[Gpdd] Health: Phylo's Vet Visit

[Megan Gladney]

Hi everyone and every pig! Phylo has just gotten back from his first visit 
to the vet - Dr. H. DeZeeuw, to be exact. :) (He's told Phylo he can call 
him Dr. D. for short. Hee!) He was fantastic. I knew from the minute he 
picked Phylo up that he knew exactly what he was doing with piggies. It 
turned out that we were right, it was lice, and he gave me some Ivermectin 
to give him - one dose every two weeks until all the crawlies are gone. 
Phylo got his first taste of Ivermectin at the office, which he didn't like 
too much, but he was back to eating hay again as soon as we put him back in 
his carrying box. He's going to love me when he figures out that there are 
three more doses coming! :P He also wasn't happy when he almost made friends 
with the two verrrrry large cats that live at the vet's office. They have 
the roam of the place, so when Dr. D. left the door open while he went to 
get the other syringes full of Ivermectin, both of them marched straight 
into the examining room and were staring at the box we had Phylo in! Poor 
piggie wasn't impressed with that or with the loud barking of the two black 
Labrador Retrievers who had an appointment before him.

Anywho, all's well that ends well! We're relieved that it's nothing too 
serious and there's a lovely easy-to-give cure. Thanks for everyone's 
support and advice!

Megan and Phylo.