This little piggy’s charmed life
A piglet called Mo has been brought back from the brink of death by mouth-tosnout resuscitation.
Wild orphan Mo, from Marlborough, had been feasting on devilled eggs when a large piece became stuck in his throat.
The much-loved pet stopped breathing and appeared to have died when his distraught owner’s husband began performing CPR. After more than five minutes, a rogue piece of egg white was dislodged from Mo’s throat, allowing him to breath again and return to the land of the living. Grateful owner Summer Weir, an artist from Waihopai Valley, said husband Jason, a keen hunter, was a hero.
‘‘He saved wee Mo’s life. ‘‘He was dead and I felt for sure that I’d lost him.
‘‘Jase thought quickly and gave Mo CPR and mouth to nose and did not give up for a good five minutes or more.’’
Summer said how she watched in horror as her beloved piglet – who she had only had for five days – went limp and his gums turned blue. ‘‘I’d lost hope. Then Jase pushed the egg up out of his throat from the outside along his tracheal tube and managed to get it loose and Mo started to breathe again.’’
Mo joined the family after his mother was killed on the road and he was discovered nearby.
The tiny porker seemed no worse for his brush with death. ‘‘He wanted to start eating again straight away but I wouldn’t let him. We just had cuddles and he had a rest,’’ said Summer who cares for a range of pets on the family’s lifestyle block.
Jason revealed he had used CPR in the past after being first on the scene of a car accident. But he had never saved the life of a pig before. ‘‘He’s a really cool little guy.’’