Eriathwens piggies

Thanks, I'm hoping I can make them a little better at least. When I first got the poop off them I thought it was exposed bone to be honest, I was pretty horrified! I've taken the very tips off, I'm not sure where the quick is or how quick theyre growing so no rush. The good news is she has gained 26g since yesterday, so I'm hopeful shes going in the right direction again. We will see what tomorrow brings.
She certainly isn't letting it bother her, shes a lovely little thing 😅

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Well today was unexpected! She had gained another 10g this morning, so we carried on with what we have been doing. She clearly had more energy earlier and when I took her out just now to syringe feed her, I could feel she had gained weight purely by holding her, turns out she's gained 60g! I was really concerned about her after the weekend, I'm so relieved..and I'm so proud of her, she has really taken the chance of recovery thats been offered with both paws. The resilience these little animals show, time and again, always amazes me.

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Just seeing those pictures makes my heart melt, gorgeous piggies😍🥰🤗, brilliant news, they are so special!
 
Shes continuing to do well bless her, ive started to give her a pinch on small pet select alfalfa hay about twice a week so she has some extra protein which will hopefully help but as shes an adult, I didnt want to give her too much.
Tilly has a vet appointment Monday, she is slowly improving but as she is one of our more delicate piggies its better safe than sorry.
Oliver is doing so, so well. At an increase of 204g he is now almost a kilo! (Yes, I had a bit of a cry🤣) although he does still drink quite excessively. I'm going to be making him an appointment soon as I'm concerned about his kidneys, starvation can often cause kidney injury and often there isn't much that can be done for piggies with dodgy kidneys, but I'd rather know than not, I think. Id also like to know if the damage would have extended to his heart, as I plan on neutering him when he's been stable for a while, I won't bother if he's going to be lost on the table from a weakened heart. But he seems a strong and healthy boy so fingers crossed.
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Fern seems to have learned in just 3 short weeks that she is going to be ok here. It doesn't matter how many times it happens, that moment a piggy decides I can be trusted is always so precious to me, especially when they've been so failed by people before.
Look at that tentative little chooken at the back!
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Eriathwen said:
Fern seems to have learned in just 3 short weeks that she is going to be ok here. It doesn't matter how many times it happens, that moment a piggy decides I can be trusted is always so precious to me, especially when they've been so failed by people before.
Look at that tentative little chooken at the back!
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Aw, it’s amazing when you see they feel safe and happy and loved x
Lovely everyone is continuing to do well, hope Olivier gets a clean bill of health x
 
Tilly got as close to a clean bill of health as she could while at the vets, something isnt right with her but she's getting better, and there is nothing obviously wrong with her, no dental issues, no big cysts like with Delilah when she was a little under the weather. So.. maybe just one of those things, I did find a little bit of baling twine in their cage, I do wonder if she had maybe taken a nibble on that.
Oliver gets seen tomorrow, so hopefully we can rule out diabetes, kidney disease etc and get a clean bill of health too.
 
Olivers appointment went pretty well, his bladder was slightly painful but he refused to produce any urine for the vet so we have a course of antibiotics to see if his excessive drinking is due to a kidney infection or a uti (doesn't think its kidney disease) if he is still drinking excessively I have a sample pot and syringe to take a urine sample and he will be tested for diabetes.

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Thankyou, fingers crossed! I'm still kind of hoping its behavioural, just chewing on the bottle for the sake if it, but possibly wishful thinking.

I forgot to post this one yesterday, Shellybean is doing well, her uti cleared up quickly, so she didn't pull a Leonard and make a bladder stone 😅 I found my list of all their ages a while back and she and Leonard will be 5 in April! Being part cuy I wasn't expecting them to live this long, and especially not after being diagnosed with OD. I think after the year they've had they deserve a special cake on the day bless them.
Heres Shelly getting her metacam, I'm so glad that most of them will sit quite happily and let me shove their meds in, Oliver is a bit of a pain to give antibiotics to 🤣

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Eriathwen said:
Thankyou, fingers crossed! I'm still kind of hoping its behavioural, just chewing on the bottle for the sake if it, but possibly wishful thinking.

I forgot to post this one yesterday, Shellybean is doing well, her uti cleared up quickly, so she didn't pull a Leonard and make a bladder stone 😅 I found my list of all their ages a while back and she and Leonard will be 5 in April! Being part cuy I wasn't expecting them to live this long, and especially not after being diagnosed with OD. I think after the year they've had they deserve a special cake on the day bless them.
Heres Shelly getting her metacam, I'm so glad that most of them will sit quite happily and let me shove their meds in, Oliver is a bit of a pain to give antibiotics to 🤣

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Shellybean loves that Metacam like Ted, he’s always happy to take it. Glad UTI has cleared up and no nasty stones. I didn’t realise cuys didn’t live as long as standard guinea pigs. How can you tell they have cuy in them, is it certain characteristics?
 
