Zeus is still down today, but seems to have more function than yesterday. He has tried to get up a couple of times. He is happily drinking all the gatorade we give him. He is also calm enough to chew his cud - a good sign. I'd like to see him up and walking, but at least we're heading in the right direction.
Thinking back on the things that could have been the reason behind this, I'm wondering if it has to do with water. Zeus is in the pen with the pigs. Ruby CONSTANTLY knocks over her water bucket so that everyone ends up without water. I make sure to refill it several times during the day, but if Zeus were really thirsty, he might end up drinking out of the pig's mud puddle. My bet is that there are lots of nasty bugs that could make him feel gross just thriving in that warm puddle of muddy water. I'm a bit surprised by his lack of movement, but it came on so quickly, and without any change in diet...I really think it must be a bug.
Because we used Corid for the possibiliy of coccy, I am going to give him a dose of LA 200 tonight just to cover our bacterial bases. If we had used Sulmet for the coccy, we wouldn't need the anti-biodic as Sulmet is a sulfa drug and acts as such.
Sure wish it would cool down a bit. All the animals (and the people) would be a bit happier if we dropped below 90 F.
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