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What Would You Do In My Position?

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It looks like a burst blood vessel in his eye, my hubby had one once, looked awful like he'd been in a fight but harmless. The doctor just checked his blood pressure which obviously you can't do with a piggy :( It took a week or so to go away. I also think sometimes they appear after operations in people, it might just have happened because of the op or just out of the blue. Just monitor it & his weight/behaviour x
 
@Poppy'sMum has made a good point :) Just monitor him and see how he goes. I would continue with the eye drops though just in case it is an eye injury and yes, I expect the other vet will have a look for you when you go on Tuesday if that's what you'd like
 
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Just caught up with this thread. I am so sorry you and your two guinea pigs are going through so much. I am no expert. But I did have a guinea pig with an eye injury who was given antibiotics. But the non exotic vet did not give metacam for pain relief or recommend Pro C to be taken at least half an hour after the Antibiotic.
@Sian25 could you just update the medicines that each individual guinea pig is now taking daily. It may help you to get correct advice if you have any further queries from the experts. I hope everything goes well, it is unbelieveable what you have had to go through after what is normally routine procedure in most cases.
 
worried val of york said:
Just caught up with this thread. I am so sorry you and your two guinea pigs are going through so much. I am no expert. But I did have a guinea pig with an eye injury who was given antibiotics. But the non exotic vet did not give metacam for pain relief or recommend Pro C to be taken at least half an hour after the Antibiotic.
@Sian25 could you just update the medicines that each individual guinea pig is now taking daily. It may help you to get correct advice if you have any further queries from the experts. I hope everything goes well, it is unbelieveable what you have had to go through after what is normally routine procedure in most cases.
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He is now on
10mg marbocyl once daily
0.4ml once daily of metacam
1 x eyedrop 4 times daily of maxitrol
 
It looks a lot worse and more noticeable in natural light but you can still see it in normal light when looking closely. How come @BB3?
 
It's just that I had to keep checking sugars eyes because she is partially sighted and I seem to remember that a guinea pigs eyes glow more red when the light shines on them. X
 
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It's just that I had to keep checking sugars eyes because she is partially sighted and I seem to remember that a guinea pigs eyes glow more red when the light shines on them. X
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No unfortunately there is something wrong with milans eye and it's not just the light shining on it. The vet doesn't know what's wrong with it though and I'm just hoping the drops clear it up

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Sian,you have had some difficult times,sometimes hay seed/poke can cause eye injury,sometimes can be due to a uri,sometimes teeth,a vet needs to see,the earlier the treatment the better the outcome in the long run.how did you get on?remember you are coping extremely well.:hug:to you.xx
 
@eileen the vet looked at Milans eye earlier and put dye into it and couldn't see anything wrong. However I notice you just mentioned teeth being a possible cause.. Can you elaborate please? I was doing the boys all over health check before and thought Milans bottom teeth may be looking a bit long but not 100% sure
 
unfortunatley I'm not an expert in this area,but i know it can be a complication to teeth,but if milan is eating and drinking well i would be surprised,try and weight milan daily,take a note of output of wee and poos,intake of food,furryfriends has more experience than i have with teeth,but milan could eat less if his eye causes him pain,if you are still concerned on tuesday,maybe you could get your exotic vet to take a look at it.try to be patient and see if the drops have time to work well done for being so observant.hold your head up high you are doing a excellent and competent job.:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:.xx
 
Thanks @eileen he's eating and drinking normally, lots of poos and I've still been weighing daily since the neuter and he's maintaining weight. I've been very paranoid about his teeth- it's a long story but when I first got Milan 2 years ago he had an xray (unrelated to his teeth) but the vet, although not an exotic vet, said he may have problems with his teeth in later life. So since then I've been very regularly checking his teeth and as I say today the bottom ones look longer than normal. However it is quite hard to check his teeth as although he's got the cutest most friendly and loving personality, he will bite if you're doing something that he doesn't want you to do eg. Check teeth, cut nails, flush abscess haha, he's a :) So he doesn't hold his mouth still to be able to really see the length of his teeth
 
Hi all, I need help ASAP! I admit I haven't been checking the boys willies since the neutering as I haven't wanted to touch the incision or abscess afterwards and infect more. But tonight I noticed Milan had a bit of a bump where his penis would be under the skin so I got it out and checked it. There was some hard boar glue on it which I've cleaned off but now his willy looks really weird and different and I'm worried sick. I can't work out what's wrong with it. The white stringy boar glue or whatever it is is stuck (I hope I'm allowed to post this picture) I'm so worried and don't think I can cope with another thing wrong.

PS he is weeing fine and weed on my knee beforehand and didn't seem in pain

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Wiebke said:
You are doing the right thing! Cross gender pairs are the most stable of guinea pig bonds once initial acceptance by the sow has happened; fall-outs are extremely rare.

