[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Fireball's Rump Has White Stuff Again

Anderson, Jocelyn M jocelynm at umich.edu
Thu Mar 27 10:47:18 EDT 2008


Hello people and pigs,

 

Fireball had a hard white glue mass appear a couple of months ago on his
rump. The vet shaved the piggy rump and got rid of the glob. The skin
looked a little raw, so she gave me some ointment to put on him (I'm
afraid I don't remember the name of it offhand). About three weeks
later, it appeared again. It seems to come on suddenly, since I don't
notice it the day before.  It fell off on its own and I put some more
ointment on his skin as he had a small scab and I didn't want it to get
infected. It was healing up nicely, but yesterday I noticed more white
stuff, only this time it's on the opposite side of his rump. It's not
one white mass like the previous two times, it has spread out to about a
1" radius. Anyone have any suggestions as to what this is? It doesn't
seem to hurt him, but I don't like it. Is there something I can ask the
vet to do, such as look at his hair under the microscope? I'm not sure
to do. When things get bad Little John watches over Fireball, but I
haven't noticed him doing that lately. Thanks in advance!

 

Also, here's a recent picture of Little John being loafy:
http://www.nflight.com/files/littlejohnonblanket.jpg . Ah, the piggy
life!

 

Thanks,

Jocelyn, Little John, Fireball the Fat, and Flashbang Fatbottom



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