[Gpdd] HEALTH Question about Tater Tot

Penny Charlesworth piggyfriends at tesco.net
Mon Jun 15 07:30:18 EDT 2009


I was hoping that someone else would take it upon themselves to answer this very sad question.

I sincerely hope that if Tater Tot had an ear infection, your vet would have diagnosed it correctly. When he said that he suspected a neurological disorder, he might have been thinking of cerebellar disease, which causes piggies to circle and fall to one side. My veterinary book states that " these signs are almost always secondary to a middle ear infection, which has progressed to the inner ear...." The book goes on to say that treatment with antibiotics is " unrewarding" -  vetspeak for hopeless.

Whatever the cause, you did the right thing by Tater Tot to save him from any further distress. No-one can bear to see their piggies suffer and, hard though it may be, we have to put them first and make that awful decision to let them go.

So sad.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.


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