Here is a picture of my own current set-up. I have got four neutered boars living with 1-5 sows each. Plus some sow pairs that don't otherwise get on. The normal grids are enough; each group has got their own territory. You just can't mix them and have to time-share roaming time.
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Can I just say GOALS?!! AMAZING!
 
sian,maybe clean area with salt water.I'm not sure what to clean it with,ive used animal shampoo mild,but if you are worried salt water has infection preventative properties.but i think this is a answer for the health and illness team.have you tried to look through the information guides on the forum.try and take time out,the come back to it.xx
 
@eileen I've got the white stuff out and it looks better now pheww. I feel so bad for not checking it for 3 weeks but I have to press on the abscesses to get the willy out as they're in the way so I just haven't wanted to do it as the abscesses may be sore and obviously didn't want to get more germs in it. Just give them both a clean though now. I will check again in the morning
 
Hugo really didn't like his willy cleaned. I really do have two piggies with anger issues haha. I cleaned Hugo's willy then picked him up, he ran up my chest and bit my neck :( Not the first time either image.webp

Milan can also bite but more of a statement to say 'get off me' when I'm cutting his nails etc.
 
Thanks @flintstones it seems fine now anyway.

The boys had their abscess lanced on Tuesday so that's 5 days ago. I'm still keeping the wound open and flushing. Is this right to still be keeping it open?
 
Sian25 said:
Hi all, I need help ASAP! I admit I haven't been checking the boys willies since the neutering as I haven't wanted to touch the incision or abscess afterwards and infect more. But tonight I noticed Milan had a bit of a bump where his penis would be under the skin so I got it out and checked it. There was some hard boar glue on it which I've cleaned off but now his willy looks really weird and different and I'm worried sick. I can't work out what's wrong with it. The white stringy boar glue or whatever it is is stuck (I hope I'm allowed to post this picture) I'm so worried and don't think I can cope with another thing wrong.

PS he is weeing fine and weed on my knee beforehand and didn't seem in pain

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eileen said:
sian,maybe clean area with salt water.I'm not sure what to clean it with,ive used animal shampoo mild,but if you are worried salt water has infection preventative properties.but i think this is a answer for the health and illness team.have you tried to look through the information guides on the forum.try and take time out,the come back to it.xx
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flintstones said:
It's nothing to worry about, looks like a sperm rod to me - perfectly normal. Boar's who'd have them! :vom:
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Sorry, just seen this part of your thread. I just want to say that I agree with the other posters - the white stuff you have seen is normal for boars .

This is a great thread ...

Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
 
Sian25 said:
Thanks @flintstones it seems fine now anyway.

The boys had their abscess lanced on Tuesday so that's 5 days ago. I'm still keeping the wound open and flushing. Is this right to still be keeping it open?
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Yeah, this is right keep flushing. It'll close from the inside out. It'll still close even through your flushing it.
 
PiggyOwner said:
Sorry, just seen this part of your thread. I just want to say that I agree with the other posters - the white stuff you have seen is normal for boars .

This is a great thread ...

Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
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Thank you. It just shocked me as they're normally pretty clean and I have only ever cleaned off a tiny bit of smelly stuff. That will teach me for not checking for 3 weeks :hb: In all fairness though, I had to press on their abscesses to get their willy out so it's made it extra difficult as I don't want to be transferring germs to their abscess
 
Sian25 said:
Thank you. It just shocked me as they're normally pretty clean and I have only ever cleaned off a tiny bit of smelly stuff. That will teach me for not checking for 3 weeks :hb: In all fairness though, I had to press on their abscesses to get their willy out so it's made it extra difficult as I don't want to be transferring germs to their abscess
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Your doing fine Sian - they're abscesses are your priority . I'm sure you would have noticed of there was something significantly wrong.
 
Thanks all!

Has anyone ever used maxitrol eye drops before? I can only find a few threads with people using it and they give a drop 3 times a day where I've been prescribed a drop 4 times a day. Just trying to make sure this is okay
 
Sian25 said:
Hi all, I need help ASAP! I admit I haven't been checking the boys willies since the neutering as I haven't wanted to touch the incision or abscess afterwards and infect more. But tonight I noticed Milan had a bit of a bump where his penis would be under the skin so I got it out and checked it. There was some hard boar glue on it which I've cleaned off but now his willy looks really weird and different and I'm worried sick. I can't work out what's wrong with it. The white stringy boar glue or whatever it is is stuck (I hope I'm allowed to post this picture) I'm so worried and don't think I can cope with another thing wrong.

PS he is weeing fine and weed on my knee beforehand and didn't seem in pain

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His penis is still looking normal, so no need to panic! boars have got two spikes at the very tip with which they hold onto sows during the act.
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