Eriathwens piggies

That wonderful news all round. Poor little Banjo 😞 Never mind little man, you’ll be back with your family very soon
 
I've ordered Banjo a little dinosaur toy to rub his mum and siblings scent on to hopefully give him a bit of comfort, it was meant to come today but it's been delayed until Thursday 🙄 but hopefully that helps. He can snuggle under it if he's feeling a bit lost 😔
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Just a heads up there will be some kind of gross pictures at the bottom of this post!

It's been quite a day.. this morning Bella, Delilah and Mabel went to the vet, Delilah has had gabapentin added to her little mix of pain relief for her arthritis, Mabel has had metacam added, as her back legs were stiff and she was wallowing in urine so seems she is also developing arthritis, both already seem significantly better already.

Bella was weighed in at 1350g, 300g heavier than last time she was weighed with them 😱 He isnt sure about the possibility of hypothyroidism but he's left a note to talk to the specialist about her opinion when she's next in and he will call me when he hears something. I'm wondering if shes potentially part cuy at this point, but she's chubby even for how long she is.

Anyway all was well until about 2 hours ago when I went to start cleaning out the piggies, I'd got almost everyone out the cages when Poppet decides to wriggle in my arms and dislodge the scab on her "good" incision. Underneath it I could see pus and suture material.. 🙄 so phone the vets and I take her down an hour or so later. She's reacting to the suture material and rejecting it, she had the scab removed and as much of the stitching as he could see, cleaned it well and put a staple to keep it closed enough to heal but open enough to drain if needed. I'm to put flamazine cream on twice a day for a few days until its dry and healed over and the staple needs to come out in 2 weeks time.

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Luckily everyone, including Poppet, has left the staple alone over night so fingers crossed they aren't interested in it. The wound looks good today which is a relief.

Unfortunately (and I saw it coming) Delilah has become wobbly on her front legs yet again, I've got her straight onto panacur and she's already on the gabapentin so fingers crossed we can get her back on track quickly like the last couple of times. But she's eating and happy still, and is still capable of getting around the cage, just very unsteadily.
 
I can empathise with Poppet, as I'm also allergic to a suture material (well, of sorts, I have a titanium allergy). They're never fun! Also could Popcorn stop climbing on the others and looking really cute while doing it? Because she really does have the cutest little head.
 
Hes adorable isn't he 🥲 luckily he has grasped the concept of the toy dinosaur I got for him and he's come out to eat his dinner with me. Hopefully ones he's a little older he will be a little more comfortable being without them, he is currently underneath Silver and Forrest in my bedroom where Dylan stayed until he was ready to go with his girls after his castration. So he can still hear and smell other piggies even if they can't hear him in order to reply to him.

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*deep breath*

So this evening I learned "baby proof" and "Popcorn proof" are two entirely different concepts 🙃
I have no idea how, but when I went to do meds a while ago I walked in to find Popcorn causing trouble in Dylans groups cage...Great! Having inspected the perimeter, I can only assume she pushed the rabbit wire out and wriggled her way through somehow so the cage is now more cable tie than grids 😂 I'm hoping that's how she did it, because if she jumped or climbed I'm a bit screwed! I'm sure I'll know by the morning, if shes where I left her then it must have been the former. And of course no sooner do I return her to the correct cage, I sit down to start adding cable ties and she's trying to blind herself 😅 she isnt remotely sorry either, not a hint of remorse on that adorable little face..

So Miss Popcorn is now Pain in the arse Popcorn! Fingers crossed she is still with Ivy and Kiwi when I wake up.

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Betsy said:
You better watch her just in case she turns into a Houdini guinea pig!
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Must admit while I was sat cable tieing the living daylights out of things at 1am, I was thinking it was a bit like the Chicken Run film 🤣 at least its just her and she hasn't recruited the others..yet!
 
I just realised yesterday with Popcorns drama I never updated about little Poppet! Someone managed to dislodge her staple so she had to go back to the vet, she was able to see a nurse who very kindly agreed it had healed well enough to be removed early, rather than in another week so she's now all sorted and closed up nicely except the 2 little holes from the staple and the 2 ends of the incision. All the pus seemed to have gone and everything looked healthy and clean.

She really wasn't impressed that it was someone other than my vet and screamed and tried to run off 🤣

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Oh what a busy time you are having! That wound is healing better and looking good
 
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