Eriathwens piggies

Well, today has been a day. I've never cried from happiness so much in one day in my life 😂 :doh:
Seeing these 2 pigs so happy and confident is doing me so much good. Especially baby Hazel, she's such a compressed bundle of joy and excitement! Today she got to taste fennel, she took a tentative nibble, purred at it and then popcorned around the cage before spending the rest of veg time trying to eat all the fennel before Tilly could get any.
Then came some oat readigrass, cue more excited popcorning and running around! Tilly did some very excited laps around the perimeter of the cage which I assume is her version of zoomies.
I'm going to try and get it on video at some point, it's just adorable.
 
I had put off weighing these 2 until they had settled a little bit, today they seemed chilled enough to sit still for 30 seconds! Tilly weighed in at a dinky little 887g (in comparison to my other fatties!) and little Hazel is a healthy 428g at 9 weeks old.

They have learned when veggie time is and join in with the others wheeking, although they are still a little wary of the camera. I can't wait to see what Hazel looks like as an adult, with her beautiful coat and huge eyes! Tilly has shed sooo much hair since arriving! Every time I stroke her I get a handful 😅 I suppose thats due from moving from an outside home to an indoor one maybe. All in all, they seem very happy here, and I can't wait to see whatthey think of Ebony and Bailey when they meet them in a few weeks time.

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Miss Misty has been dropped off at the vets, she's first up so we should hear any time between 12 and 2 when we can collect her. I've had about 2 hours sleep and last night I managed to make my back painful again..but it's nowhere near as bad as last time so once I've had a cup of tea I'll strip down Mistys sectioned off bit the cage, disinfect it really well and get her vet bed and mats sorted for when she returns. Then I think I'll have a nap 😅

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She's awake! She was under a little longer than normal..because she may be a little on the chubby side, but she's had some syringe food and put somewhere quiet. We can collect her half 3-4 ish as she will of course do better at home surrounded by other piggies and familiar smells and sights.
 
Well she ate all the snacks I sent in with her! She's up and about pretty much, a little tired but then I'm not surprised. She walked about 3 paces before doing a giant wee, turning around and doing a few poops, excellent.
Now she's sat tucking in to some grass on her snugglesafe heat pad all warm and cosy. She keeps dosing off for a bit bless her lol (courtesy poo picture because I'm so pleased haha)

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Just a warning for those that are squeamish, theres a pucture of her incision at the bottom, which imo looks pretty good! She seems to be picking up really well, I've never seen so much poop come out of one guinea pig haha! She's a little painful while passing poops this morning but I overslept so her metacam was a little late but I'll keep a close eye on that. She had a good wander around in the night if the poop trails are anything to go by so I'm glad she's feeling well enough to move around at least.
She's hit and miss with hay but orchard grass seems to be going down well, I will have to get more of that in, but shes enjoying critical care and her grass, snuggled on her little heat pad.

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That's a nice neat wound. No infection either which is good. Christian had a little lump under his wound a few days after his op last year which they thought was either fluid (as they couldn't put a drain in) or a little infection starting so just look out for any little lumps that may appear over the next few days.
 
Thankyou for the tips! I'll keep a close eye on it, they hadnt mentioned to watch for lumps so I had no idea! So far it seems to be doing ok. She has a post op check on Thursday and then a final one on the 19th. They've used disolvable stitches so she doesnt have to endure having them removed which is nice 🙂

I took a little video of her last night with her grass, thought I would share! I had to include her little hospital set up because I'm oddly proud of how neat it was haha i'll probably keep using vet bed once I bond her with Leonard, it would no doubt do his joints the world of good. (Ignore Ivorys hooting in the background, she had a bad day with her airways yesterday, I think it's all the readigrass thats in the room)

 
Eriathwen said:
Thankyou for the tips! I'll keep a close eye on it, they hadnt mentioned to watch for lumps so I had no idea! So far it seems to be doing ok. She has a post op check on Thursday and then a final one on the 19th. They've used disolvable stitches so she doesnt have to endure having them removed which is nice 🙂
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It wasn't mentioned to me either - it was just picked up at a post-op check. Just thought I'd mention it just in case. She'll probably be fine. Christian's op wasn't at all routine.
 
Glad she’s doing well.
I found with mine that as long as they were pain free they recovered very quickly.

That’s a very neat scar. Her fur will soon grow to hide it. Neither of my girls had any infection post spay
 
She's doing so well we were able to leave her all day to take a relative to a hospital appointment, came home to a sea of poops! She's down to just one syringe feed although I don't think she needs it anymore, it's just a good way to distract her while I check her incision. She has her first post op check up tomorrow, so hopefully they're happy with her too :)
 
Definitely! I had been counting them but I lost count after 100 yesterday 😅 it's amazing just how much they manage!
 
She's just been to her first post op check, they're very happy with her, the incision is slightly bruised so we're keeping an eye on that but should be fine until her next check next week on the 19th. She will have to wait at least 2 months before bonding with Leonard due to a stitch in her cervix that may get broken if he mounts her so I think what I'm going to try is for now, attempt to return her to the herd and go from there. It was a nice idea but I don't want her to be alone for so long.

Tilly will be going in next week to have a check as her teeth aren't wearing right, maybe pain in the ear. We don't think it's dental as she's eating so well and gaining weight.

I've been up all night looking after my new born niece.. so I think a very long nap is in order now the piggies are sorted!
 
Tilly is coming along Well, I wish her vet appointment would hurry up, she's doing well but she concerns me. The other day when checking her teeth she bit me, extremely hard and drew blood. There's obviously some pain around the ear and jaw. She is also pretty warm to the touch, especially ears, feet and armpits..I'm fairly sure she still has an active ear infection and I'm annoyed with myself that I didn't book an appointment earlier just to be sure. She is otherwise an absolutely lovely little piggy, very sweet and gentle. Loves a snuggle!

Excuse her nails..if I trim any shorter at the moment I hit the quick so they're a work in progress.

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Braved the damp, chilly weather we had today to gather some grass for everyone, Leonard wanted to stay inside his hidey to eat his, he's a little stiff today so I wasnt able to get a picture of him, but here is everyone else enjoying themselves! (Excuse Shelly's slightly dishevelled appearance, her lumps and bumps are getting bigger in her senior years making her coat a little scruffy looking..at least I think 3.5 is considered senior for a part cuy piggy? :hmm:)

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