alpacasqueak
Senior Guinea Pig
Thanks for lovely messages on the angry thread, we thankfully made it to vets in the end! Very stressful there and back!
Luigi the porker has mineral deposits in both eyes on top of his cataracts, Kim wasn’t too worried but I need to keep an eye on his cataracts because of possible issues in the future. She also found a lump near his lymph node (my heart sank) so could be possible cancer or an abscess, but thankfully it’s moving around and she thinks it’s a fatty lump! Hard to feel with all his fat bits!
So relieved! 
She also said he seems to have had a tooth issue in the past (I adopted him at around a year old although I think he was a bit younger, so probably before he came to me), his left side is different to the right but not causing him issues of course (
), but something I wasn’t aware of!
Little Cleo however has a heart murmur
It’s never been picked up on despite her many vet trips, she said it’s very slight but had noticed her ears were quite white when I first got her out of the carrier, they then started getting more pink.
She has issues with hay and becomes Little Miss Trumpet Nose, gets very irritated and has metacam on those days as she gets very snotty and very noisy. It always stays in her upper airways and never goes to her chest, I’ve learnt now over the months to just use a handheld hoover in her cage and we always have one particular orchard grass as it’s the only thing that doesn’t set her off!
But a couple of months ago she had the worst episode I’ve seen, was gasping with mouth wide open struggling to breathe as so many snots, went quite weak and floppy and scared the cack out of me! Then fine after 10 minutes like always! So since then I’ve really worried, she hasn’t grown or put weight on since 8months old (a year old now) is absolutely tiny at 800g and something wasn’t right. So the heart murmur explains a lot (and I’d mentioned to some forum friends she reminded me of my heart rat Ollie with the gasping so that was in the back of my mind tbh). I just knew there was something, maybe mother’s intuition!
So little Cleo now has Bisolven as well as metacam to help on her bad days and what I went to discuss, she’ll be getting a nebuliser!
Any recommendations on good piggy nebulisers would be a massive help from anyone please, I’ve never had one with any of my gang in the past so all new to me!
And to top the bad day off, poor Luigi and Lolo were nearly killed when the barrier at the station closed on their carrier in Northampton station! So I swore and screamed at the top of my lungs as I tried to pull them out, thankfully a girl ran over to help! Then sat shaking and crying trying to put it back together after they nearly fell out!
But another new carrier needed now I think as that’s wobbly! 
Oh and Princess my sisters dog (who had cancer a few months ago) was at the vets again this morning for another lump (I’ve been pestering). Got a phone call while coming back, the cancer’s back!
Operation on the 20th
Piggies are more relaxed now but I’m a bit of a state if I’m honest. Having some cider which I’ll regret later with my dodgy belly but I’m alone and sad and I bloody need it! What a horrible day! Please send virtual hugs! Daisy’s ignoring me the useless cat!
Luigi the porker has mineral deposits in both eyes on top of his cataracts, Kim wasn’t too worried but I need to keep an eye on his cataracts because of possible issues in the future. She also found a lump near his lymph node (my heart sank) so could be possible cancer or an abscess, but thankfully it’s moving around and she thinks it’s a fatty lump! Hard to feel with all his fat bits!
So relieved! She also said he seems to have had a tooth issue in the past (I adopted him at around a year old although I think he was a bit younger, so probably before he came to me), his left side is different to the right but not causing him issues of course (
), but something I wasn’t aware of!Little Cleo however has a heart murmur
It’s never been picked up on despite her many vet trips, she said it’s very slight but had noticed her ears were quite white when I first got her out of the carrier, they then started getting more pink.She has issues with hay and becomes Little Miss Trumpet Nose, gets very irritated and has metacam on those days as she gets very snotty and very noisy. It always stays in her upper airways and never goes to her chest, I’ve learnt now over the months to just use a handheld hoover in her cage and we always have one particular orchard grass as it’s the only thing that doesn’t set her off!
But a couple of months ago she had the worst episode I’ve seen, was gasping with mouth wide open struggling to breathe as so many snots, went quite weak and floppy and scared the cack out of me! Then fine after 10 minutes like always! So since then I’ve really worried, she hasn’t grown or put weight on since 8months old (a year old now) is absolutely tiny at 800g and something wasn’t right. So the heart murmur explains a lot (and I’d mentioned to some forum friends she reminded me of my heart rat Ollie with the gasping so that was in the back of my mind tbh). I just knew there was something, maybe mother’s intuition!
So little Cleo now has Bisolven as well as metacam to help on her bad days and what I went to discuss, she’ll be getting a nebuliser!
Any recommendations on good piggy nebulisers would be a massive help from anyone please, I’ve never had one with any of my gang in the past so all new to me!
And to top the bad day off, poor Luigi and Lolo were nearly killed when the barrier at the station closed on their carrier in Northampton station! So I swore and screamed at the top of my lungs as I tried to pull them out, thankfully a girl ran over to help! Then sat shaking and crying trying to put it back together after they nearly fell out!
But another new carrier needed now I think as that’s wobbly! Oh and Princess my sisters dog (who had cancer a few months ago) was at the vets again this morning for another lump (I’ve been pestering). Got a phone call while coming back, the cancer’s back!
Operation on the 20th Piggies are more relaxed now but I’m a bit of a state if I’m honest. Having some cider which I’ll regret later with my dodgy belly but I’m alone and sad and I bloody need it! What a horrible day! Please send virtual hugs! Daisy’s ignoring me the useless cat!
at the moment! xx
Cats! Thanks so much, after the train this morning there were problems at Birmingham and London all day so was worried I wouldn’t even get home! Me and my curse! 
Thanks 