What an Idiot! haha

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I was reading the thread Guinea pig body quirks and it reminded me of how much of an idiot i was when we first got our piggies.

After Dexter had got surgery on his ear we had to take him back for a follow up. Everything was fine and his ear was healing.

I turned to the vet and said ' I think he was hurt in the fight on his tummy.

So the vet had a wee look and said 'where' so i pointed to the "marks"

She looked at me strangley and replied ' Thats his nipples'

I dont think ive ever left the vets so fast in my life! I was so embarrased :))
 
Aww LOL, this made me chuckle, we've all been like that, i remember when we first got our 2 "female" piggies, admitedly they were tiny babies but we thought Lillies "parts" looked bigger than honey's but didn't think anything of it........ a week or 2 after we got them we took them to the vets to be checked over,

Vet says "Lilly....? Thats a funny name for a male piggy"

Me, "No she's a girl!!

Vet "*presses gently - willy pops out* No he's a boy"

Me and OH "*******************"

Needless to say Honey was already pregnant and Lilly was booked in for his neuter!
 
My first piglet Jacob was the softest kindest pig and he loved cuddles off everyone and my sister was cuddling him one day and was stroking his belly and was going "he's fur is so soft" I had a look...she was stroking his bum :))

She had a rabbit that underwent a sex change when she took it to the vet to be spayed and the vet went "Uhm...she's a HE" :))
 
Bit of background... I've worked at several vet surgeries from the age of 14, largely on a voluntary basis. I spent a lot of time working with my own vets, and they taught me a lot of things, one of which was how to sex a cat.

One day, I got lumbered with a cat. She was a little black farm cat, and we decided to call her Meg. Doing the responsible thing, decided to keep hold of it until I could find a suitable home (I have dogs!) and had her booked in for vaccinations and stuff. Vaccinations all went ok, we got her microchipped, and booked her in for a spay.

Morning of the spay comes, she's dropped off at 8.30am, I'm told to expect a call at around lunchtime to arrange a time to collect her. I got the call, went and picked her up at 4 o'clock.

When I got there, I was very confused. They told me that they had done the operation, but she didn't have any shaved patch or wound on her flank where they'd normally do the incision. I asked if there was a complication (if they're in early pregnancy, they will operate on the midline, the place they would in a dog), but there's no chance she could be pregnant because she's never been outside..... confusion! "Yes Amanda, there was a complication.... Meg was castrated because she's a boy!" :red:red:red:red:red

I'd got the cat from my cousin, who I assumed could sex cats correctly (she has a farm and lots of them!), the vet assumed I sexed the cat, and didn't double check, so all in all, I'm not sure who was more embarrassed!

So, Meg became Mr Meg! Unfortunately his new owners didn't like that name, so they called him Milo instead!
 
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