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Fred is poorly

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Fred recovered well from his infection, we went back to the vets for a check up unfortunately it was found that Fred has a swelling underneath his molars. We were concerned that it could be an abscess Xray's and fine needle aspirate were done. Thankfully revealing he was abscess free he does however have a very slight infection, the lump was made up of food which seems to have been impacted under his teeth very bizarre.

Fred however is doing great in himself despite having to have another dental, we're back at the vets in 2 weeks, to see how the swelling is healing. He's currently got quite a few medicines to keep him happy.

He's a little soldier.
 
Get well soon Fred x x
 
Big hugs and kisses to your wee soldier... xx
 
Thanks everyone, Fred is doing very well eating and taking his medicine's like the very clever piggy he is, you really wouldn't know anything was wrong of course at present he's being monitored very closely.
 
flintstones said:
Thanks everyone, Fred is doing very well eating and taking his medicine's like the very clever piggy he is, you really wouldn't know anything was wrong of course at present he's being monitored very closely.
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Matilda was like that when she had an abcess under her tooth and had it taken out. Never stopped her eating at full speed! I'm sure I wouldn't cope so well if it was my teeth. Guinea pigs are amazing.
 
Fred is still eating very well, he was back at the vets today as it appears his lump has got bigger. The sample that was taken unfortunately wasn't liquid and was made up of cells I believe, we're sending the sample off to a pathologist to find out what the lump is and hopefully from that we can plan our next steps.
 
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Mmm so not an abcess then. Keep us posted and keep eating Fred x
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When we took the fine needle aspirate It didn't appear to be an abscess but with it getting so big so quickly I think it might now be an abscess. We didn't take another sample from the lump just sending the original off.

We'll soon know for sure but we are checking it for nasties, I do think it's possibly now an abscess especially with how big it is.
 
Poor Fred, Keeping everything crossed for him x
 
Fred's results came back yesterday, the good news is the lump is an abscess after all. It's better than the alternative but still not the best news.

Thankfully Fred know's his slave is having a hard time with a certain piggy so he's made a vow to eat like a trooper which is much appreciated, even topping him up is easy peasy as he just munches. He's on a new antibiotic and is still on his Baytril, along with quite a few other med's. I need to keep a close eye on his gut but so far he's doing well.

As of yet, we haven't drained the abscess but if it doesn't respond to the treatment. He'll be back to have it lanced.

Times like this, I really appreciate knowing I have a good piggy vet.
 
So pelased it isn't something sinister, you now know what you are dealing with. Great news he's eating, I'm sure he'll carry out his 'Chase Wilma orders with vigour' now. Hope his abscess gets better soon and responds to his meds. Healing vibes to Fred x
 
What a rollercoaster you've had with Fred, and little Wilma too! Massive hugs and whisker kisses to you and your piggies from me and my pigpog gang. Keeping fingers crossed for you all x
 
He's on Flagyl and Baytril at the moment, if the lump doesn't respond to the abs he will be going in to get it drained. He's only just started the Flagyl antibiotic so w're monitoring his progress closely.

I know you use a different antibiotic but I'm more than happy to try Flagyl as my vet has advised and see how we get on :).

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Fred's abscess appears to have stopped growing it might even be a bit smaller. I'm really hoping the antibiotics are working but I'm not holding my breathe just yet.

Fred in himself is perfectly fine you wouldn't know anything is wrong :).

Thank you everyone for your advise and get well wheels. x
 
It is a great sign that he is acting as normal. Hopefully this will all be better soon.
 
Flagyl - not heard of that one. I'm annoyed because the vet rang my mobile at 8pn last night while I was driving on the motorway & I couldnt get them back. She must have been ringing with Rodney's results. Will speak to her Monday altho I have an appointment Tuesday anyway.

Do you know what casued Fred's abscess?

So pleased he seems to be responding!
 
PAMELAKT said:
Flagyl - not heard of that one. I'm annoyed because the vet rang my mobile at 8pn last night while I was driving on the motorway & I couldnt get them back. She must have been ringing with Rodney's results. Will speak to her Monday altho I have an appointment Tuesday anyway.

Do you know what casued Fred's abscess?

So pleased he seems to be responding!
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Fred hasn't had the best luck recently he's had dental problems for quite some time which do seem to be getting worse, Fred does have a gap under his incisor where food has become impacted we believe the trapped food caused an infection but to be honest we can't be sure. I clean the bottom of the incisor twice daily to wipe any food particles away in the hope of stopping further infection.

Funny story, I brought Fred out for his medicine. He was very sticky, held him up for the boyfriend to look as the position I had Fred in I couldn't see. Ewwww, it's burst! Boyfriend runs away I'll go get some tissues bearing in mind I'm the squeamish one! Turned Fred over it hadn't burst at all he was covered in Boar glue - YUCK! :))
 
Hi Jo,
Sorry to hear about Freds problems and Wilmas too now! just wanted to say i am thinking of you and you're doing a great job -c sending healing wheeks xx
 
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