Neutering Operation Monday

Tara95 said:
I'm a bit worried about making sure he has his painkillers. He is supposed to have 0.2 metacam twice a day, I can't garenteee he'll take it all down especially when he's had plenty of food and water.
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please don’t worry about that. It’s such a tiny amount, he’ll barely even notice it.
 
Glad Winston came through the op OK.
It is just as nerve wracking helping a piggy recover from surgery as the day of the op itself.
Hope he picks up quickly now - just keep reminding him of the joys that lie ahead.
 
Tara95 said:
Aww thank you, I'm glad to hear that your two ops went well with 0 complications! Must've been doubley worrying! Good shout with the daily weighing will definitely be doing that! And thank you I'll try not to worry! Sounds like your boys are making a speedy recovery - Not too long left now, I'll be counting down the weeks! What method of neutering did your boys have? Scrotum or abdomen? And what weights were they when they had the op? :)
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First of all, I‘m happy to hear that your little man is back home and that surgery went well! I hope his drowsiness is passing soon and that he starts eating for himself again properly. All our fingers and paws are firmly crossed!
Our boys got neutered via scrotum - before I read your post I didn’t even know that abdomen was an option! They were both 750g at 3.5 months old.
Our boys (and girls) are sending healing wheeks ❤
 
stef.trg said:
First of all, I‘m happy to hear that your little man is back home and that surgery went well! I hope his drowsiness is passing soon and that he starts eating for himself again properly. All our fingers and paws are firmly crossed!
Our boys got neutered via scrotum - before I read your post I didn’t even know that abdomen was an option! They were both 750g at 3.5 months old.
Our boys (and girls) are sending healing wheeks ❤
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Thank you :) ♥️
 
I'm pleased your piggie is home.ive had 17 piggies neutered by a local exotic vet,my have all come through unscaithed ! the first few were inscisions through either side of the scrotum,latter ones through the one inscision in the abdomen,but all have been fine.i must admit i prefered for them to stay overnight as the exotic trained vet nurses checked them hourly overnight ! i hope your piggies starts to eat soon and recovers well.I'm sure if you are concerned you could ring your vet or take him back to monitor overnight. :hug:
 
eileen said:
I'm pleased your piggie is home.ive had 17 piggies neutered by a local exotic vet,my have all come through unscaithed ! the first few were inscisions through either side of the scrotum,latter ones through the one inscision in the abdomen,but all have been fine.i must admit i prefered for them to stay overnight as the exotic trained vet nurses checked them hourly overnight ! i hope your piggies starts to eat soon and recovers well.I'm sure if you are concerned you could ring your vet or take him back to monitor overnight. :hug:
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Glad to hear you've had no problems 😊 especially with 17! That's really good! No complications afterwards either? He's started pooing now so I'm pleased as he wasn't earlier. Eating grass himself occasionally, feeling very hopeful that he'll start eating by himself soon but I guess the anaesthetic will take it's time to wear off, did yours and experience this as well? Just going to give him his meds now and some more food! 😅🥬
 
yes some have been sleepy after the op,i just syringe fed two feeds,and in the morning they were running around as if the plum fairty had never visited .:)).you are doing an excellent job of post operative care.try to not panic,you have a good vet at your side.x
 
So glad he's home and settling back in. I've had to keep pigs at the vets for 2 nights or 3 nights before and it sounds so simple to say it, but of course we know they'll be coming back home again and they don't know that at all! From their point of view they're being looked after, but it hurts down below and I'm on my own and where's my house gone? Is this where I live now? Now he's in familiar surroundings with familiar food and all his family - good luck with the support feeding and we wish him a speedy recovery 😊
(and mine all loved metacam - even if they wouldn't eat anything else they liked that!)
 
eileen said:
yes some have been sleepy after the op,i just syringe fed two feeds,and in the morning they were running around as if the plum fairty had never visited .:)).you are doing an excellent job of post operative care.try to not panic,you have a good vet at your side.x
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fairy !
 
eileen said:
yes some have been sleepy after the op,i just syringe fed two feeds,and in the morning they were running around as if the plum fairty had never visited .:)).you are doing an excellent job of post operative care.try to not panic,you have a good vet at your side.x
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Thank you feeling better already, he's been eating and running around, refused his critical care, must be because he's eaten so much grass, might not need to carry syringe feeding at this rate!
 
Free Ranger said:
So glad he's home and settling back in. I've had to keep pigs at the vets for 2 nights or 3 nights before and it sounds so simple to say it, but of course we know they'll be coming back home again and they don't know that at all! From their point of view they're being looked after, but it hurts down below and I'm on my own and where's my house gone? Is this where I live now? Now he's in familiar surroundings with familiar food and all his family - good luck with the support feeding and we wish him a speedy recovery 😊
(and mine all loved metacam - even if they wouldn't eat anything else they liked that!)
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Aw Thank you! He seems so much better already, he's been constantly eating a huge pile of grass which has almost gone in the time I've been away, he's running around trying to mate with the females and he's refusing his critical care (running away from it bless him) I thought ohh no he's going to refuse his metacam now.. but he took it no probs! Won't have to syringe feed him at this rate he's eating so much and he's produced poos! :) Never been so happy to see guinea pig poop in my life 😅
 
Merab's Slave said:
Glad Winston came through the op OK.
It is just as nerve wracking helping a piggy recover from surgery as the day of the op itself.
Hope he picks up quickly now - just keep reminding him of the joys that lie ahead.
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Thank you very much :)
 
Sounds great. Hope this continues. 😁
Well done Winston, keep eating that yummy grass and pooping all over for your mum to clean up! Haha.
 
