parjackson
Ridin' The Range
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We lost our beloved Finn ewe Thumbie yesterday.
Thumbie started by being a bit "off" for a day or two, but still eating and drinking. She didn't respond to us with ther usual tail wagging, so we knew something wasn't right. DH also witnessed her throwing up whitish vomit. I went out and checked on her Wednesday afternoon and she was staggering around, leaning into the fence. She couldn't drink. DH rushed home from work and took her to the vet. She was looked over and they diagnosed her with pneumonia and sent her home with some anibiotic injections, saying she should be better in a few hours. When I went to give her the injection Thursday morning, she was sitting still, as if in a trance, with saliva pooling out of her mouth on the ground in front of her. DH rushed her to the vet again. The vet did bloodwork and her liver enzymes were through the roof. Her liver shut down and there was nothing they could do to help her.
This was heart-breaking enough (Thumbie was the sweetest little thing on four legs), but now one of our pot belly pigs is exhibiting the same symptoms. We don't know what to do.
They both had access to the same pasture, so I'm thinking it was possibly a poisonous plant, but don't know what.
Does anyone have any advice/suggestions? I really don't want to lose another animal. We try so hard to do the right things for our animals and when something like this happens, I feel like a stupid idiot for ever thinking a city girl can make a proper life in the country.
Thumbie started by being a bit "off" for a day or two, but still eating and drinking. She didn't respond to us with ther usual tail wagging, so we knew something wasn't right. DH also witnessed her throwing up whitish vomit. I went out and checked on her Wednesday afternoon and she was staggering around, leaning into the fence. She couldn't drink. DH rushed home from work and took her to the vet. She was looked over and they diagnosed her with pneumonia and sent her home with some anibiotic injections, saying she should be better in a few hours. When I went to give her the injection Thursday morning, she was sitting still, as if in a trance, with saliva pooling out of her mouth on the ground in front of her. DH rushed her to the vet again. The vet did bloodwork and her liver enzymes were through the roof. Her liver shut down and there was nothing they could do to help her.
This was heart-breaking enough (Thumbie was the sweetest little thing on four legs), but now one of our pot belly pigs is exhibiting the same symptoms. We don't know what to do.
They both had access to the same pasture, so I'm thinking it was possibly a poisonous plant, but don't know what.
Does anyone have any advice/suggestions? I really don't want to lose another animal. We try so hard to do the right things for our animals and when something like this happens, I feel like a stupid idiot for ever thinking a city girl can make a proper life in the country.