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urgent help! Guinea pig blood all over

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Martin10474

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Hi all. I’ve never posted on here before but am in need of a lot of urgent help. I was cleaning out my daughters Guinea pigs today and noticed on one of the girls her whole bottom end had blood on it. It wasn’t a small amount which is really worrying. Upon cleaning them out there was blood in the bedding and it’s looking really bad. She’s acting fine, eating and using the bathroom normally and seems calm but I really don’t know what to do! She is old now, about 6 years and lives comfortably in a small herd. I called the vets and they said to bring her in tomorrow. Is there anything we can do in the mean time as I am worried it’s going to be too late. Thank you!
 
Please see an out of hours emergency vet right now. Bleeding to that extent is an emergency and the vets shouldn’t have told you to wait until tomorrow.

I hope she is ok
 
Hi all! I am sorry I forgot my login to this account. Miraculously, she seems ok. She stayed in the vets for a night which must have been stressful for her but bless she is doing much better now. I really wasn’t sure if she would make it considering her age, but we are delighted she is ok. Thank you for all your kind messages, I will attach some pictures of her later :)
 
Thank you so much for updating. It's awful when people post about a series issue and you never find out if the piggy recovers 😔
Looking forward to pictures 😊
 
Martin10474 said:
Hi all! I am sorry I forgot my login to this account. Miraculously, she seems ok. She stayed in the vets for a night which must have been stressful for her but bless she is doing much better now. I really wasn’t sure if she would make it considering her age, but we are delighted she is ok. Thank you for all your kind messages, I will attach some pictures of her later :)
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That is good news. Have your vets checked for a potentially cancerous ovarian cyst?
 
Yes they have taken some samples and sent them off hoping to find out within the next couple of days. she’s the brown one, one of her sisters is the white- didn’t want to take too many pictures just so she wasn’t scared. Thanks again all!
 

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Glad she is doing better! Hoping all the test come back in her favor! My son's dwarf hamster gave us a scare back in late December by passing some frank blood from her lady parts... we really feared the worst but she is still with us months later, elderly but feisty as ever.
 
Thanks for the update.
So glad she’s doing better.
Hopefully the tests will show nothing serious.
 
Bless her, she had a lump in her stomach but thought it may have been a ‘fatty lump’ however tests confirmed it was cancer 😔. She lived with two other girls, is there anything I can do for them to ensure that they’re okay or is it best to leave them?
 
So sorry for your loss popcorn happily sweetie. Hopefully the other two will look after each other there may be somw upset depending on who the dominant sow was but all being well they will sort it out between themselves. Just keep an eye on them and be kind to yourself too in the coming weeks. 💐
 
Thank you, thats very helpful.

Yes we still have her sister who has always been the dominant yet sweetest one among them, even when we had six of them.

It’s awfully sad because we bought 2 pairs of sisters together from a Wood Green rescue about 8 years ago, then another pair a couple years after that as they as they brought so much joy!

They’d always been the bestest of friends, even if they did squabble over the odd dandelion! But in the last year we have lost 4 of them, three died at age 8 from old age and this one age 6 to cancer. Got the oldest one and youngest one now, age 8 and 6 🙂

Thank you again all and hope all your piggies are doing ok!
 
So sorry you lost her, but you gave her and all your others a wonderful long and happy life and that is what counts. Take care :hug:
 
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