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Hi everyone,
please bare with me, I'm not sure where to start....
I posted on here about our two baby guinea pigs a few weeks ago. I had bought them from p@h and they were suffering from an URT infection. They had antibiotics and I looked after them to the very best of my ability, and they seemed to be making good progress. Unfortunatly, the story didn't end there
Freda, who is the bigger girl is generally eating, pooing etc fine. I noticed that she had a small scabby area behind her ear so decided I had better take her back to the vet. Also, Flo, who weighs considerably less needed a trip too. I was getting increasingly concerned as her left eye seemed to be bulging out. I thought I was imagining it to begin with, but it has become more and more noticeable over the last few days. So I took them down on Tuesday to the vet. He said that Freda's skin patch was just a small wound that she had probably caught it on a little twig in her cage, and just keep an eye on it. Flo however, has glaucoma and is blind in that eye. The pressure is building up, but he does not think it appropriate to operate, as she is so small. He said it may rupture and reheal itself, which apparently would be the best option, and he said as long as she is eating/drinking/pooing then she isn't in pain. So, going by that, she is apparently not in pain, but it looks awful.
This morning, Fredas skin had worsened. Her ear was looking sore and had begun to bleed a little. Some of the fur has been rubbed off the back of her ear. I rang the vets and took her straight back down. He said she probably has mites, and has treated her for that. He said to keep an eye on the sores and if they don't heal up or look more sore, to take her back again. Flo on the other hand, is not looking too good. He said it looks likely her eye problem is congenital, and in time, will probably affect her other eye too. She is completely bling in her left eye. He felt it would be more kind to have her pts in the long term. She is only a baby, and probably will go through a lot of oain with these eyes, whether or not i put her through the surgery. She is so loving, and so beautiful, and we are so attatched to both these little piggies. I can't bare to see them suffering, and can't bare the thought of making that decision to say goodbye to Flo.
On top of all of this, completely unrelated, I have cancer and am going through Chemo. I'm a single mum, and have been desperate for a pet to have with my daughter for quite some time. That time just didnt ever seem right until now. It seems all so unfair, and my poor daughter is finding it hard, knowing that mummy is poorly, and now she can't have the cuddles with the piggies that she so desperately wants, because they are poorly too
I went to p@h today, and all credit, they were lovely. They refunded all the vets bills, and the cost of the piggies. They said any further treatment will also be paid for, and they were very apologetic. I know they are rubbish in so many ways, but this goes a little way to help us through this.
I'm so so sad about Freda and Flo, both of them suffering, and both of them so young. I'm so cross that they were too small and young to be taken away from their mum (not something i realised at the time) and that in this short amount of time, they have both experienced illness and pain.
xx
please bare with me, I'm not sure where to start....
I posted on here about our two baby guinea pigs a few weeks ago. I had bought them from p@h and they were suffering from an URT infection. They had antibiotics and I looked after them to the very best of my ability, and they seemed to be making good progress. Unfortunatly, the story didn't end there
Freda, who is the bigger girl is generally eating, pooing etc fine. I noticed that she had a small scabby area behind her ear so decided I had better take her back to the vet. Also, Flo, who weighs considerably less needed a trip too. I was getting increasingly concerned as her left eye seemed to be bulging out. I thought I was imagining it to begin with, but it has become more and more noticeable over the last few days. So I took them down on Tuesday to the vet. He said that Freda's skin patch was just a small wound that she had probably caught it on a little twig in her cage, and just keep an eye on it. Flo however, has glaucoma and is blind in that eye. The pressure is building up, but he does not think it appropriate to operate, as she is so small. He said it may rupture and reheal itself, which apparently would be the best option, and he said as long as she is eating/drinking/pooing then she isn't in pain. So, going by that, she is apparently not in pain, but it looks awful.
This morning, Fredas skin had worsened. Her ear was looking sore and had begun to bleed a little. Some of the fur has been rubbed off the back of her ear. I rang the vets and took her straight back down. He said she probably has mites, and has treated her for that. He said to keep an eye on the sores and if they don't heal up or look more sore, to take her back again. Flo on the other hand, is not looking too good. He said it looks likely her eye problem is congenital, and in time, will probably affect her other eye too. She is completely bling in her left eye. He felt it would be more kind to have her pts in the long term. She is only a baby, and probably will go through a lot of oain with these eyes, whether or not i put her through the surgery. She is so loving, and so beautiful, and we are so attatched to both these little piggies. I can't bare to see them suffering, and can't bare the thought of making that decision to say goodbye to Flo.
On top of all of this, completely unrelated, I have cancer and am going through Chemo. I'm a single mum, and have been desperate for a pet to have with my daughter for quite some time. That time just didnt ever seem right until now. It seems all so unfair, and my poor daughter is finding it hard, knowing that mummy is poorly, and now she can't have the cuddles with the piggies that she so desperately wants, because they are poorly too
I went to p@h today, and all credit, they were lovely. They refunded all the vets bills, and the cost of the piggies. They said any further treatment will also be paid for, and they were very apologetic. I know they are rubbish in so many ways, but this goes a little way to help us through this.
I'm so so sad about Freda and Flo, both of them suffering, and both of them so young. I'm so cross that they were too small and young to be taken away from their mum (not something i realised at the time) and that in this short amount of time, they have both experienced illness and pain.
xx
. Chopper, our boy has a comfy lifestyle (albeit being acutely pampered) I don't move his dishes, hay buckets etc. around so he doesn't get confused and just take precaution with him. Piggies have an acute sense of smell so can survive very well even if blind 