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What Would You Do In My Position?

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I know @flintstones it was a lovely gesture for vicki to offer the other day. I just hope it all goes well as I don't want my boys to have another surgery :(
 
good look I'm sure its good new and your piggie just needs a medicon or somthing xx :D what a cute little face xx:roll: Good look xx:nod: xhugs to you and your piggiex :hug:
 
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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thats alot of piggies xx and probly alot a poop to clean xD xx :D xhugs to you and piggiesx :hug:
 
Good news! Milans eye is looking a lot better. The vet was very concerned about it on Monday but she says it's improved a lot since then. Hopefully his eye will resolve itself and remain a mystery as to how it happened.

The abscesses have closed over too much to be able to do anything about them at this stage but just to carry on with antibiotics and take them back next week and hope it all heals well. It appears that if there is any pus still inside then it's only a small amount. I'm feeling a lot calmer and more hopeful than I was, mainly due to @VickiA coming along so thank you again Vicki :)
 
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OMG thats great news! Vicki is so sweet x well as again thats great news
good lookxx
xhugs to you and your piggies or piggiex :hug:
 
Do your pigs travel well? Milan doesn't appear too bothered at all but as soon as Hugo is taken out the house (or even as soon as he is put in his carrier he knows where he is going) he just freezes. I put veggies in the carriers for them but he doesn't eat them. The journey is even seeming too much for Captain the dog :zzz: I wish there was a closer vet but hey ho, nearly home now :nod:

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Sian25 said:
Do your pigs travel well? Milan doesn't appear too bothered at all but as soon as Hugo is taken out the house (or even as soon as he is put in his carrier he knows where he is going) he just freezes. I put veggies in the carriers for them but he doesn't eat them. The journey is even seeming too much for Captain the dog :zzz: I wish there was a closer vet but hey ho, nearly home now :nod:

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Many piggies won't eat unless they are used to travelling. Hugo obviously equals travel with pain now, poor guy!
We do have a travel guide with lots of tips: Travelling with guinea pigs
 
Guys, I have just one slightly negative question.. If the abscesses were to refill, how long approximately would this take?
 
I'm sorry I can't answer that question as I just don't know. I'm not sure there is any easy answer as it depends on many factors. I think that's a question best answered by the vet when you see her next week.
In the meantime I hope those gorgeous boys are still behaving themselves x
 
:( I suppose I'll have to wait until next week to find out. Unless anyone else has an idea?

I just like to have a rough time in my head where I can subconsciously count down the days/weeks/month until were in more of a 'safe' period.

Of course my little angels are behaving themselves. Although me on the other hand.. I was enjoying a nice, relaxing bath and all I could hear was them wheeking! How dare I be late for their night time veggies. Tut tut Sian!
 
You were late for night time veggies?!
Oh, the injustice.
It doesn't matter than you have spent the past few weeks meeting their every need.
Night time veggies, are still night time veggies.

Glad things are going well (apart from your tardiness of course!).
Big hugs to you and the boys. :hug:
 
Oh I'm glad things are looking up for the boys! My boys don't wheek when it's veggie time... Albie just sits at his drink bottle and drinks continuously until the noise drives me insane! Chink, chink, chink like a little maid bell!
 
Sian25 said:
Guys, I have just one slightly negative question.. If the abscesses were to refill, how long approximately would this take?
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:( I suppose I'll have to wait until next week to find out. Unless anyone else has an idea?

I just like to have a rough time in my head where I can subconsciously count down the days/weeks/month until were in more of a 'safe' period.

Of course my little angels are behaving themselves. Although me on the other hand.. I was enjoying a nice, relaxing bath and all I could hear was them wheeking! How dare I be late for their night time veggies. Tut tut Sian!
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Please try to concentrate on your boys getting well and getting ready to find sow-wives; they are now on the straight to finish line! Channel your energies on willing them to heal up fully instead of hovering over them with your fears. Imagine it like bathing their abscesses with postive green energy several times a day instead of piercing them with black lances of worry to try and discover any problems. Do that any time you catch yourself treading down the worn-out paths of fret in your brain. ;)

If an abscess would blow up again, depends on several factors like how much of an infection is left and how long it takes for it to get going again, so there is no set time frame.

We recommend to monitor all post-op boars for signs of swelling every day for the first two weeks post-op, then every second day for the reat of the first month, after that twice weekly for another month and then once weekly for rest of the first 6 months after the neutering operation. If you REALLY need to know you have to ask your vet as to how long she thinks you should check for signs of an abscess returning, but I would think that the time frame I have given you should cover it.
 
i have to travle 2 hours :c and I'm worried that my piggies might be stressed xx I'm only taking them there for a check up as my near vet is closed so i have to take them there its all booked and stuff but should i defo do it? x
xhugs to you and your piggiesx :hug:
 
Hi all, it's bad news. Quite a lot of pus has just come out of milans abscess :( I'm just cleaning him up then I'll check Hugo's
 
There's no pus coming out of Hugo's as of yet but he has all lumps and bumps that the vet has said is scar tissue so it's difficult to tell.

I have a vet appointment already on friday. Does Milan need to be seen to before then? I'm lost and just don't know what to do now
 
Would the Zithromax work when there's not a big enough hole to flush? The pus has come out of a very small hole
 
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