Stressful day but piggies fine!

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Piggle and Blodwen both went to the vet today to see Auntie Clare our expert local head vet to have their ovaries checked...
what a long day!
Double appointment 10.15am then Clare phoned to say she felt a lump on Blodwen and was alarmed by Piggle's swollen nipples (well, enormous boobies really, imagine Dolly Parton wearing a Capitol Building themed bra top!) so could she keep them in for ultrasound scans... warned us that Blod's breathing isnt up to anaesthesia so if she found anything, automatic referral to Rutland House but some difficult decisions... waiting... waiting...
4.30pm Auntie Clare phones: both piggies fine but apologies for the extreme haircuts! Blodwen's "lump"? An oversized but fully functional kidney in the wrong place! Further shaving, scanning of mystery kidney deformity, and... no stones, no growths, no pathology at all- Blod just has a charmingly wonky kidney arrangement to match her other charming wonky attributes!
Also Piggle didnt need sedation and was perfectly well behaved for a conscious ultrasound scan, despite every minor nail trim at home always being a hooman bloodbath like wrestling a sack of psychotic weasels. Piggle is a good girl says Auntie Clare the vet!
So £200 and 6 hours of worry later... Piggle may need hormone injections if her extreme hormonal behaviour and comedy nipples dont calm down a bit. Blod is probably fine. Just ladies of a certain age having hormone fluctuations.
Well worth the vet fees for the tjorough check over and scans and reassurance but both are now half bald (Blod is three quarters bald as she got a bonus kidney scan from the back!) and slathered in medical lubricant. And a bit traumatised but happy to be back with their friends in time for dinner :)
 
Glad all's well as can be for elderly ladies. I dread vet visits these days, we always seem to come home with more health issues than we went with.
 
Gosh what a day for the girls! bet they are relieved to be home, glad there was no major health problems too x
 
I’m glad all went well for the girls. Hope you all have a well deserved restful day today 😁
 
Poor Blod looks to be wearing a very daring "barely there" cut away swimsuit, not the most flattering look or the most appropriate for the weather!
Only her nose came out of the hidey house for handfed breakfast leaves but she came out for haytime snuggled up to Luna this afternoon then to have dinner... she keeps sniffing her shaved bits and looking a bit puzzled!
 
Blodwen is a very resilient piggy who clearly has 9 lives like cats are supposed to do... think we are now on number 5 or possibly 6 lol but she's a happy little thing who has survived much more than an extreme haircut!
Her good friend Luna fuzzy bum will keep her snuggled until her revealing swimwear haircut grows back :)
 
Merab's Slave said:
Poor Blod.
Are you going to embarrass her by posting pics?
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If I happen to catch Blod flashing her naked bits I will get a photo but dont want to traumatise her any more! She's mostly going out of the hidey houses only with bodyguard/belly cover friends flanking her today! The unexpected extra detailed kidney scan seemed to require an extra geometric shaved patch done on the fly by a trainee vet nurse going right up the side and round the back lol!
 
Sorry i missed this yesterday. What a drama for you all. Poor Blod hope she isn't too cold with her summer haircut.

Good news though that both girls are OK.

I'm still waiting for our vets to get there ultrasound machine back from Germany (where it has gone for repair) so that Milo can have a proper scan. We have been waiting for almost 7 weeks now.
 
YvonneBlue said:
Sorry i missed this yesterday. What a drama for you all. Poor Blod hope she isn't too cold with her summer haircut.

Good news though that both girls are OK.

I'm still waiting for our vets to get there ultrasound machine back from Germany (where it has gone for repair) so that Milo can have a proper scan. We have been waiting for almost 7 weeks now.
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Hope Milo can have his scan soon!
I think the conscious scans are a bit stressful, they press on quite hard and Blod looks a bit bruised (unless she's blue from the cold!) but like conscious dentals I suppose they are over in a few minutes with no sedation recovery worries then straight home to their friends in time for tea!
 
I am pleased that both ladies are doing well, but it sounds like Blod has had a bit of a run in with an overzealous clipper! Poor girl, good job she has luna to snuggle with.
 
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