Another of our hogs well on the mend, this is the hog that was attacked by rats last week.
The wound is at his back end, you can also clearly see in the photos where the rats chewed away his quills to get at him.
They had also started chewing at the quills at his head end to get to him there as well.
Robbie is doing so much better now, his breathing is much improved, and he does not have so much nasal discharge. The spines on the back of his head and neck are taking their time to regrow, although the wound is well healed thankfully.
Winston, the hog that came in yesterday with infected puncture wounds (believed to be from dog bites), and covered in flystrike was euthanised last night as the vet felt his wounds were too severe for him to recover from. Bailley, one of the other hogs that came in last night with infected bite marks all around her face is still very poorly in the ICU/recovery unit. The vet cleaned her wounds out last night and gave her antibiotics. It is believed she has been bitten by an Adder.
We managed to get pictures of some of the litters tonight. Some are two weeks old today, the remainder will
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