>blood test dosnt sound nice for her.
>      Many thanks Carole ,Spikey and gang
>
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