Neautering Experiences?

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Just wondering if people could tell me about their experiences with neautering their pigs?
I'm probably getting Wilson done in a few months (when I can afford it :D) so I want to hear about good or bad experiences :)

Thanks people! :)
 
baby-wilson said:
Just wondering if people could tell me about their experiences with neautering their pigs?
I'm probably getting Wilson done in a few months (when I can afford it :D) so I want to hear about good or bad experiences :)

Thanks people! :)
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Ditto, I want to get Ginger done soon so I can get him 2 girlfriends
 
I had my boar done and he now lives with two sows. We had no problems so far.
 
Had no problems here too. As long as you keep them on something like towels or vet bet for the first 5 - 7 days & keep the cage extra clean you should be ok.
Try to get the vet to use body glue to seal the wound rather than stitches. Also ask for a sachet of pro biotics for their drinking water to replace anything antibiotics kill off in their gut.
 
My little baby is booked in for the op on Thursday. I am so worried about him!

I was just wondering though how long do they usually take to heal. Also I'm a bit concerned about having to check his wound regularly as he is such a wriggly little fellow (not quite hand tame yet!) and don't want to do more harm. Is there an easier/safe way to check the wound?
 
We have all the healthy males that come into the rescue neutered. It is well worth doing but you do need to be confident that your vet knows what he/she is doing a sit is not as stragiht forward as castration in other species as the testicles are carried within the body.

I have concluded that a course of baytril at the time of the operation is necessary, otherwise infection is very likely to occur. Guineas are so low to the ground that even when kept on soft bedding, changed frequently the wound can not help but get dirty. My vet says that to be most effective the baytril needs to be started the night before the op, so ask your vet about this beforehand. I usually give a 5 day course.

The wounds can take up to 10 days to heal and may reopen briefly when the glue comes away as it tends to sit in the skin preventing closure of the wound. Swelling lasting three or four days may occur, depending on the vet doing the procedure. My vet that is on maternity leave left hardly any swelling, but her replacement is not as experienced yet.

The guineas should be eating the night of the operation. Tempt them with tasty leaves to make sure of this. They should not be fed dry food the night before as guineas DO regurgitate food which can cause nasty operative complications. There seem to be mixed messages about this in the internet, but I can confirm that they DO do this and that they DO need to be starved overnight, except for hay. I have seen the stuff around a piggies mouth after this happened; it is not worth the risk of their inhaling it and getting pneumonia. My vets reckon they can be left safely on hay though so their digestive systems will not be left entirely empty which would of course pose a different risk. It is rabbits that should not be starved, in fact I always give mine breakfast before their ops. I used to do this for piggies too and nearly lost one because of it.
 
Bowie had a very good experience with out local vet, in in the morning about 9:30, collected at 3:30 bright as a button. They glued him closed rather than stitched, which I have heard is better. He was very chirpy even that night and the vet was very friendly and helpful :) I would recommend ringing around your local vets asking what methods they use for small animals, times needed to leave the animal with the vet, etc. Bowie was a very brave boy and now his fur is all grown back you would never know he was nutless!
 
i had star done and he was very active when i picked him up after his op, didn't seem to affect him at all,he was absolutly fine,
I would reccomend checking if the vet has had much experience with small animal ops, and what their success rate is on neutering guinea pigs.
 
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