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Advice on Spaying a six year old piggy

overnight she's got worse, the wet situation has stopped but I woke up to find her covered in her own soft poops, and "crusty" eyes... not good at all! Back to the vets today! Ive been hand feeding her some hay but she's only eating the leafy soft parts and dropping the "stick/tougher" strands,is this a sign of her teeth causing her issues? Maybe it was meant to be that she didn't have the op
 
flintstones said:
How is she now?
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Morning, yeah not great, still had mushy poops yesterday, slightly blood shot eyes, same really, was given pain killer at the vet and told to syringe feed her and come back if she looses more weight/gets worse... this morning her poops are he complete opposite, small and dry (at least her gut isn't still) and her eyes were even more "gunked up", butbher eyes aren't bloodshot now which is good... back to the vets we go! I love been syringe feeding her this morning and after that she started eating some hay on her own accord. But I haven't seen he drink since yesterday morning 😞 I hope she's gonna be okay 😥
 
Also forgot to say the vet could see any visible issues with her teeth and said they were in pretty good condition so that's kind of out the picture unless there's something going on that we can't see
 
Oh no, poor girlie. If you've been given her critical care that has quite a high water content, (personally I don't normally syringe water as well due to this). You could try syringing small amounts of water with probiotics for example biolapsis as it has electrolytes be very careful as it can be easy to aspirate with fluids if you give to much at once.

Her guts are still working which is good, my Toby has a similar weight loss issue he had a dental on thursday but still he hasn't started gaining so I really do feel your pain.

I hope you can get to the bottom of what's going on, I know from experience I have had pig's drop food and not attempt it after a vetinery procedure because they just don't feel great perhaps it's a side effect of the medicine she was given when she was supposed to be spayed?
 
Just went to poop clean, and guys there's blood coming from Honey. What does this mean? I know it's not good, but is this gonna be the end?
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I would call the vet for advice. There's a lot of things that can cause blood and alot of them are treatable.
 
flintstones said:
I would call the vet for advice. There's a lot of things that can cause blood and alot of them are treatable.
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Our usually vets phone lines open at 9.30, so we are going to call then and they are normally very prompt at getting guinea pigs in (from my experience), it only started within the last hour because from 7-8 I had her on my lap feeding her and the blood wasn't on her blanket then... I'm preying that it's treatable, but I also need to accept that she's and old piggie now 😥
 
I don't think any of this means the end. It could be the cysts causing her to move about less from discomfort so sitting in urine more would increase the risk of picking up uti's etc. Please do not panic, just call the vets when they are open and seek their advice
 
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time.

One thing I haven't seen people mention yet, is when they do an open spay (or anything involving opening the abdomen), the vet needs to flush the area with fluid (may be saline, I'm not sure). This means that afterwards the pig can leak quite a lot of fluid from their abdomen as the liquid drains out (I got very surprised when I picked up my girl and she gushed warm, bloody liquid all over my hand). This could explain her wetness... but if she's not keen to move and is still a bit weak, she may have the classic wet bum.

With regards to the blood, it could be that her wound has opened up a tiny bit (or had some trauma from you putting her down if she's a wriggler) and that's caused the blood. It's not time to worry, have a chat with your vet and see what they think.

I know it's a very stressful time, caring for a pig after a major operation (see my post history for both Tablet and Tub's stories), but it's better for Honey if you can make sure she's warm, comfy, and fed -- and not stress too much. Massive massive hugs for you.

EDIT: I know you're probably already doing this, but make sure you syringe her some water alongside the syringe feed. in my experience, pigs look SO much better when they are hydrated. I recommend giving her an oral rehydration solution, such as Dioralyte, instead of water -- just mix it up as you would for a child and give her about 2ml of water for every 5ml syringe food.
 
Danielle Smith said:
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time.

One thing I haven't seen people mention yet, is when they do an open spay (or anything involving opening the abdomen), the vet needs to flush the area with fluid (may be saline, I'm not sure). This means that afterwards the pig can leak quite a lot of fluid from their abdomen as the liquid drains out (I got very surprised when I picked up my girl and she gushed warm, bloody liquid all over my hand). This could explain her wetness... but if she's not keen to move and is still a bit weak, she may have the classic wet bum.

With regards to the blood, it could be that her wound has opened up a tiny bit (or had some trauma from you putting her down if she's a wriggler) and that's caused the blood. It's not time to worry, have a chat with your vet and see what they think.

I know it's a very stressful time, caring for a pig after a major operation (see my post history for both Tablet and Tub's stories), but it's better for Honey if you can make sure she's warm, comfy, and fed -- and not stress too much. Massive massive hugs for you.

EDIT: I know you're probably already doing this, but make sure you syringe her some water alongside the syringe feed. in my experience, pigs look SO much better when they are hydrated. I recommend giving her an oral rehydration solution, such as Dioralyte, instead of water -- just mix it up as you would for a child and give her about 2ml of water for every 5ml syringe food.
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Thank you for your response but she has not had her spay, so these symptoms are caused by something else x
 
Lady Kelly said:
I don't think any of this means the end. It could be the cysts causing her to move about less from discomfort so sitting in urine more would increase the risk of picking up uti's etc. Please do not panic, just call the vets when they are open and seek their advice
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She was taken to the vets, they are unsure the cause of it but she's been given antibiotics and antiinfalmatory, along with her pain killers from yesterday, her appetite hasn't completely gone which is promising. She's booked to go back to the vets first thing when she will be seen by the main vet there who has been monitoring her throughout the whole ovarian cysts situation and so knows her situation and her very well
 
Honey has now been admitted to having her spay done, I hope she pulls through
 
UPDATE FROM THE VETS: Honey has come through the operation, and is now awake and breathing properly etc, her temperature is stable, they are shortly going to try giving her critical care. The vet said her cysts were rather large, and she is not looking a lot smaller (maybe she'll be the same size as Willow now? 😂) this is just the beginning but she's over the first big hurdle, now just time to have plenty of sleepless nights to get her through this... she's given me plenty of years of love and happiness, and now it's time for me to repay her by caring for her the best I can... thank you everyone for all your advice 💛💛
 
DizzyD95 said:
Oh my goodness I'm so pleased for you! I've been waiting for news. Glad she is stable and doing well :)
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Piggies&buns said:
Hope all is well
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Livia Rabideau said:
So glad she made it! Prayers for a smooth fast recovery!
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rhymer said:
So glad she made it through surgery. Wishing Honey a speedy recovery.
Sending hugs and healing vibes.xx
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VickiA said:
I have everything crossed for this mature lady. Hope she continues to do well
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Thank you everybody for your kind messages, I'm so emotional right now, think it's a combination of stress, worry, and out exhaustion from the past few days and such little sleep, don't think I'd want it any other way though, I just hope that she has as prompt recovery 🙏
 
Huge hugs for you and Honey. What a traumatic time you've had. Get yourself a cuppa, have a cry and then be ready to collect your girly with some offerings of her favourite veggie treats
 
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