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hurt piggy

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Question
I have had piggys most of my life. I am a mother of two boys who enjoy them as well,but my five year was playing with one of them and laid him on the pool table to pick something up.  Well....  Harley, the pig, got spooked when my son went to go get him and went down the pool table.  I got him out, but I am afraid I hurt his leg when I got him out.  I don't think it is broke, but is there anything to make him more comfortable while he heals.  My boys won't stop crying because they know he is hurt.  Please help, Shannon

Answer
If he is limping and hardly moving around at all, then he is in a lot of pain and there may be a break. In this case he should see a doctor. If he is playing normally and moving around without a limp then he is fine and will be okay. If it broke and not reset, then when it heals, it will cause a lifetime of pain. Sounds like he had an adventure though:) Good luck, and let me know how he recovers.