abscess care

Hi All, I'm new here - great to meet you all! I'm H and I have little Freddy, hopefully will be able to have a friend for Freddy soon! I recently adopted Freddy from a rescue. He was originally bonded with another little guy, but they fell out when we bought them home so we kept Freddy and...

Hi everyone, I went to the vet to treat my (1.2kg male) guinea pig’s abscess and they shaved down the fur, squeezed as much of the pus out as possible and prescribed him quite a lot of antibiotics and treatment for it. This vet isn’t one I normally go on and I just wanted to check that the...

Hi all, I made a post a couple days ago and updated it today but didn’t wanna keep clogging up that post especially now that the issue has been diagnosed if that makes sense. Also, a WARNING for a bloody/gory photo. I just had a quick question for anyone experienced with abscesses, Eggs’...

Hi all, We have found a lump on our PJ’s throat. The vet took a sample and said that it’s an abscess. They said that the surgery will cost £400-£480. We just don’t have that money right now. My partner is in between jobs after a brutal lay-off of his entire department from his company, and I’m...

Hello Piggie Parents, I hope you and your little ones are doing great. My two guinea pigs Cherry and Berry were neutered in November 2022 (by Anne Nelson Vets) and now they live separately with their new partners Cookie and Oreo for a month. Berry has got an abscess now. I took him to the...

hi everyone! i’m baby sitting my friends guinea pig while he’s out of town, my little baby lenny. and he had a really large ball under his neck. i was pretty sure it was a cyst but wasn’t 100% a couple days ago a it popped and now it looks like this. i’ve been cleaning it with salt water but...