Lavinia said:
Sounds great. Hope this continues. 😁
Well done Winston, keep eating that yummy grass and pooping all over for your mum to clean up! Haha.
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Thank you! I think he's eating more grass than usual + odd bits of critical care when he feels like it. He'll probably be putting on weight at this rate! He's due a daily weigh shortly. Think I'm going to pick him up using some soft material if I can to not hurt/infect the wound!
 
MVIMG_20201027_143813.webpMy poor little fox, I'm just going to bathe the wound with Cotton wool in some warm water. Have phoned the vet. 😞IMG_20201027_143807_1_exported_0_1603809781527.webpIMG_20201027_143816_exported_466_1603809705857.webp
 

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Have just phoned and emailed these pictures and apparently this is normal. He does have a post opp Thursday morning. He doesn't seem like he's in any pain.
 
I can’t comment on whether it looks like it should - I’ve only ever had boys neutered via the scrotum and has always been the tiniest little incision on either side.
definitely keep an eye on it and if you are concerned, then insist he is seen prior to his post op check.
 
It’s difficult to comment as my boy was done via scrotum and it was tiny and very tidy. But when he had a lump removed on his side a little bit before that it looked quite messy and jarring.
I would keep an eye out for any discharge and swelling and if you are worried then get them to see him.
What is it you are worried about?
I think it’s looks a bit messy in places?
How’s he doing in himself?
 
Lavinia said:
It’s difficult to comment as my boy was done via scrotum and it was tiny and very tidy. But when he had a lump removed on his side a little bit before that it looked quite messy and jarring.
I would keep an eye out for any discharge and swelling and if you are worried then get them to see him.
What is it you are worried about?
I think it’s looks a bit messy in places?
How’s he doing in himself?
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I think I just had a bit of a shock as I wasn't expecting it to look as big and dramatic as it does. The vet's had a look at the pictures and they said it looked fine, they said they used lots of stitches and glue so he'd had to do A LOT of chewing to open the wound. (As I was worried about him chewing on the wound). I can't see any swelling or sign of infection, I've had friends who work in the medical field (not with animals) saying that's what they would expect and there's no sign of pus/discharge. He doesn't seem like he's in pain but the wound looks painful to me and is he is acting like his usual self rumble strutting and trying to mate with the females but I haven't seen him popcorn which is quite typical of him. I think I'm going to wait to his pre-op on thursday morning to give it a chance to heal up.
 
Tara95 said:
I think I just had a bit of a shock as I wasn't expecting it to look as big and dramatic as it does. The vet's had a look at the pictures and they said it looked fine, they said they used lots of stitches and glue so he'd had to do A LOT of chewing to open the wound. (As I was worried about him chewing on the wound). I can't see any swelling or sign of infection, I've had friends who work in the medical field (not with animals) saying that's what they would expect and there's no sign of pus/discharge. He doesn't seem like he's in pain but the wound looks painful to me and is he is acting like his usual self rumble strutting and trying to mate with the females but I haven't seen him popcorn which is quite typical of him. I think I'm going to wait to his pre-op on thursday morning to give it a chance to heal up.
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If he’s acting normal then that’s a great sign. It can look scary to us. I remember when jazzy came back after the lump on his side was removed. In fact that’s what surprised me when I looked after his neuter as it looks so tidy and small! I thought it was going to look worse!
Try not to worry. You are doing everything right and he’s doing really well so far.
 
Merab's Slave said:
How is Winston?
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He's fine in himself thank you, doesn't seem like he's in any pain has been eating lots of grass all day and has even started eating his pellets. I have been advised to stop syringe feeding if he's eating normally. I might do that or atleast reduce it. He did have about 8ml of critical care a few hours ago and seemed hungry. I think I'm stressing him out a bit by constantly handling him to either give meds, food, check the wound. Think I'm going to leave him alone tonight he must think I'm trying to eat him as he keeps running away lol.
 
Tara95 said:
He's fine in himself thank you, doesn't seem like he's in any pain has been eating lots of grass all day and has even started eating his pellets. I have been advised to stop syringe feeding if he's eating normally. I might do that or atleast reduce it. He did have about 8ml of critical care a few hours ago and seemed hungry. I think I'm stressing him out a bit by constantly handling him to either give meds, food, check the wound. Think I'm going to leave him alone tonight he must think I'm trying to eat him as he keeps running away lol.
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Just keep up the daily weighing. As then you will know pretty quickly if he’s eating enough. If he doesn’t lose any weight and you see him eating then no need to syringe feed!
 
Lavinia said:
If he’s acting normal then that’s a great sign. It can look scary to us. I remember when jazzy came back after the lump on his side was removed. In fact that’s what surprised me when I looked after his neuter as it looks so tidy and small! I thought it was going to look worse!
Try not to worry. You are doing everything right and he’s doing really well so far.
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Thank you, how's Jazzy doing? and I've ordered some new scales digital ones the ones I'm using I don't fully trust as everytime I weigh him he is a different weight. I think he was 5-10 grams lighter yesterday than before he had his opp so I have carried on syringe feeding but like I said I don't trust these scales. When the vet weighed him before his opp he was 645grams. :)
 
Tara95 said:
Thank you, how's Jazzy doing? and I've ordered some new scales digital ones the ones I'm using I don't fully trust as everytime I weigh him he is a different weight. I think he was 5-10 grams lighter yesterday than before he had his opp so I have carried on syringe feeding but like I said I don't trust these scales. When the vet weighed him before his opp he was 645grams. :)
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His weight has been stable two days running now. He is pooing like mad and today when I checked at lunch his hay pile was very small and replaced with a poo pile! 💩 so I’m very pleased! Thanks for asking 😁
 
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