T-Rex
Forum Donator 2023/24
Hi everyone. Long time no post! Sorry about that.
I’m posting to see what people’s opinions are. I’ve searched and read all the posts I could find so thanks for the wealth of information available in here.
So, bit of background history. At the end of August we noticed a lump on Jasper (jazzy) side.Went to the vets, they aspirated but there wasn’t much fluid at all. They booked him in and removed it. We decided not to send it off for testing as they got all of it and to be honest money! He did really well and healed up. No complications, eating immediately after it. All was well.
Fast forward to a month later and sadly his boar partner Flash suddenly passed away in his sleep .
I thought long and hard about what to do and had a very long chat with my vet who I have a lot of faith in with regards to my pigs and rabbit.
I decided that I didn’t want to get another boar and be stuck in a never ending cycle of boars, I’ve always wanted a herd of sows. Therefore rather than leave jazzy alone for however long we thought it was worth the risk to get him neutered and then in a couple of months time get some lady friend for him to live out his final days with.
So, Monday he was booked in for the op. It was with the vet who I trust and who has done many guinea pig neuters. All went well, he came home. Was nibbling his food. Maybe not as enthusiastically as usually but couldn’t blame him for that. He was prescribed metacam one a day for 5 days post surgery.
Tuesday and Wednesday all looked good on checking. No concerns, eating drinking and pooing well. Behaving ok, maybe a bit quiet but nothing I was overly concerned about.
Thursday a lot quieter, hadn’t eaten much overnight and didn’t finish his veg from the night before. Noticed he was laying in one spot a lot. Picked him up and immediately noticed swelling in one side. Phoned the vets and took him right away. Unfortunately the vet I usually see was not working. The vet aspirated and stated there was no fluid at all. They wondered if it was the start of an abscess and we had caught it early. Therefore prescribed Baytril 0.4ml twice a day. And asked to see us again two days later so they could aspirate again and compare.
Back today- I don’t think personally it’s any bigger. Same vet asThursday. They aspirated and again nothing. So not clearly an abscess. Vet still wonders if it would have turned into an abscess but the baytril is working.
Jazzy definitely getting fed up and slowly going downhill in my opinion. Eating but no where near as much as usual. I have syringed critical care 3 times today to keep him topped up.He usually takes his medication soaked into one of my rabbit pellets, but he won’t take any food from me now at all so having to pick him up and syringe the meds in to make sure he takes him so I think he’s getting fed up of all the messing about now poor baby.
They also gave him subcutaneous fluids and a gut stimulation injection. And I’ve got emeprid to give 3 times a day too.
We are booked in again on Monday morning and my vets provide their own out of hours service so if things change over the weekend I have somewhere to go.
I just wondered if there were any further opinions. Particularly about the swelling but no pus on aspiration and therefore is this likely a potential abscess that’s being held back due to antibiotics or could it be something different entirely?
Thanks so much everyone for any help and support. I’m feeling very guilty for putting him through all this now but honestly just wanted the best life for him. P.s he’s a rescue, so don’t know exactly how old he is. Potentially 4 ish years old, but could easily be more. I’ve had him for 3 years and 9 months.
I’m posting to see what people’s opinions are. I’ve searched and read all the posts I could find so thanks for the wealth of information available in here.
So, bit of background history. At the end of August we noticed a lump on Jasper (jazzy) side.Went to the vets, they aspirated but there wasn’t much fluid at all. They booked him in and removed it. We decided not to send it off for testing as they got all of it and to be honest money! He did really well and healed up. No complications, eating immediately after it. All was well.
Fast forward to a month later and sadly his boar partner Flash suddenly passed away in his sleep .
I thought long and hard about what to do and had a very long chat with my vet who I have a lot of faith in with regards to my pigs and rabbit.
I decided that I didn’t want to get another boar and be stuck in a never ending cycle of boars, I’ve always wanted a herd of sows. Therefore rather than leave jazzy alone for however long we thought it was worth the risk to get him neutered and then in a couple of months time get some lady friend for him to live out his final days with.
So, Monday he was booked in for the op. It was with the vet who I trust and who has done many guinea pig neuters. All went well, he came home. Was nibbling his food. Maybe not as enthusiastically as usually but couldn’t blame him for that. He was prescribed metacam one a day for 5 days post surgery.
Tuesday and Wednesday all looked good on checking. No concerns, eating drinking and pooing well. Behaving ok, maybe a bit quiet but nothing I was overly concerned about.
Thursday a lot quieter, hadn’t eaten much overnight and didn’t finish his veg from the night before. Noticed he was laying in one spot a lot. Picked him up and immediately noticed swelling in one side. Phoned the vets and took him right away. Unfortunately the vet I usually see was not working. The vet aspirated and stated there was no fluid at all. They wondered if it was the start of an abscess and we had caught it early. Therefore prescribed Baytril 0.4ml twice a day. And asked to see us again two days later so they could aspirate again and compare.
Back today- I don’t think personally it’s any bigger. Same vet asThursday. They aspirated and again nothing. So not clearly an abscess. Vet still wonders if it would have turned into an abscess but the baytril is working.
Jazzy definitely getting fed up and slowly going downhill in my opinion. Eating but no where near as much as usual. I have syringed critical care 3 times today to keep him topped up.He usually takes his medication soaked into one of my rabbit pellets, but he won’t take any food from me now at all so having to pick him up and syringe the meds in to make sure he takes him so I think he’s getting fed up of all the messing about now poor baby.
They also gave him subcutaneous fluids and a gut stimulation injection. And I’ve got emeprid to give 3 times a day too.
We are booked in again on Monday morning and my vets provide their own out of hours service so if things change over the weekend I have somewhere to go.
I just wondered if there were any further opinions. Particularly about the swelling but no pus on aspiration and therefore is this likely a potential abscess that’s being held back due to antibiotics or could it be something different entirely?
Thanks so much everyone for any help and support. I’m feeling very guilty for putting him through all this now but honestly just wanted the best life for him. P.s he’s a rescue, so don’t know exactly how old he is. Potentially 4 ish years old, but could easily be more. I’ve had him for 3 years and 9 months.