hello all,
I came here to get some advice on my very ill 5 year old piggie Luigi. He was diagnosed as having cancer only 4 days ago. Although I was not told what kind the symptoms point towards Basel cell tumours. He has one Burst tumour on his back (which prompted the vet trip) one small one under his front leg and a huge mass over his back leg that appeared literally overnight. I have accepted it is terminal but I am not sure when to make the pts decision, he is my first guinea pig. He is still eating although it is a little less than he used to, he walks around during floor time but has reduced mobility due to the mass on his leg. He sleeps a lot and no longer wheeks. Still loves a cuddle and still rumbles when my girl pig is close by. I am obviously upset and not sure if this would cloud my judgement in holding on longer than I should. I should also mention that the vet gave me no pain relief only a 10 day course of Baytril to see if the tumours would shrink enough to operate.
I came here to get some advice on my very ill 5 year old piggie Luigi. He was diagnosed as having cancer only 4 days ago. Although I was not told what kind the symptoms point towards Basel cell tumours. He has one Burst tumour on his back (which prompted the vet trip) one small one under his front leg and a huge mass over his back leg that appeared literally overnight. I have accepted it is terminal but I am not sure when to make the pts decision, he is my first guinea pig. He is still eating although it is a little less than he used to, he walks around during floor time but has reduced mobility due to the mass on his leg. He sleeps a lot and no longer wheeks. Still loves a cuddle and still rumbles when my girl pig is close by. I am obviously upset and not sure if this would cloud my judgement in holding on longer than I should. I should also mention that the vet gave me no pain relief only a 10 day course of Baytril to see if the tumours would shrink enough to operate.