LMPigs
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello all,
Toasty had his neutering operation yesterday. He has come home with a very neat surgery site (we checked this morning and its not red or swollen) and some dog metacam. He does not seem to be in pain etc. but he is definitely quieter than normal, spending most of his time in the carrot cottage rather than pottering around as much as usual and my (inevitably rather subjective) impression is that he has consumed less hay overnight than he typically would. However, he definitely did munch his way through some when he got home last night, and has also had a few pellets and has been enthusiastically scoffing mint and little gem this morning.
We will be weighing him this afternoon since that is when we weighed him yesterday. At that point, if he's lost a significant amount of weight we'll step in with syringe feeding (we have Emeraid on hand). My question is, is there any possibility that would be too late? He is eating and pooping and he's not lethargic, just feeling a bit sorry for himself I think. We've not had guinea go through surgery before so I'm not sure what's a "normal" level of post op discombobulation vs. something to be concerned about, so would welcome some reassurance.
Toasty had his neutering operation yesterday. He has come home with a very neat surgery site (we checked this morning and its not red or swollen) and some dog metacam. He does not seem to be in pain etc. but he is definitely quieter than normal, spending most of his time in the carrot cottage rather than pottering around as much as usual and my (inevitably rather subjective) impression is that he has consumed less hay overnight than he typically would. However, he definitely did munch his way through some when he got home last night, and has also had a few pellets and has been enthusiastically scoffing mint and little gem this morning.
We will be weighing him this afternoon since that is when we weighed him yesterday. At that point, if he's lost a significant amount of weight we'll step in with syringe feeding (we have Emeraid on hand). My question is, is there any possibility that would be too late? He is eating and pooping and he's not lethargic, just feeling a bit sorry for himself I think. We've not had guinea go through surgery before so I'm not sure what's a "normal" level of post op discombobulation vs. something to be concerned about, so would welcome some reassurance.