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What Would You Do In My Position?

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Just picking pigs up now. Not got a pic yet but their lance is just a little line. I was expecting a big hole that I can flush? Is this right?
 
This is Hugo's lance. I don't understand how I am to flush it? Unfortunately I was unable to speak to the vet as she had gone home but the nurse said to just flush as normal?

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Sian25 said:
Was that for an abscess? I assumed honey heals the skin instead of keeping it open to flush it
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We used it in an eye socket that was still producing a tiny amount of pus a few weeks after eye removal, and after being on a good antibiotic for about three weeks. The medical grade manuka honey completely resolved the issue within about a week. x
 
So I shouldn't be flushing it? I didn't speak to the vet as she had gone home. The nurse said to flush it
 
Oh my gosh I'm panicking now. Should I not have been flushing it? The nurse give me more needles to flush it
 
Are you using Manuka honey? Like Debbie, I too used it on an eye socket after it became infected after my Eliza had her eye removed.

The aim of flushing is to remove any pus and to keep the open wound clean.

The best thing to do is to give your vet a call as all wound care is different depending on the vet and the problem x
 
I've just rang but the vet is not in yet. I'm in a big panic that I could have harmed them by flushing it. The nurse definitely said to flush but this may be different to the vets advice. As I didn't get to speak to the vet afterwards yesterday how many times a day should the honey be applied?
 
See what the vet says when you speak to them. I think the nurse would have had a list of instructions from the vet though to tell you.
 
I think I applied the honey once a day but I can't really remember.

Like Helen says, I expect the nurse was following instructions left by the vet but it's best to double check if you're not sure.

Try not to panic, you won't have caused any harm.
 
It's so so so distressing to look at them like this. And to know that Hugo's slit in the abscess looks very thin and abscess likely to return is just making me feel so ill. I just want them better but feel like we're going nowhere
 
sian i hope your boys are ok.ive used honey on human wounds with great results,just messy,abcess i had on ben was one neat line,just bigger.please make an appointment at the previous vets to ask why you have been treated badly,i go to a vet in loughborough cavy savvy vet he has done all my 6 boys neuters,i have had them all back after an overnight stay and they were all eating and running around..take a deep breath and draw up the syringe with the solution you are using,use moderate pressure at a steady pace put solution into wound,you will not hurt your piggie or wound,need to keep it from scabing.twice daily.but at times that suit you,does not need to be exactly 12 hours apart.maybe morning and before you go to bed.good luck Sian.xx
 
Hugo's had already scabbed over this morning after flushing last night, I cleaned the scab off but it leads me to think it's going to completely close very very soon :(
 
Please try not to worry. You are doing your absolute best and can do no more.

Your boys have actually come a lot further than you may think. Things could have been a lot worse of it wasn't for your dedication and care!
 
Thanks @Claire W

Does anyone have any tips on how to get the manuka honey into the wound? I was expecting a thinner tip on the tube. (Ignore my vile bitten nails! Nerves and stress are to blame haha)

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Hi Sian, I have just caught up with your story. A similar thing happened to me. I had Rocco neutered as he would not get on with my other 2 boars. He went in and returned from the vets the next day, he was very quiet but eating and pooping OK. I was given five day gap between check up appointments, when I took him back they said he was healing well. They gave me no medicine at all. A few days later I picked him up and noticed a foul smell. After checking his bottom I noticed put from his wound. I took him back to the vets and they confirmed an abscess. They flushed it and gave him antibiotics. I was draining it daily and it seemed to not get better at all. Any way long story short it took 3 weeks to get rid of and I was told at one point that Guinea pigs are often allergic to the stitches causing this problem. I had to see manyv different vets at the practice and was there at least twice a week. It is a horrible time for you but it will be worth it in the end. My Rocco now has a gorgeous girl called sugar and they are inseparable, like an old married couple lol. You need to make sure you take care of yourself and remember the reason your OH doesn't worry after them like you is because you have the mothering instinct xx
 
Thank you @BB3 but I doubt my boys will be cleared after 3 weeks.. it just seems never ending. Poor Hugo developed two abscesses on his abdomen and one on his ear where eye cream somehow got onto his ear during the neuter and was left there. So he's had 3 abscesses. Then Milan has the one but it just looks so nasty. I honestly can't bare to look at them like this! I hope it is all worth it in the end but at the moment that seems to hard to reach
 
have you been given something to apply it with?sian you are doing really well.the wound will not close up,it keeps the wound wet,the scab will open up easily if needed,your boys have progressed really well all due to your dedicated care.xx
 
I know it seems so hard at the moment but you are doing remarkably well. When do you have to return to work?
 
BB3 said:
I know it seems so hard at the moment but you are doing remarkably well. When do you have to return to work?
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I run my own dog walking/dog boarding/doggy day care but only started about 2 months ago so luckily I'm not very busy. But a lot of people have wanted to come and meet me about dog boarding etc but I've had to postpone everything as I just can't face anything at the moment. I've done the odd few dog walks for regular customers but that's about it.. So I'm not really earning anything at the moment which is adding to the stress
 
I was not given anything to apply the honey with. I had to just squeeze some on the end of a cotton wool bud and kind of drip it into the wound without touching the wound with the cotton wool bud. Hope this is okay. I couldn't think of any other way to use it.

Is the honey supposed to stay in the wound? As I filled Hugo's with it then did milans.. After this i checked Hugo's and the honey seems to have gone already?
 
It will all come good, maybe a few dog walks would help to clear your head? You need to look after yourself too! Your piggies are well looked after xx
 
BB3 said:
It will all come good, maybe a few dog walks would help to clear your head? You need to look after yourself too! Your piggies are well looked after xx
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It may do me good but honestly I'm trying not to leave the house.. I look like absolute death as every time I look at the pigs I burst into tears. My eyes look like they have been punched plus I'm scared to leave them incase something happens to them
 
Also does anyone have any suggestions about preventing hay going into the abscess? They normally have a hay tray but I've switched to a c&c grid hay rack for now.. I'm forever picking up bits of hay off their floor but I can't be there 24 hours to remove every last piece and seems they like to pull bits of hay out then decide to sit on it :(
 
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