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Fred is poorly

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Sorry to read this Jo. Hoping he can turn this corner soon.

Hoping that the massage pad will help combined with the gut stims. When are you next seeing Glen?

Love to Fred x
 
He's going back to the vet first thing Monday morning, we're all booked in. We're feeding him little and often, this weekend is going to be spent giving him all the TLC he needs.

I'll be interested to see what the vet thinks of Fred's abscess, he should have a better idea than me. :)
 
Best wishes for Fred for tomorrow x
 
We're back from the vet, Fred is doing very well. We are keeping his bloat under-control with his gut stimulants and are hopeful Fred's guts will return back to normal once the ABS are finished. We just have 6 more days to go, yeeha!

At the moment Fred is being Fed 5x15ml's syringes everyday, I can't wait till he starts eating enough to maintain himself again.

All being well, we're not due back for 5 weeks - fingers crossed nothing else happens.

His abscess and tooth extraction area are healing nicely. :) x
 
Great to hear Fred is doing well, Come on fred... get started on those nom..noms.. xx
 
Good News! Come on little Fred! x
 
Fantastic news Jo. Keep it up Freddie boy. Lots of hugs and piggie kisses sent your way xx
 
Fred just doesn't want to get better, he finished his ABS on Saturday, over the weekend he had a very unhappy gut. Today he appears very bloated, shivering which I believe is a pain response and now has diarrhea my mum's going to take him back to the vet poor boy. I wish we could get him better. :( x
 
The little toad firmed his pellets up by the vet visit and displayed some very nice looking pellets for the vet making my mum look slightly silly naughty boy he is! He's back home now, he's very bloated and is being fed little and often to get his guts going.

He just got some very nice vitakraft hay bought for him and his slaves on hand to look after him.

Good new's is the abscess isn't back and it appear to be bone tissue (Scar) maybe that I can feel!
 
I do however need to flush out his tooth socket twice daily, to allow the skin to heal over :)>>>. The joys of owning guinea pigs! x
 
Fingers crossed you are getting there with Fred :)

My animals always embarrass me at the vets too, I'm sure the vets think I am just nuts! rolleyes
 
Been working away today so missed this. Sorry he has been under the weather again Jo. Poor little man, he is really going through it. Hope he starts feeling better soon, bloat is horrible :(
 
Fred's pellets are looking much better, I'm hopeful as he's eating hay as well as me syringing him little and often the bloat will disappear overnight without the help of gut stimulant's. He's had some time on his massive pad to and I made him up some luke warm water. Once his guts stabilize he should be fine, soon we'll need to flush his tooth socket out. It'll be awesome to have a well Fred again!
 
flintstones said:
Fred's pellets are looking much better, I'm hopeful as he's eating hay as well as me syringing him little and often the bloat will disappear overnight without the help of gut stimulant's. He's had some time on his massive pad to and I made him up some luke warm water. Once his guts stabilize he should be fine, soon we'll need to flush his tooth socket out. It'll be awesome to have a well Fred again!
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Hoping you can get his guts sorted out soon. Could you send me the link to the pad please? Only guinea pig owners could get excited over poo... I was overjoyed when picking Treacys up today :))
So pleased that he is turning the corner x
 
sport_billy said:
Hoping you can get his guts sorted out soon. Could you send me the link to the pad please? Only guinea pig owners could get excited over poo... I was overjoyed when picking Treacys up today :))
So pleased that he is turning the corner x
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I know, to true. The pad I bought was recommended by a guinea pig friend. It has two functions and you can use them separately or together so far we've only tested out the vibrating massage pad but Fred sits happily on it.

this is the link, I was thinking it would also be good for heating a very poorly pig also.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281061699965?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

This is also the best price I found.
 
Fred's tooth socket, before cleaning.

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Fred is still doing remarkably well, although this morning I noticed he has a sore on his balls, I have no idea how he managed this one.

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I'm hopeful it will just heal over, yesterday it had already scabbed but Fred has managed to open the wound again.
 
I hope that his sore will heal up despite Fred's efforts to the contrary!
 
Ouch sore! that's excactly the same spot Junior is biting though Freds doesn't look as bad as Juniors
 
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Ouch sore! that's excactly the same spot Junior is biting though Freds doesn't look as bad as Juniors
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I was thinking Fred's maybe urine scald it looks awful similar, but I can't work out how he's managed to get urine scald. Concerned as I'm away for a few days, and won't be able to bathe his wound. Going to make sure he's kept extra dry and he has some cream to soothe it - help with the healing process. I haven't noticed him being inactive I just hope Fred doesn't have some more vet visits planned. I was hoping to make it to the 25th we shall see.
 
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