SUSSEX DESPATCHES - Letter from Jackson to Suzygpr

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Hello Mummy

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Well it’s week 6 in the Aunty Pebble household and time I let you know how I am getting on.

I have to admit it’s taken me a while to settle in and things became much better when I was promoted to a bigger cage for good behaviour and Aunty Pebbles even let me choose a teddy:

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To be continued
 
The new cage is in the middle of the room (I’ve tried to be good mummy and haven;t once thrown all my litter out of the cage )......and I now get to watch guinea pig TV standing on my log tunnel...or better still standing on teddy......
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There’s lots of other piggies here to make friends with besides Carson, some of whom I remember from the Rescue...There’s pretty young pig Rowan who is with her huspig Bandit
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And I certainly remember Tamarind and Sambuca.....
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But as you know I just don’t do “friends†mummy, and well, quite frankly there’s so much squawking from “THOSE two love birds†that a chap can’t get a decent snooze and as for the piggy porn show that Tamarind and Sambuca put on yesterday.....well, it fair put me off my tea
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Well not quite totally put me off.....
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To be continued
 
I’m still leading Aunty Pebble a merry dance on the veggie front.....I refuse to eat the grass when out in the run

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And leave most of the veggies in my bowl each day whilst practising my disdainful look

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.....although I do sneak a few choice bits when she isn;t looking.....and kale is my favourite.
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To be continued
 
BUT....I really am missing you mummy and I hear there’s loads of new girlies in the Rescue who I want to meet....so please can I come back soon?

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Aunty Pebble says if I am a good boy at the vets today and don;t nibble my stitches then I can come back and find a girlfriend and then, perhaps, a forever home. I do hope so

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I'll write again soon

Your loving Jackson

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x
 
Ohhh my darling boy! It's so lovely to see all your lovely pics of your stay with Aunty Pebble. Just hearing your squeaks down the phone is enough but to see how happy you are is fabulous.

I'm sure lots of the new girls will be thrilled to meet you once you are recovered from meeting Mr Vet today. I think lots of people will want to meet you too after seeing what a fantastic piggy you are.

From the day you were born back last October you have been a big part of my piggy family.

Here you are with the rest of the Mouse Babies and mummy Melanie,
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Yet despite trying to find you a friend since you were 6 weeks old you've not made it easy - hopefully you will find the girl of your dreams very soon.

Your loving mummy

x
 
:)) x)

Oh Jackson you could write a book!

This thread has cheered me up, thanks Pebble :)p

I'm sure you will be a brave boy today Jackson, it will all be worth it in the end.... let us know how you are feeling later?
 
Oh Jackson you are gorgeous, I hope you get on ok at the vets today. Was lovely to see pics of your friends too, especially Tamarind and Sambucca and to see how well they look.
 
Jackson's family tree

Here's the story of how Jackson and the rest of his extended family came to the rescue.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59565

His non-litter sister Blanche and her babies.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65350

In all there were 14 piggies in the family, and Jackson is the last remaining member.

As he has proved to be so very difficult to bond with any of the many, many males he has met I made the difficult decision to have him neutered, which is going ahead today.

He has been in rescue for nearly a year and it was a choice of him continuing here as a singleton with lots of piggy company around him, or the risk of an operation and it's post-op complications to give him the chance of a partner and a new home.

I have very strong views on neutering and feel it should be a last resort. It must always be an fully informed and well considered decision, not lightly taken.

Suzy x
 
Ooooooooh! Jackson you are one gorgeous guinea! Good luck today xxxxx and for future happy bonding with a girlie guinea xxxxx
 
Suzygpr said:
I have very strong views on neutering and feel it should be a last resort. It must always be an fully informed and well considered decision, not lightly taken.

Suzy x
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Sending out lots of love for Jackson - hope the op goes well and that he finds happiness :)
 
So far so good, Jackson is recovering well from the op.

I see the vet/pick him up later today so will update then when I have more news.


Carson was also at the vets today ..and is also recovering well...but more on his story later.
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Yay Cheryl - great new's both piggies are recovering. Although I can't look at page 1 due to all the pictures. Will look when I'm home :)
 
Aww, what a lovely letter for you Suzy! I've just read all about his and his mum/dads story as i wasn't on the forum around that time :( thank god you saved them from being reptile food! grrrr

Sending all my healing vibes to this gorgeous boy! There must be a lady out there for you!
 
Aww Jackson you are a little cutie pie! x) Hope you can find the girl of your dreams soon xx xoxo
 
This is a quick update

Unfortunately, Jackson's op had an unforseen complication :...

Jackson "regurgitated" some food through his nostrils under anaesthetic this morning.....The vet was surprised..as I was too...I have had many piggies put under GA at this vets and never ever has this happen before..(and i was equally surprised the vet actually told me as most vets wouldn;t..but he IS a good vet and i trust him).


The neutering itself was fine and Jackson now has a very pink naked tummy and his man bits have two very neat incisions that are sealed with tissue glue (vet decided that as they sealed so well there was no need to add any external stitches)

Unfortunately Jackson is not himself.....he is sore/dopey (normal for a neutering) ....but also cold (he now has a snugglesafe heat pad)...and worst of all he has a very bad respiratory noise and hasn;t pood since he came home.

I have obviously had a long discussion with the emergency vets (who happened to be the same vet that did the op earlier today:(|)).

