GIBBYALASKA
Junior Guinea Pig
I have a six year old male gpig Gibby, and a four month old female Alaska. They are in separate cages obviously!
we got our new little lady last month totally unexpectedly. We went to Petco to get supplies for Gibby and our other pets and stopped to quickly look at the babies they had. When one of the employees noticed us smiling at them he came over. He let us know that they had all just arrived, except for the white one with the red eyes and black feet. He told us she had been there for a month, and was on her third group of cage mates, all the others were in new homes but no one wanted her because of how she looked, people thought she looked creepy he said. He told us she would soon be sent to a shelter or anywhere that would take her. That was heartbreaking to hear. So we took her home. I know buying pets from pet stores is not right, but we felt like this was an exception. She has been with us a little over three weeks. She is so happy. She gets tons of floor time we are always holding her. Last night we noticed a lump under her chin, about the size of two peas. Bigger than a pea smaller than a grape. This morning it was smaller. Called our vet they can't see her until Wednesday. Just a little while ago we took her out of the cage to check the lump and it seems like it has burst and her neck is covered in blood, trying to get a good look at it but she is so squirmy it's hard to really see what's going on. Do any of you know if it was an abscess would it burst and bleed? Could it possibly be a spider bite or something like that? Our other guinea pig has had other health issues and seeing the vet several times but never anything like this. Please let me know if you have any advice on how to clean it I've been researching everything I will call the vet first thing in the morning but if any of you can help me out tonight I would really appreciate it.
