Last call for help for an abscess

[RosiesWalk]

Hi Everyone, a little over two weeks ago one of our beloved guinea pigs developed an abscess on her cheek. The vet recommended that it was marcupialised. The operation took place within a couple of days. However, after the marcupialisation, the abscess did not continue to drain out, despite my very best efforts, repeated visits to the vets and following all the instructions I had been given for her after-care. I returned to the vets yesterday and he has said that it is very unlikely that she will recover and that she is probably suffering, so I am building up to make the call to have her put to sleep. She has only just turned two. I know that I probably can't change the outcome, but I just wondered if anyone had ever experienced anything similar? Thank you.

 

[Swissgreys]

I am not very experienced, but the first thing I would ask is how often per day were you flushing it, and what with?
Also what antibiotics and what dose was she given?

When one of our pigs had a face abscess, I found that i had to be quite 'firm' with the flushing process and keep up with it to prevent the hole closing (his was not stitched open).
I also found when we switched antibiotics we got a better result (after guidance from this Forum).
At that time our vet was great, but not super experienced with piggies so advice from this Forum really helped.

 

[LucyP]

Sorry to hear you are going through this- as Swissgreys says there are several people here with direct experience and hopefully they can share their experiences too. Not sure if it helps but I think there is a particular antibiotic that some people have found more helpful than others. Others will know the name.