Bill & Ted said:
Shellybean loves that Metacam like Ted, he’s always happy to take it. Glad UTI has cleared up and no nasty stones. I didn’t realise cuys didn’t live as long as standard guinea pigs. How can you tell they have cuy in them, is it certain characteristics?
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Yes unfortunately they only live about 2-3 years at most, and a lot suffer from enlarged hearts.
I know its something the forum doesn't like talking about, so I hope its ok to mention, but the person who gave them to me (my mums old boss) bred for showing, so she knew their family background and told me one of their grandparents was a cuy, she had two baby 'boys' she didn't need and we all know how that turned out, luckily Shelly wasn't pregnant or id have had a whole family of piggies with OD.
Leonard has always been an absolute sweetheart but Shelly took a lot of work to tame, she had the typical cuy temperament of being extremely skittish, more so than the average piggy, she would just run straight into the sides of her cage to get away from me to begin with, she would stomp and snort at me too. Plus both of them are/were quite large, in his prime Leonard was well over 1400g and very long!
 
Eriathwen said:
Yes unfortunately they only live about 2-3 years at most, and a lot suffer from enlarged hearts.
I know its something the forum doesn't like talking about, so I hope its ok to mention, but the person who gave them to me (my mums old boss) bred for showing, so she knew their family background and told me one of their grandparents was a cuy, she had two baby 'boys' she didn't need and we all know how that turned out, luckily Shelly wasn't pregnant or id have had a whole family of piggies with OD.
Leonard has always been an absolute sweetheart but Shelly took a lot of work to tame, she had the typical cuy temperament of being extremely skittish, more so than the average piggy, she would just run straight into the sides of her cage to get away from me to begin with, she would stomp and snort at me too. Plus both of them are/were quite large, in his prime Leonard was well over 1400g and very long!
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Wow that’s so interesting, so Shellybean and Leonard are a quarter cuy and also carry the OD which is the Satins disease. Poor little mites, such a shame for them. Good they have you to care for them though, they are very lucky in that respect x
 
Bill & Ted said:
Wow that’s so interesting, so Shellybean and Leonard are a quarter cuy and also carry the OD which is the Satins disease. Poor little mites, such a shame for them. Good they have you to care for them though, they are very lucky in that respect x
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Yes I'd forgotten all about them being satin carriers, as I had no interest in breeding id just put it out of my mind until Leonard started getting xrays to check for early arthritis and it dawned on me. I'm glad I've been able to keep them both as comfortable as they have been, they're doing very well considering, bless them. Hopefully they've got a lot of time left in them still, Leonard has his ups and downs and I was convinced he wouldn't be here much longer but hes pulled one of his 180 turn arounds and is now doing really well again.
 
Shes a good girl, bless her! Not bothered by anything pretty much 🤣

Speaking of not bothered...look at this lovely lady after her nightly 10ml syringe of critical care! She's such a happy little thing, I bet she feels so much better now she isnt skin and bones.
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Oliver hit 1kg the other day! And little Fern hit 900g today 🥰 very happy with them both.

Leonard has been a little unwell lately although he seems to be improving, he has a dental booked tomorrow to check for spurs, his incisors looked slanted and he lost some weight, but he has gained some and straightened his teeth a little so hopefully he won't actually need any work done. Poor Misty has been a bit under the weather too, upper and lower abdominal pain but we can't figure out where its coming from, shes on metacam at the moment although that seems to be hit and miss to whether its helping, I need to see about scans, get her sorted before Christmas.. our vet was talking about possibly kidney stones or ureter stones? But it could be any organ in there causing it, we don't know, but it doesn't seem to be gut related.

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Thankyou! 🥰 very pleased with Leonard, his teeth were great, no issues found at all, he had gained weight so we are to continue with the metacam and antibiotics and just see how he goes. He is very happy to be home bless him, went straight to the crook of my elbow and went to sleep...after pooping on me 🙄 but at least his guts are working lol

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Eriathwen said:
Thankyou! 🥰 very pleased with Leonard, his teeth were great, no issues found at all, he had gained weight so we are to continue with the metacam and antibiotics and just see how he goes. He is very happy to be home bless him, went straight to the crook of my elbow and went to sleep...after pooping on me 🙄 but at least his guts are working lol

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Oh my! Leonard is a darling :wub:
 
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