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You do whatever you feel happy with - that's best! It's hard to know what to do for the best sometimes but as long as you're making an informed decision then that's all you can do.

I hope progress continues!

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it has, thanks
 
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Good to hear that you will take responsibilty for what "goes down my Bertie's neck"
However I fail to see what "pregnant women and asthmatics" have to do with guinea pigs and Ibuprofen!!
The reasons for not giving the drug in those cases has no bearing on pig tolerance and response to the drug.
What has "as a professional I hate.......when they clearly haven't got a clue" got to do with your response?
 
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Good to hear that you will take responsibilty for what "goes down my Bertie's neck"
However I fail to see what "pregnant women and asthmatics" have to do with guinea pigs and Ibuprofen!!
The reasons for not giving the drug in those cases has no bearing on pig tolerance and response to the drug.
What has "as a professional I hate.......when they clearly haven't got a clue" got to do with your response?
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It's quite simple really. MrsM clearly has the best interests of her guinea pig at heart and after taking some advice from the vet has decided to look after Bertie to the best of her ability.
 
my point was I wouldn't tell a vet what to give my pig. I would feel patronising.
 
Some years ago I attended a guinea pig lecture, open to the general public, at a veterinary school. I asked how much training undergraduate students received on guinea pigs. The answer was "None"
So a "certified" vet is not necessarily a vet who has knowledge about guinea pigs.
The is a vet less than 2 miles from me who readily admits to knowing little or nothing about g. pigs, I have no problem with that. If one of my pigs needs treatment for which I am unable to carry out the procedure I take it to a vet. who has received training on pigs, even though it involves a 260 mile round trip.
 
Typing is so slow!
No need to feel as though you are patronising your vet. She would, hopefully, as an open minded professional, welcome your involvement and input. If your vet were to suggest giving Bertie penicillin would you let her administer the antibiotic?
 
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I'm so glad Bertie continues to improve. Isn't it funny how's it so easy to get emotionally invested in animals we've never met and aren't really likely to ever meet? Give Bertie some extra special loves from me, and give some to Finlay for me, too, so he won't feel left out.
 
Ta PW'sR...
Finlay has just been as mad as ever, popcorning inside his house and banging his head looking confused. Bertie has now decided to eat the roof of the log cabin and he's so frenetically trying to strip the bark from the roof he looks like he's humping the side of the house, with Fin inside popcorning.... Quite a sight! :)):)):))
I'm about to weigh him (B) and give him baytril :)>>> That stuff must taste rank judging by his face afterwards.... :))
 
Oh heavens, what an image that is that you just planted into my brain. Bertie on the outside, and Finlay on the inside... if the hut's a rockin', don't come a knockin'. LMAO. Glad that Bertie's feeling better at any rate, but have you thought about maybe getting Finlay a little helmet or something? He must have given himself a concussion by now the amount of times he bangs into things with his head.
 
I think he needs a padded cell... he's mad... he rumbles for dominance, squeaks in submission and popcorns all at once! crazy!
bertie's weight = 1051g tonight. Not had heart to give him Baytril yet. I think he knows, he went home on his own...
 
We'd prefer it to be back in the 1200s but as long as he doesn't lose any more or go under the kg mark, we're quite happy that he's happy.

Thanks anyway. He's been ok today so far. Mondays are always more tricky as we are both at work but you never know, we may get snowed in! I live in hope...
 
I don't know how much snow we'll get here in south wales. It would be nice to be snowed in though :))
 
quite.... more time with my pigs... Hurray... I'm still hoping.:p:p
 
Great to hear he is doing ok, fingers crossed for the snow....then I don't have to travel to north wales to work yipee.
 
Glad Bertie is doing better Mrs M! As for human drugs for guinea pigs, I cannot stress enough how important it is to get a proper diagnosis from a vet rather than use forum advice. You are doing the right thing.

As for feeling like you can't tell a vet their job, I do agree with that it's not easy but you could put it across as a question rather than dictating what treatment Bertie should have.

Good luck with him, I hope he continues to do well! :)
 
Bertie is still maintaining his weight around 1050g.

He looked a bit sleepy tonight (according to OH) but then I put him and Finlay in the run with spare pieces of vet bed, that got them all excited as they are new tunnels that you can move! Than Bertie seemed to want the Chube in the cage, so I've left it there - he NEVER uses it in the run.

He's had his last dose of baytril and seems to be coping fine. He also has bio-lapis on tap in his bottle.

Thanks for all your kind thoughts and will continue the saga...
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Just a note, I nearly lost my first pig to a vet who did not know how to treat mouth sores, the little mite couldn't eat , they knocked him out several times in a matter of weeks and he was fading away before my eyes, I was convinced he was days / hours from dying, in desperation I found a number for the CCT and I phoned Vedra who advised me of a treatment which consisted of human remedies, the little man went on to a full recovery and lived several more years but was eventually lost to another incompetent vet.
Another vet treated a pig for an abcess and when she tried everything she knew asked me to research it as she was willing to try anything as a last resort.
I will now question anything my vet tells me and seek a second opinion and follow my instincts, I am fed up of being told to isolate a pig to give antibiotics in the water and I do tell the vet the correct way. I have difficulty in accepting as gospel everything a vet says and I keep an open mind on other treatments . The vets I use have a lot of locum vets and several have admitted that their knowledge is lacking in anything under the size of a rabbit .
 
the key word is caution.
There are specialists available nearby from the vet university in case I'm totally desperate.
I'm satisfied that at the mo my little man is fine. Yes he has a lump in his belly but it's not stopping him form doing his normal things like eat, sleep, run, etc...

He's currently tucking into his breakfast as he usually does. :)
 
Undoubtedly the extra exercise from, uh, getting friendly with the outside of the hut did him some good. And it's probably amusing for him watching Finlay bounce repeatedly off the inside of his house. I like watching people do silly things, so I bet guinea pigs like watching other guinea pigs do silly things, too.

Keep going, Bertie... you know how much we all love you. And tell Mummy I said that you deserve an extra piece of veg tonight... just because I said so. rolleyes

You're doing great, MrsM... I'm proud of how well you're handling this, and sending all my love to you and the boys...xoxo
 
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