i hate going to vets :(

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at 6.10 tonight i got to take my patch to the vets :(, hes lost all hes hair hes not eating n hardly moving, he gets treated for mite by vet but hes neva been like this before.

hes 4 this year and may last year he had a tumor removed.

i hope hes okay :(
 
Africa lost all his hair and I'm quite sure it was nothing to do with mites before he eventually died. I'm sorry if this upsets you, it's just my experience, he got liver failure. Ask the vet to check for that as it's best you know now. It did me miles of good to know he was going rather than it sneek up on me. Africa was 3 1/2. I do hope it's just mites, but my vet told me, mites only come out when the pig has something else wrong with it which creates a lower immune system.
 
Mites always live on the body but lie dominant, and can be caused by lots of things, not just illness or stress.

Please don't worry unnecessary, we will have everything crossed xx
 
Fingers crossed for your little one.

Totally agree with your point of view: I can't stand most of vets, too, because from our experience biggest majority of them don't know what they are talking about at all when it comes to guinea pigs, but feel obliged to say something, because they represent a practise that has to earn money: that's their ultimate aim: to earn money, it's business, in the end - unless it's a cavy charity, like CCT. Some of them genuinely want to help, but aren't able due to lack of knowledge and some of them don't have a clue, feel free to charge for a so called "consultation" when they tell us something, which I later find out doesn't even apply to guinea pigs, but only to rabbits. We live in London and literally every single vet in Clapham/Battersea areas are so poor, it's hard to believe how useless they are even though some claim they have experience with little furries. Only Vedra helped us in the end, otherwise our little one would have suffered and eventually died painfully after months and months of illness and medicines that were totally unsuitable for his condition and did harm. It's extremely tempting at his point to sue some of our previous vets that wasted our time and made our pig suffer more, but I'd rather go back when everything is ok, share the experience of successful treatment and the whole history, perhaps that might help some other poor piggies that get into their unworthy hands.
 
Fingers crossed for your little one.

Totally agree with your point of view: I can't stand most of vets, too, because from our experience biggest majority of them don't know what they are talking about at all when it comes to guinea pigs, but feel obliged to say something, because they represent a practise that has to earn money: that's their ultimate aim: to earn money, it's business, in the end - unless it's a cavy charity, like CCT. Some of them genuinely want to help, but aren't able due to lack of knowledge and some of them don't have a clue, feel free to charge for a so called "consultation" when they tell us something, which I later find out doesn't even apply to guinea pigs, but only to rabbits. We live in London and literally every single vet in Clapham/Battersea areas are so poor, it's hard to believe how useless they are even though some claim they have experience with little furries. Only Vedra helped us in the end, otherwise our little one would have suffered and eventually died painfully after months and months of illness and medicines that were totally unsuitable for his condition and did harm. It's extremely tempting at his point to sue some of our previous vets that wasted our time and made our pig suffer more, but I'd rather go back when everything is ok, share the experience of successful treatment and the whole history, perhaps that might help some other poor piggies that get into their unworthy hands.

Sadly my pig passed, and my vet didn't know alot about pigs, but we do have too take the initive and find a Cavy Savy vet or adleast One willing to listen.

I changed vets and now I have the most wonderful vet and at the end of the day it is a Business he actually cares about my animals and if he doesn't know he will admit it. He won't just pressume in the end we were able to diagnose my pigs illness, but by this point it was too late. I believe if I Would have found him before she really went downhill we could have saved her. It just goes to show not all vets are bad, and if people aren't willing too take there pigs how will they learn. We can't say they know nothing, when we aren't prepared to use them. A vet does not know everything, we and the vets should work together.
 
the newest vet i go to is brilliant. i rescued a guineapig that was infested with deseases. the vet helped me so much and didnt charge me alot.

anyway going back to patch, hes got mange! hes had hes first injection and hes perked up a tad, hes still sitting in a corner but hes starting to get the sparkle back in hes eye :)
 
the newest vet i go to is brilliant. i rescued a guineapig that was infested with deseases. the vet helped me so much and didnt charge me alot.

anyway going back to patch, hes got mange! hes had hes first injection and hes perked up a tad, hes still sitting in a corner but hes starting to get the sparkle back in hes eye :)

Thats great news. IS he eating now?
 
he wont eat dry food at the moment but he gobbled down a big carrot :D haha hes got another injection in two weeks. I'm soo happy he hasnt got hes tumor back n that eventually hell be okay
 
i no cant help it lol i think its because if you expect the worst then you wont get as dissapointed lol
 
Maybe it would be an idea too give him some Critical Care or pellet mash if he isn't eating much.

Is he eating hay and moving about?
 
hes eating lil bits now and hes starting to walk round he just needs love n care :)
 
I'm so glad that you found out what is wrong with him! At least now you can stop worrying and focus on getting him back to full health.
 
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