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Worried About My Boar

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The fact that he was interested is yet another sign that he's scared. Them not wanting to move is a defence mechanism, they want to be invisible.

Please just let him be for a few days. The change has been massively stressful on him and he needs time to adjust and settle in.
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Way too risky though! Also it will be upsetting him, he will smell the female on your hands, he will get frustrated :( I suggest you concentrate on getting him well, if he isn't eating then he could be poorly, he needs to get a vet check asap, he could pass any contagious illness onto the rest of your piggies :(
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I'm scared to neutar him because i neutar my last boar and after his operation he was eating and then found he had a Tumor
 
The tumour would not have been caused by the neutering :( I would be more concerned about your girls & the risk of pregnancy. Pregnant guinea pigs can die giving birth plus you would then be left with even more guinea pigs & recently you talked about re-homing your girls :(
 
Poppy'sMum said:
The tumour would not have been caused by the neutering :( I would be more concerned about your girls & the risk of pregnancy. Pregnant guinea pigs can die giving birth plus you would then be left with even more guinea pigs & recently you talked about re-homing your girls :(
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My vets said it was
 
You need to spend some time finding a good guinea pig vet. The Vets4Pets ones aren't usually specialised in pigs and so the surgery was more risky.

Like I mentioned earlier if you spend a couple of hours contacting vets in your area, you'll be able to find one that has done many pig neuters. Even better is contacting a local rescue and using that vet, they will have done loads.

It's unfair to keep a pig alone because you're not willing to find amother boar to pair him with, or because you don't want to find the best vet you can. If you don't want a lone boar then you shouldn't get different sexed pigs.

I spent the first week that I moved here contacting all of the vets, yep all of them to find the best one. And I managed to find one who was a specialist and performed two life threatening surgeries very well.

If I hadn't have bothered I would have just used the one around the corner from my house and would have probably lost my pig years ago.

Please make the effort to find a good vet.
 
@kiera Please do not under any circumstances put this intact male piggy with any of your female piggies. He must not go near them until he is 6 weeks post neutering. If you aren't going to neuter him then you must be kind to him and keep him away from the sight and smell of sows as their smell will drive him mad. If you aren't going to neuter him then you need to find him a male companion of his own. If you cannot or will not do that then the kindest thing for him is to rehome him.

You have been advised by many experienced members to leave this piggy to settle in. Please leave him alone. He needs time and space.
 
The vets I see at vets4pets are inside pets@home and they do know guinea pigs there. I've had two successful neuterings there...both boars did develop an abscess afterwards but they cleared up with antibiotics.
 
Why not contact the nearest good rescue to you and ask them what vet they use?
No-one can promise that there won't be complications but complications from the procedure when carried out by an experienced vet don't appear to be very common. :)
 
We are thinking about get him neutar but no money till tuesday
 
You would probably be able to arrange to speak to vets over the phone for free to enquire about this and to answer your concerns. As mentioned though please take care in choosing your vet. From there they'll likely recommend bringing him in for a pre-op check-over before arranging the actual op, and so you will hopefully have a bit of time to save up for it.
 
Critter said:
You would probably be able to arrange to speak to vets over the phone for free to enquire about this and to answer your concerns. As mentioned though please take care in choosing your vet. From there they'll likely recommend bringing him in for a pre-op check-over before arranging the actual op, and so you will hopefully have a bit of time to save up for it.
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Might phone them in morning and find out
 
Best off trying on Tuesday though after the Easter holiday :)
 
Wow, you're lucky having vets open near you over the Bank Holiday Weekend. I'd definitely give them a call.
 
I've had a quick look on their website and I would assume that they're not guinea pig specialised. One of the nursing staff states that they own a single pig so I don't think they're very knowledgeable at all.

I'll have another look tomorrow but according to Guinea Lynx the closest guinea pig vet is in Glasgow.

I would recommend having a ring around other vets in the area.

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Oh jeez, please do NOT put them with your females! It doesn't matter if they're supervised it's a big no no. It takes seconds to reproduce!

How many pigs have you got now? I'm a bit confused about who you've rehomed or bought recently tbh.

Do you and your pigs live with your parents? They really should be helping you with all of this and supervising everything.

Don't think I'm being mean, I'm just concerned about your furbabies.

Also, tumours aren't caused by operations. Cysts may be, but tumours certainly not.
 
Lady Kelly said:
Oh thats lovely. If hes not eating because he's ill let's pass him to someone else to deal with. I hope the person who gets him will actually take care of his needs
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He is eating with some people.

I think this was an impulse buy and not really thought through.
 
I do apologise Kiera for being so harsh its just not nice to think people are going "oh this ones ill so you have him cos I don't want him". You have been given lots of advice and tips on here to help, some of which you were also given in respect of Jack as well. It can be frustrating to see when someone doesn't want to take advice on board but I understand that when it comes down to decisions over vets etc ultimately it will be your parents decision and not yours.
 
Has he eaten anything overnight? Have you left him alone like we suggested?

Making him eat will take time. He's either terrified of you and so won't eat through fear or he has a medical problem, which he needs to see the vet about.

When he eats from other people does he struggle to eat? I.e. does he have difficulty eating?

It does seem like he was an impulse buy from all of the snap decisions being made, he's getting neutered, now he's not, he's going to the vet, now he's not.

My honest thoughts is that your mum isn't happy or willing to look after the boar. So I really think it would be best for you to return him to where you adopted him from, or take him to the SSPCA. I understand that you already have at least 4 other pigs? Pigs can be very costly so it's good to limit your numbers.
 
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