Meet Eliot
from GA Rescue
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I went to sex some pigs at an
owners house from 2 accidental pregnancies (pet store sold females as
males). While looking at the babies, I
noticed one of the mamas having trouble walking. The owner didn’t have the money to care for
her so she asked me to take her as well as the babies.
Eliot is just a baby herself,
probably no more than 4 months old at this point. This means she was impregnated at about 2
months of age…an age when she should have been using all of her nutrients to
grow her own body. Instead she had FOUR
babies to grow and then, after delivery, nurse.
This leeched all the calcium and vitamins from her. This along with poor
nutrition in her former home, her hips were destroyed, rendering her back legs
practically useless. One is stronger
than the other but she still can’t zoom and popcorn like a normal pig her age
loves to do. She will use them only when she is startled to get back into her
cozy sak. Even then, she uses one leg
more than the other.
Despite the trials she’s gone
through during such a short life, she is the SWEETEST little pig. When I walk in the room she comes out to
greet me and begs for attention. She
gets excited when veggies come and eats like a horse! She also keeps herself very clean. Her spirit is strong and we are going to work
hard to get her body stronger.
Eliot will remain a sanctuary
pig in the rescue for her life. We are
going to make every day of her life count and hopefully be better as the years go
by. We will treat aggressively with
acupuncture, laser therapy and supplements in her diet. Our hope is to help her body regrow some
tissue and strengthen her bones so there is no further damage. During the first several months I expect to
be at the vets every 7-10 days for acupuncture, maybe stretching that out if we
start seeing results. X-rays will be
taken periodically throughout the process to gauge progress.
Monthly expenses (at least
over the next 3 months) are expected to be:
Food/hay/veggies: $20
Laundry : $ 5
Vet visits : $120
Xrays : $115
Supplements : $30
Our goal is to raise $362.50, enough for five weeks of Eliot's care. Can you pitch in or forward Eliot's story?
