tooth abscess

Hi I have a older guinea pig named Samwise that I adopted two months ago. He was checked at the sheltered and they told me everything was good. They told me at the shelter that they found him in a park, somebody had just left him there. Since I adopted him, he is underweight. He weights around...

Hello, I'm from Thailand and not a native speaker so I'm sorry for my English in advance. One of my guinea pigs is about 2 years old, he has been having tooth abscesses for 4 months now. The vet recommended us to have the tooth extracted because it is likely that said tooth's root is the cause...

My baby girl , not even 3 years old, has has an infection due to her teeth breaking and has a whole bump under the chin. Not eating properly or letting me feed her also. Tried metacam and 2 other mets with it and she had diarrhea so stopped it straight away. She's less active and picks on...

hello all! My problem pig, Kaylor, developed a large lump rather quickly fays after her last vet check up for her IC and missing tooth (one on the bottom hasn't growth back after 8 months). It turned out to be a abscess that popped at home. I squeezed out the fluid/gunk and have been flushing...

Hi. I have a three year old sweet girl with a jaw abscess we have been fighting for 7 weeks. She has already had multiple xrays and surgery to debride the abscess when it was the size of a small plum. She was on antibiotics and we took her back every week to have her open wound cleaned and...

My dear Simon had a CT today. An abscess in his jaw was discovered and drained. I wasn't allowed to bring him home. Per the vet, the tooth didn't move and surgery is necessary; there was talk of drilling from underneath to the tooth to get it to move then remove. Has anyone had a tooth removed...

I don't know where else to turn for advice on my guinea pig. Sorry this is so long, but I want to include the whole story and I'm terrible at being brief :/ TL;DR - 7-year-old guinea pig with tooth abscess that won't heal. Lance and drain for the 3rd time or insert surgical drain? Caramel is 7...