On October 22nd there was a knock at the door. It was Donna and she told me she'd just walked past a hog (out in the daytime = bad) around the corner. She was just grabbing something to carry it with and would be back with it in a flash.
This boy weighed 430gms on admission and was far too light for his size. Apart from missing his outside toes on both of his front feet, there was nothing obviously wrong with him which was puzzling, however he was VERY smelly which usually indicates Mange although there was no sign of that either.... After we tucked him up with a heatpad and some food and water and I contacted Narelle and we wondered if Pete had lost his toes in a strimmer/weed eater accident - unfortunatley, this is not an uncommon injury.
We had arranged to meet up with Narelle in Auckland the following day so that I could give her some Hog Hospital Boxes I had made for her and when we spoke, Narelle offered to take Stinky Pete; as Geri had named him LOL, for me.
So off we went to Auckland the next day with Stinky Pete in tow. Although we didn't know it at the time this was to be the beginning of a new era of 'Hog Trafficking' between Narelle and me.
Although Pete initially did well, he started losing weight and his stinkyness got worse. He also had some white toes and this discolouration started moving up his feet towards his legs. Narelle is an amazing super sleuth when it comes to hogs and she eventually suspected that Pete had a fungal issue. Her vet; Berend, concurred and a biopsy was cultured. The results showed a fungus that Berend had never seen before - and he is very experienced with HH treatment etc. They concluded that Pete had lost his toes not to a strimmer, but to the fungal attack/infection.
In spite of Narelle and Berend's best efforts, Pete wasn't responding to any treatment, continued to loose weight, the fungus was basically killing his feet and was eventually going to move up higher onto his legs so the decision was made to put him out of his misery.
RIP Stinky Pete - may the air ever be fresh and sweet for you over the Rainbow Bridge.
This boy weighed 430gms on admission and was far too light for his size. Apart from missing his outside toes on both of his front feet, there was nothing obviously wrong with him which was puzzling, however he was VERY smelly which usually indicates Mange although there was no sign of that either.... After we tucked him up with a heatpad and some food and water and I contacted Narelle and we wondered if Pete had lost his toes in a strimmer/weed eater accident - unfortunatley, this is not an uncommon injury.
We had arranged to meet up with Narelle in Auckland the following day so that I could give her some Hog Hospital Boxes I had made for her and when we spoke, Narelle offered to take Stinky Pete; as Geri had named him LOL, for me.
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Although Pete initially did well, he started losing weight and his stinkyness got worse. He also had some white toes and this discolouration started moving up his feet towards his legs. Narelle is an amazing super sleuth when it comes to hogs and she eventually suspected that Pete had a fungal issue. Her vet; Berend, concurred and a biopsy was cultured. The results showed a fungus that Berend had never seen before - and he is very experienced with HH treatment etc. They concluded that Pete had lost his toes not to a strimmer, but to the fungal attack/infection.
In spite of Narelle and Berend's best efforts, Pete wasn't responding to any treatment, continued to loose weight, the fungus was basically killing his feet and was eventually going to move up higher onto his legs so the decision was made to put him out of his misery.
RIP Stinky Pete - may the air ever be fresh and sweet for you over the Rainbow Bridge.
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