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Well, Spice is back home - for now. I dropped her off at 10am and collected her this afternoon. The vet was frantically busy and couldn't talk to me then but said she would phone me this evening, which she did. I had a very long conversation with the vet - who is really lovely. She explained...

I thought it might be a good idea to just create one thing for Ruby rather than continually asking questions and creating loads of posts. Ruby is booked in for a spay on Friday. I have been having difficulties getting the cyst ease to work and since the rescue said it was just a precaution, I...

...only 6 months after an emergency bladder stone operation when her calcium absorption suddenly flipped. Amazingly, she just sailed through her spaying op without losing any weight at all was back with her group within a couple of days. I appreciate that Cariad was around 4 years at the time...

Great that everything went so well for you. I also had a very positive experience with a sow with ovarian cysts being spayed, she had the added complication of being around four years old as well.

I've had a few guinea pigs spayed and have also looked after many, post op, through my pet care business. I would even go as far as saying, if our charity could afford it, I would get all female guinea pigs spayed before rehoming. However, I do have an excellent and very experienced vet. A...

Hi It very much depends on the operating vet and the recovery nursing team. It is a major operation but we have also seen plenty of success stories on here. I have had several 4-5 year old sows spayed without any problems. 4 years old Cariad just sailed through her op for a grossly enlarged...

Hope all goes well today

Thank you all SO much for all these replies, they are really helpful. I’m due to speak to the vet again soon re next steps and I think pain relief and close monitoring feels like the better option right now. If things take a dramatic turn we would intervene but given the risks, if she can manage...

Hello, I am having a dilemma with my guinea pigs at the moment and would love some advice - I have 2 male guinea pigs that I have had to separate. I rescued my older one who is at least 3y but he is developing cataracts and I think my younger one (1y) saw this as an opportunity to try and...

Thank you for the reply. She’s had a full teeth examination from the vet and nothing is wrong with her teeth. They said if symptoms keep going then we need to see an exotic vet and get her spayed to help her ovaries. Last night she passed these massive masses of poop and blood(attached picture)...

Thank you Piggies&buns. Yes, I was thinking a few moments ago, about trying Bramble out in the smaller cage, once it's been thoroughly cleaned out. I think he will be fine in there, rather than rambling about in such a massive cage on his own. I think then, we will consider getting two more...

UPDATE: First of all I want to say thank you to everyone on here who were so kind and gave me their best advice. You didn't disappoint. I just came back from getting a second opinion on Peanut and it is a fluid filled ovarian cyst. She actually has two of them. The vet said they are very common...

UPDATE: First of all I want to say thank you to everyone on here who were so kind and gave me their best advice. You didn't disappoint. I just came back from getting a second opinion on Peanut and it is a fluid filled ovarian cyst. She actually has two of them. The vet said they are very common...

Having had The Ever Beautiful Betsy with ovaries 11cms and 8cms long and "very round", almost no fur left so she was looking like a skinny pig and an emergency spay during lock down, I'm all for it. Her operation was scheduled for 25th March, 2 days after Lockdown was announced so as it wasn't...

There is the option of finding a vet who is really experienced and does a lot of guinea pig neutering operations and once six weeks have passed, he could be housed with a wife in an upstairs "apartment" of their own or in another room if there is space. I'm not sure how the pair would react to...

...are options 1) to leave them as they are living side by side 2) have them both neutered and pair them up with a lady friend each 3) try them both with a baby boar. All options have their own pros and cons Boar neutering is a much safer operation that sow spaying which is a more invasive...

I know how you feel. It's a terrible feeling, but think it's the best thing for her. On the day of my female dog's spay, I was extremely anxious. When I handed her over to the anesthetist, she stared straight into my eyes as he carried her away with the surgeon vet. But in the end, everything...

Thank you for your help. Just one last question sorry, would I start bonding with a pig around about the same age as her .

I think it seems to be increasingly common to paint a worst case scenario with any medical procedure on animals and humans. I’ve just had a shingles jab and if I wasn’t so confident that I don’t usually suffer side effects I may have chickened out as the nurse described possible side effects...