Piggie Arthritis

[sdshorty]

Geez, when it rains it pours huh

I took my little Nismo to the vet yesterday cuz his front tooth had overgrown yet again, and he wasn't able to pick up and eat his veggies. Well after doing some tests because he's been walking kinda funny lately and his hair seems to be thinning, the vet thinks he has arthritis . He thinks that might be causing him stress, hence the hair loss, but also he's been having poopy buildup on his peepee area, so he probably hasn't been able to bend far enough to clean there. My poor sickly pig, he's a little over 4 years old now, and I"ve had him since he was about 2 months old, and since his first year he's always had ailments. He's pretty small, so I'm thinking he must have been the runt in his litter. So after some X-rays and putting him under anesthesia to have his teeth trimmed, he's back home with meds, some extra vitamin C, and hopefully he'll get better soon. But it's possible he may have to be on meds for arthritis for his whole life if it becomes chronic, my poor baby . (Nismo is the white little piggie in my sig)