Kalusha's Cavies

Today was a truly awful day which ended with Roman being put to sleep. He was 'not himself' the last week or so despite having the company of a lovely lady. So the couple came indoors for some observation and Roman just wasn't interested in food. I spent the day hand-feeding along with anti-biotics and pre-biotices whilst he ocasionally picked at fresh grass. Then every 2 hours through the night the same. By 4am he was starting to bloat - and hadn't 'passed anything' for 20 hours - so off to the vets! The vets tried stimulating his gut going again along with fluid and pain relief. However he was so uncomfortable and 'not a good candidate for surgery given his low body temperature. So seeing he was in pain I made the excrutiating decision to put him to sleep.

It has been such a huge shock and I still expect to see him looking out of his cage expecting a stroke or food. He was a brilliant gentleman and such a superb breeding boar. To have lost him is devastating as he would never have left here and as such I thought I had many more years to have his sons and daughters. I can only hope the fortnight he spent with Vivian was enough to allow him a son here. So extremely sad day for the stud.