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What Would You Do In My Position?

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furryfriends (TEAS) said:
It is more likely to work than any other antibiotic. The Marbocyl just doesn't seem to be completely nipping it in the bud!
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It's just never ending! The poor boys have really been through it and it's just not fair :( the thought of them being in pain really really upsets me.

As I say I've got a vet appointment on Friday. Is this too long to wait? I took quite a few unpaid weeks off work to begin with but I've started taking bookings in work now because money to pay for their treatment was getting low. I've got Friday off but will struggle to get them to the vet any sooner with it being a good drive away. Can anyone advise?
 
Oh dear, Sian. I'm sorry to hear that. Poor Milan. Is there any change in Hugo's lumps? It may be worth giving the vets a call tomorrow to see if they want to see Milan before Friday.
 
VickiA said:
Oh dear, Sian. I'm sorry to hear that. Poor Milan. Is there any change in Hugo's lumps? It may be worth giving the vets a call tomorrow to see if they want to see Milan before Friday.
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I will give them a call tomorrow but I just don't know what to do anymore. And to be honest I don't know what the vet will do about it? If she won't give me Zithromax without a culture then she's likely to just suggest surgery.

As for Hugo's lumps, I just don't know anymore @VickiA it's so hard to tell when he has all these lumps anyway :( they've not changed significantly from what I can tell.

Ideally the vet would do a prescription for Zithromax and let me pick it up from my local vets. I just can't deal with anything else going wrong. It's so frustrating!
 
I'm well and truly falling apart now, I really am. If surgery is suggested then I just don't even know what to think anymore. They had a GA on 7th march then 29th march so 2 weeks ago tomorrow.. How long should ideally be left between GA's?

I do dog boarding with a max of 2 dogs in at a time.. The dogs I board are not allowed upstairs- the piggies are upstairs. The dogs I've boarded have all been so good - once one dog was a bit upset so I slept on the couch with him but I have two cocker spaniels in at the moment and oh my gosh.. I can't even go for a wee without them howling after me. It really is a nightmare :no:
 
Sian25 said:
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
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try asking your vet for a privet persciption , it will cost around £10 and you can buy it from your local chemist, the cost of the zith should be atound 6 pound
 
sounds like you have your hands full with those spaniels - they must like you to howl after you

Please wait to speak to the vet and let us know how you get on x
 
It maybe worth mentioning to your vet, that there is a vet paper on abscess sensitivity. I only know about it, as my vet did some research and he mentioned he found a paper which was on rabbits. Zithromax's success rate was over 90%, this was the reason my vet prescribed Zithromax. We did a culture but nothing came back and at this point we had tried a lot of different antibiotics. We didn't really have any avenues left but thankfully Zithromax sorted the problem.
 
it worked on my pigs ,never faild! it is great stuff, though if you do get a vet script, ask him to perscribe 2 to 3 bottles of the drug , that way you will be sure
of having enought and hopfolly a bottle to spare should another pig get an abscess
 
though it might be worth discussing anty b inpregnated bead !
this is a small bead that time relese the drug over a perlonged perod , just in case it dos prove dificult to shift
 
Sian25 said:
@flintstones thank you for that. Was your pigs abscess closed over at this point when you tried Zithromax?
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We didn't open the abscess again but he did still need a GA as we removed a front incisor. Fred's abscess was deep in the jaw though so different location.

It maybe worth speaking to the vet about why she would not consider Zithromax. I know my vet would not opt right to it, my Fred stopped eating all together with it.
 
flintstones said:
We didn't open the abscess again but he did still need a GA as we removed a front incisor. Fred's abscess was deep in the jaw though so different location.

It maybe worth speaking to the vet about why she would not consider Zithromax. I know my vet would not opt right to it, my Fred stopped eating all together with it.
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I've just rang up and she's not in until 11. I don't think it's the fact that she won't prescribe the Zithromax, it's more that she wanted to have a culture done first but I didn't want to waste time as I heard that guinea pig abscesses hardly elver give a result but at this point the abscess had pretty much closed up anyway and there was nothing to culture
 
My vet did the culture at the same time, that way if the results came back something else we could switch antibiotics. Perhaps just explain your apprehension, it's perfectly normal to culture first. Although as he's already on antibiotics the culture won't be 100%.
 
Thanks @flintstones

I just don't know what to do as I'm thinking that if the abscesses have closed up with no place for them to drain they how will Zithromax make a difference?
 
As Fred's abscess hadn't fully regrown we prescribed Zithromax at that point I didn't do any flushing.
 
I'm getting so frustrated. I just want them to heal without surgery but we're getting nowhere. I'll have to wait for the vet to get in at 11 then probably wait for her to be free to talk.

Did you say Zithromax stopped your boy eating @flintstones
 
Yes, he didn't eat for the full course of antibiotics.

This certainly doesn't seem them a common reaction I know furryfriends uses it regularly. As with humans antibiotics can effect them in different ways.
 
I also had one piggy who did not tolerate Zithromax at all well she ended up with bloat but my other two had it without any problem x
 
Poppy'sMum said:
I also had one piggy who did not tolerate Zithromax at all well she ended up with bloat but my other two had it without any problem x
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Zithromax has been tolerated well with all the piggies I have used it for. I have been using it regularly for 7 years at least.
 
Thinking of you again Sian.
Hopefully by now you have heard back, and the vet will at least consider trying Zithromax.
 
Swissgreys said:
Thinking of you again Sian.
Hopefully by now you have heard back, and the vet will at least consider trying Zithromax.
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Still not heard. I'm going to call back again. I feel awful because I'm always on the phone to them but I can't risk her forgetting to call me back and having to wait until tomorrow
 
Sian25 said:
Still not heard. I'm going to call back again. I feel awful because I'm always on the phone to them but I can't risk her forgetting to call me back and having to wait until tomorrow
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You should NOT feel awful.
Their job is to call you back when you ask for help or advice.
You are the customer, and have every right to expect some degree of support and service.
I bet they do not feel bad for a single minute when they are always sending you bills!
 
Swissgreys said:
You should NOT feel awful.
Their job is to call you back when you ask for help or advice.
You are the customer, and have every right to expect some degree of support and service.
I bet they do not feel bad for a single minute when they are always sending you bills!
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I suppose :( I just know that she's probably busy. I've just rang back anyway and the receptionist has dad she will ring me tonight after her consults
 
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