Hi everyone,
I´ve recently adopted a beautiful guinea pig female, almost 3 years old, breed Sheba, I´ll call her Tori in this story. I´ve already had many animals before, so I am used to a lot of trouble, but her case is probably the worst one I´ve ever had. Tori was very shy when she got home, I put her in a cage with another guinea pig (which I bought with Tori so that they won´t feel alone) and they seemed to be good buddies. After a week or so, the other guinea pig was already running around the cage and looked happy and well, but not Tori. The breeder told us that she gave birth about 3 weeks ago to 2 guinea pig babies, one of them did not survive, so I thought that her actions were caused by the pregnancy (because many guinea pig don´t survive giving birth at the age of 3). She seemed anxious and squeaked every time I touched her, she ate and drank normally and didn´t seem to have any other problems, except for her fast breathing.
I took her to many vets, not one of them knew what was wrong with her, everyone said something different, but everyone also said that they don´t know how to help her. After a LOOONG search for a guinea pig vet, I finally found THE VET that could help Tori. She made an X-RAY, Ultrasound and took her blood just yesterday. She told me that Tori has a lot of gas in her guts and that there are some black spots in her lungs (in the X-RAY picture) and that she doesn´t know what that is. She told me that if it is cancer, she´ll know it from the blood tests (but the results won´t be ready until the day of her surgery). We made an appointment and planned her surgery, which is in 2 days (2nd of February). In this surgery, she wants to spay her in order to avoid any further problems with her ovaries, she is also going to pump Tori´s guts to get rid of the huge amount of gas.
BUT
She can not do anything with he lungs, because if she even tried to "open her chest up", she wouldn´t be able to put her back together. She also said that if she finds something very dangerous and incurable inside of Tori during the surgery, she´ll give me a call and ask me if she can put her down (meaning just not wake her up...), since there is a very big possibility that there will be more problems discovered, once inside of her. I am so sad right now and don´t know how to cope. She has to be alone before the surgery, so Tori and her buddy are apart and they both look very sad. I don´t want her to die, I do not want to put her down, but I also know that I´ll have to, if there is something inside of her, which will make her suffer. Do you have any advice for me and Tori?
What do you think that the "black spots" in her lungs on the X-RAY picture is? Could it be something repairable or is it really cancer? How can I make her (please God, don´t let it be LAST) days better? Will she survive the surgery at this age? I am not ready to say goodbye to that little angel in just two days, I really hope and believe that she´ll be alright.
Thank you for your advice and support, I really appreciate it.
I´ve recently adopted a beautiful guinea pig female, almost 3 years old, breed Sheba, I´ll call her Tori in this story. I´ve already had many animals before, so I am used to a lot of trouble, but her case is probably the worst one I´ve ever had. Tori was very shy when she got home, I put her in a cage with another guinea pig (which I bought with Tori so that they won´t feel alone) and they seemed to be good buddies. After a week or so, the other guinea pig was already running around the cage and looked happy and well, but not Tori. The breeder told us that she gave birth about 3 weeks ago to 2 guinea pig babies, one of them did not survive, so I thought that her actions were caused by the pregnancy (because many guinea pig don´t survive giving birth at the age of 3). She seemed anxious and squeaked every time I touched her, she ate and drank normally and didn´t seem to have any other problems, except for her fast breathing.
I took her to many vets, not one of them knew what was wrong with her, everyone said something different, but everyone also said that they don´t know how to help her. After a LOOONG search for a guinea pig vet, I finally found THE VET that could help Tori. She made an X-RAY, Ultrasound and took her blood just yesterday. She told me that Tori has a lot of gas in her guts and that there are some black spots in her lungs (in the X-RAY picture) and that she doesn´t know what that is. She told me that if it is cancer, she´ll know it from the blood tests (but the results won´t be ready until the day of her surgery). We made an appointment and planned her surgery, which is in 2 days (2nd of February). In this surgery, she wants to spay her in order to avoid any further problems with her ovaries, she is also going to pump Tori´s guts to get rid of the huge amount of gas.
BUT
She can not do anything with he lungs, because if she even tried to "open her chest up", she wouldn´t be able to put her back together. She also said that if she finds something very dangerous and incurable inside of Tori during the surgery, she´ll give me a call and ask me if she can put her down (meaning just not wake her up...), since there is a very big possibility that there will be more problems discovered, once inside of her. I am so sad right now and don´t know how to cope. She has to be alone before the surgery, so Tori and her buddy are apart and they both look very sad. I don´t want her to die, I do not want to put her down, but I also know that I´ll have to, if there is something inside of her, which will make her suffer. Do you have any advice for me and Tori?
What do you think that the "black spots" in her lungs on the X-RAY picture is? Could it be something repairable or is it really cancer? How can I make her (please God, don´t let it be LAST) days better? Will she survive the surgery at this age? I am not ready to say goodbye to that little angel in just two days, I really hope and believe that she´ll be alright.
Thank you for your advice and support, I really appreciate it.
I had so much hope for her and thought that she would be alright. At least she’s not suffering anymore and is hopefuly enjoying herself in guinea pig heaven 
