Doeylicious
Adult Guinea Pig
Well today was the day Dodge had his op.
He seemed very perky on the way to the vets, trying to destroy the nice towel I gave him in his carrier! When we got there everyone fussed him and I gave him a cuddle and left his 'packed lunch' - my vet likes you to take their favourite food in with them to help them eat when they come round.
After a nervous morning at work, I spoke to the vet at 2pm and was told he had come round and already was munching cucumber. Mum rang back again at 3.30ish to be told he was a bit quiet but we could pick him up after work.
Went to get him, he looked a bit scared but ok, the wounds are a bit bigger than I expected but nice and clean. My vet glues over the stitches to help them stop being chewed so he is a superglued guinea pig! They showed me how to carefully syringe feed him and said if he didn't poo once he got home and didn't eat normally, I should do this every so often. Clearly he just dislikes pooing in public though, as as soon as we got him home he went about five times! He's on sheets of newspaper and towels only.
He has since had some more cucumber, some corn on the cob leaves, and picked at his meusli/nuggets but as he never eats much of this anyway I am not worried he isn't tucking into them. He has just been munching a lot of hay so glad he's getting his fibre. He isn't drinking much but has had more cucumber than normal so he has got water from this, and as yet I am not too worried as his poo is normal and not dry or hard.
Going back tomorrow for a post-op check up and then again in a week or so I think. So far though he seems to be doing well, but misses wheeking to the others
oh well not long before he gets his very own ladyfriend 
So have I messed anything up yet or are we ok?!
Has been the most stressful day of my life bar the day my share horse tried to die on us (long story for another day) glad he is home!
He seemed very perky on the way to the vets, trying to destroy the nice towel I gave him in his carrier! When we got there everyone fussed him and I gave him a cuddle and left his 'packed lunch' - my vet likes you to take their favourite food in with them to help them eat when they come round.
After a nervous morning at work, I spoke to the vet at 2pm and was told he had come round and already was munching cucumber. Mum rang back again at 3.30ish to be told he was a bit quiet but we could pick him up after work.
Went to get him, he looked a bit scared but ok, the wounds are a bit bigger than I expected but nice and clean. My vet glues over the stitches to help them stop being chewed so he is a superglued guinea pig! They showed me how to carefully syringe feed him and said if he didn't poo once he got home and didn't eat normally, I should do this every so often. Clearly he just dislikes pooing in public though, as as soon as we got him home he went about five times! He's on sheets of newspaper and towels only.
He has since had some more cucumber, some corn on the cob leaves, and picked at his meusli/nuggets but as he never eats much of this anyway I am not worried he isn't tucking into them. He has just been munching a lot of hay so glad he's getting his fibre. He isn't drinking much but has had more cucumber than normal so he has got water from this, and as yet I am not too worried as his poo is normal and not dry or hard.
Going back tomorrow for a post-op check up and then again in a week or so I think. So far though he seems to be doing well, but misses wheeking to the others
oh well not long before he gets his very own ladyfriend So have I messed anything up yet or are we ok?!
Has been the most stressful day of my life bar the day my share horse tried to die on us (long story for another day) glad he is home!
