Augustus
Junior Guinea Pig
I took Basil, Candy and Sugar from the Leyton Hoggy Posse to the Vets on Saturday. Basil and Candy just needed a quick check-up and are in rude good health.
Miss Sugar, on the other hand is not a well hoggy. I have been worried about her weight - she's thin like a cruelty case, you can feel all of her vertebrae. I thought it was the stress of losing Bumble, but she has an ovarian cyst, which feels as though it's about the size of a small marble. That's what has made all the weight drop off.
The vet says that he could operate, but the last 3 that he's done have not gone well; he managed to bring them round and send them home, but the piggies all died shortly after. Sugar is 5-ish and I am not keen to put her through an op which will probably kill her (and make her very uncomfortable to boot).
In the meantime, however, she is bright eyed and bushy tailed, eating like 2 guinea pigs and still the same nosy little minx that I love to bits. The only thing, though, is that her nose seems to be a bit blue (anyone any thoughts on why, she seems warm).
Anyway, I've decided to let nature take its course and send her across the Bridge when she is too ill to go on. I assume that she will get squeaky and uncomfy when picked up, but if any of the wise ones out there have any info on this sort of thing, I'd be grateful for any advice. I don't want to take a minute away from her, but don't want her to suffer either.
Samantha
PS: Of course, this means she can have all the fruit she wants. Hurrah!
Miss Sugar, on the other hand is not a well hoggy. I have been worried about her weight - she's thin like a cruelty case, you can feel all of her vertebrae. I thought it was the stress of losing Bumble, but she has an ovarian cyst, which feels as though it's about the size of a small marble. That's what has made all the weight drop off.
The vet says that he could operate, but the last 3 that he's done have not gone well; he managed to bring them round and send them home, but the piggies all died shortly after. Sugar is 5-ish and I am not keen to put her through an op which will probably kill her (and make her very uncomfortable to boot).
In the meantime, however, she is bright eyed and bushy tailed, eating like 2 guinea pigs and still the same nosy little minx that I love to bits. The only thing, though, is that her nose seems to be a bit blue (anyone any thoughts on why, she seems warm).
Anyway, I've decided to let nature take its course and send her across the Bridge when she is too ill to go on. I assume that she will get squeaky and uncomfy when picked up, but if any of the wise ones out there have any info on this sort of thing, I'd be grateful for any advice. I don't want to take a minute away from her, but don't want her to suffer either.
Samantha
PS: Of course, this means she can have all the fruit she wants. Hurrah!
