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  1. sazmatazz

    Our Mabel

    Thank you everyone. We miss her terribly. I am really struggling with feelings of guilt that we didn't do the right thing for her. I know it's perhaps because we are grieving and punishing ourselves. Being with her at the end was quite traumatising and it's hard not to think about and focus on...
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    Our Mabel

    Our old lady Mabel left us in the early hours of this morning. In August, she'd been with us for 5 years & she was thought to be 3-4 when we rescued her. Her last "birthday" was 31st August and she was either 8 or 9 years old. She always lived inside with us and it was always so good to see...
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    Happy Valentine's Day From Mabel

    She may be an old ladypig (she's between 7.5 & 8.5yrs) but she is still a total babe!
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    Happy Valentine's Day From Mabel

    That's my Valentine's card, I think it came from Card Factory
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    Happy Valentine's Day From Mabel

    Old lady Mabel the babe wishes you all a happy Valentine's day ❤️
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    Ovarian Cysts - Draining Procedure In Older Guineas

    @Wiebke we felt that it was definitely worth a try for her and thankfully it went smoothly. Our vet said that she's had some cases of cysts returning very slowly, some within a month or two but these weren't usually as big as the original cyst and some where they haven't returned at all within...
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    Ovarian Cysts - Draining Procedure In Older Guineas

    Hi everyone. I've been meaning to post about Mabel's cyst situation for a while in the hope that it might be helpful to others. We've now had Mabel for 4.5 years, when we got her from a rescue we were told she was 3-4 yrs, so she's around 7-8 years old. Our old lady piggy <3 In the last couple...
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    Metacam - Less In The Bottle Than Stated?!

    Hi. Thanks everyone, we have managed to get some more. We are given a small syringe with the metacam. It's the metacam for dogs so actually comes with a very large syringe and a weird little extra cap on the top of the bottle, which we remove to get the small syringe into the bottle. The...
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    Metacam - Less In The Bottle Than Stated?!

    Hi everyone. Our old lady piggy Mabel is now 7-8 years old and unfortunately the vets have identified a likely tumour in her womb. At the moment she's doing great & is eating, pooping & generally pigging happily. She has surpassed all our expectations & is still her usual happy self. She's...
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    Injections For Ovarian Cysts

    Hi all. Our Mabel has suspected ovarian cysts on both sides which seem to have gotten a little bigger recently. She also has some hair loss on the area. She doesn't seem in pain or any different to her usual self, singing her heart out, eating & pooping well. We previously had one of our piggies...
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    Cold Weather Care For Guinea Pigs

    We have a petnap chew proof heat mat which plugs into the mains. It is metal with a metal covered chew proof cable & you slip a fleece cover on it.
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    Neem Soap

    We have also used Gorgeous Guineas stuff on lice and problem skin with great success :)
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    Mini Stroke? Seizure? Temporary Paralysis?

    Yeah the vet said they can do blood tests etc but wouldn't usually do that unless it happened again or some symptoms persisted in some way. We felt really reassured by what the vet said, as he has kept guinea pigs and said that some of his had lived to be 10 and 12 - he actually seemed to care...
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    Mini Stroke? Seizure? Temporary Paralysis?

    Hi everyone. We had a really stressful day yesterday. When we got up at about 10am and uncovered Mabel, she was unable to stand or walk. She seemed to have her top half twisted and the right side of her face almost flat on the floor, leaning right to one side and not able to right herself. As...
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    Massage Pad/cushion Recommendations?

    Hiya, it is largely due to the feel of her tummy, it felt slightly different but also felt like our other piggy's did when she was presenting as bloated (only she looked dreadful and was obviously in pain from the way she was behaving). You can also sometimes hear the gas in their tummy. If you...
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    Massage Pad/cushion Recommendations?

    Hi everyone, in the past few days Mabel has occasionally had a little bit of a gassy tummy, we think from eating spring greens. She's had infacol and we have stopped the spring greens and seems better. However, I am quite paranoid about bloat due to losing one of our previous piggies due to gut...
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    Can Anyone Id This 'herb'?

    Apparently it is best described as tasting like 'lemony apple peel' which is exactly right! Tastes like the skin of granny smith apples. Weird, I've never tried it before. Apparently it is from the same family as dock leaves which can be fed to piggies but only in small amounts so I don't think...
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    Can Anyone Id This 'herb'?

    From what I can find I don't think sorrel is piggy safe anyway so it was a failed attempt at reduced pig treats!
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    Can Anyone Id This 'herb'?

    Trying again to post the pic.
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    Can Anyone Id This 'herb'?

    It's definitely not mint. It doesn't really smell or taste of anything. The bottom of the leaves have slightly pointy bits - that makes me think it might be sorrel? From Google images. I've never seen or tasted sorrel that I'm aware of. Not sure why the pic won't go bigger?
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