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Hey guys, I am reaching out for advice. I just adopted a male skinny pig from a rescue. He had a buddy but he was a bit of a bully so the rescue separated them. I have female guinea pigs already so I plan on getting the new male nutered. At the vet consultation the assistant told me not to feed him after midnight. The day of surgery I was told that guinea pigs need to have food prior to surgery. Anyway he did eat veggies before he went under. But the vet called me and said my piggy did not react well to the gas and threw up! I thought I had read guinea pigs couldn't throw up? Anyway they decided not to continue the procedure. He is rescheduled for next week but now I'm nervous and thinking about just getting him a male friend and try to bond. Any thoughts? Advice?
 
I am very sorry but I would consider looking for a different vet if you want to go ahead with getting him neutered. Guinea pigs shouldn’t be starved prior to surgery like cats and dogs and you’re right, guinea pigs can’t vomit so I’m not sure how he could have vomited during his surgery
 
I completely agree.

Guinea pigs must never be fasted before surgery. They also cannot be sick. Quite what has happened I don’t know but I would perhaps look to find a different vet if you choose to continue with the neutering.

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If you choose to get him another boar friend, then you may need to carefully consider the living arrangements. A pair of bonded boars should be kept away from sow pheromones. Boars who are not used to sow smells can react strongly to them and in some cases smelling sows can cause bonded boars to fight with each other. Ideally you keep a bonded boar pair in a different room to sows. If that is not possible, then using a stacked cage with the sows at the bottom and the boars on the level top so sow smells, soiled bedding, poops etc cannot fall into the boar cage. You would need to handle the boars first so as to not transfer sow smells onto them.
 
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