Hormones!

[Pigwhisperer]

My girls were both scanned for ovarian cysts some months ago with "nothing significant" found.

They have continued to live happily together most of the time, but with 3-day periods of non-stop rumbling, nipping, chasing, chinning, squeaking and, this time, mounting.

I'm certain it's their "seasons" because it happens every couple of weeks (I'm not sure exactly) and every time it's Clover who is the moody one first, then she calms down and Silk kicks off.

What I want to know is - can the vet do anything to calm it down? Now they are living indoors it's very noisy and disruptive for the rest of the family! Plus the girls are getting worried about how viciously Silk is "attacking" Clover this time so that it looks like I'll have to separate them for a bit - put them in adjacent enclosures.

 

[Sophie B]

I wouldn’t have thought so, but maybe

 

[Pigwhisperer]

Paddling pool it is...

 

[Merab]

Would it be worth checking for ovarian cysts again?

Jemimah's grew very rapidly and went from being either not there or too small to feel to being large enough to warrant a spay within 10 days.
This was just the vet feeling her tummy not a scan or anything as the original problem was an abscess

 

[Pigwhisperer]

Would it be worth checking for ovarian cysts again?

Jemimah's grew very rapidly and went from being either not there or too small to feel to being large enough to warrant a spay within 10 days.
This was just the vet feeling her tummy not a scan or anything as the original problem was an abscess

Thanks, I guess it is worth a trip to the vet then, that's what I needed to know. It is odd that it's both if them though.

Just it's expensive and quite a long way to go (Silk hates it) so I didn't want to go for nothing.

Thanks again.