The food regurgitation thing is pretty serious in terms of implications. He is about to get critical care/gut stimulants tonight..(not unusual for a piggie following an op) ..and also septrin antibioitic to prevent secondary infection because there is a real risk of aspiration penumonia. Tomorrow he is going on a nebuliser once I pick up the necessary meds from the vets.

This is a very serious complication that I personally have never had or even envisaged from a neutering op (and neither have my vets). (Before you get too worried....yes I've dealt with these type of symptoms many times before in other pigs...but NOT following a neutering)

Suzy and i considered several vets before getting this op done...we have had both Carson and Jackson on "obs" for 6 weeks...and also got them both fully checked over by a vet. Carson didn;t pass the tests so he wasn;t neutered today (in fact he was in for diagnostic stuff owing to issues he developed whilst he was here) but Jackson was considered fit and yet still we now have a serious, potentially life-threatening complication.

No wonder both of us regard neutering as a last resort.

Jackson will be monitored through the night and I'm sure he will appreciate all positive vibes.

So sorry Suzy it didnt go smoothly
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Oh no, poor Jackson. Sending lots of love and good vibes for a full recovery. You can do it little man, you're in good hands.
 
Poor Jackson, hope he recovers soon. x
 
Jackson is much more perky today ...which is more than I can say for aunty Pebble who will be going to bed pretty shortly after giving him another round of feeding.

He went back to the vet today and thankfully his lungs were pronounced clear..Hoorah! The respiratory noises from his nose have diminished consderably...but not entirely gone yet although he had a good snort earlier so hopefully that's the last of the gunk from his nose. However he has developed considerable swelling (vet copped a feel and said it was a seroma ie fluid build-up and not a hernia) which needs monitoring carefully

He's being kept on septrin, zantac and metacam but no need for the nebuliser.

He has obviously been speaking to his mummy on the phone today and
I'm hoping Jackson will feel up to posting on here himself tomorrow....

Jackson would like to thank everyone for their healing vibes.

x
 
Pebble said:
Jackson is much more perky today ...which is more than I can say for aunty Pebble who will be going to bed pretty shortly after giving him another round of feeding.

He went back to the vet today and thankfully his lungs were pronounced clear..Hoorah! The respiratory noises from his nose have diminished consderably...but not entirely gone yet although he had a good snort earlier so hopefully that's the last of the gunk from his nose. However he has developed considerable swelling (vet copped a feel and said it was a seroma ie fluid build-up and not a hernia) which needs monitoring carefully

He's being kept on septrin, zantac and metacam but no need for the nebuliser.

He has obviously been speaking to his mummy on the phone today and
I'm hoping Jackson will feel up to posting on here himself tomorrow....

Jackson would like to thank everyone for their healing vibes.

x
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Excellent news! It could have been so much worse and doesn't bear thinking about! :...

Cameo sends wheeks to Jackson, and says she knows all about the nasty medications!
 
Hello mummy and everyone!

Hello mummy

I know you’re worried so Aunty Pebble has let me stay up late to post this for you to read tomorrow morning.

I’m feeling much better this evening.

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Yesterday was a bit pants.....I didn’t feel like eating very much at all apart from hay after the op

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My nose was all blocked up...I didn’t want to poo...And my bottom was very sore

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Aunty Pebble gave me extra fleece and a snugglesafe to keep me warm and kept feeding me through the night.

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To be continued
 
This morning I felt a bit better and decided to try some grass and dandelions

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And by lunchtime....well. ....look at all the poos I did mummy!

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I didn’t know us boars could get this type of op done, but I’m really pleased you let me have it mummy as my assets are now twice the size they were.... and I’m loving running round showing them off
What do you think mummy...am I bigger than Baldric now?

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Uncle Ben the vet says its only fluid build up that will go away soon and I’ll then end up smaller than before. I know Aunty Pebbles is worried (she keeps checking my bits) and she wants it to go away too and I'm sure it'll be for the best when it does.....
Except mummy, I do have a reputation to live up to and I'm a bit embarassed that I won’t have anything left to impress the girlies with when I come home and then they might not fancy me (and the boys will laugh at me too)

Please tell me it'll be alright...I'm missing you mummy and I want to come home.

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Love
Jackson
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Good morning my precious boy,

I'm so very happy that you are starting to feel a little better, you are the luckiest pig in the land to have such a fabulous Nursey to look after you. That's why you went to live with Aunty Pebble as there are too many piggles to look after here for mummy to be Nursey to everyone.

Please don't worry about the loss of your knackers being made fun of, anypig who can do a pile of poos that big will get a lot of respect from the rest of the boys. Baldric said that you are going to have a better looking cagemate than he does as you've got all the pretty girlies to choose from once you get home. He may have the biggest nadgers in all the Pigdom but he's got to live with Edmund Ugly .

Bailey and Alan are wishing you a very speedy recovery as they can't wait to come back home either, they say there may be loads of pigs to chat to but they are bored with them now. (I think Geraldine is really annoying them as she thinks the shed is her recording studio and she won't stop 'singing' - she's loud but she wouldn't win the X Factor). Bailey & Alan send their mummy lots of kisses and squeaks.

Be a good boy and do everything that Aunty Pebble tells you. I'll see you very soon, my special, special boy.

Mummy x
 
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