Eriathwens piggies

Thanks guys! That's her dropped off. It was the exotics vet that did the intake so I got to hear all about last time 😅 apparently they usually get a bit stressed being in the box to be gassed before full aneasthesia but she just sat there and fell asleep! Which is comforting, I do worry that they get stressed away from home.

I made sure yesterday she was really hydrated to hopefully help get blood out of her, so fingers crossed they can get something.
 
Got her home a little while ago, she's perky and bright which is good news, but its the only good news sadly.
She had xrays done but they attempted full bloods again as their glucose thing wouldn't give an accurate reading for a guinea pig, as it turns out.
While under aneasthetic her blood pressure dropped, she didn't do well while under, brought up food again, and had to be brought back round. She recovered well and is OK now but I'll monitor her closely.

Xrays showed her tooth roots were a little off but not enough to be an issue, there's a 'something' in her chest, possibly a tumour. Finding out exactly what it is won't change the fact that we can't do anything about it, so sadly that's it. I will jeep her comfortable for as long as I can until she makes the decision its time to waddle off somewhere else.

Her friends are glad to see her, bless them.
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Precious little girl, she's so amazing. Wishing her many more happy days with you and her piggy friends before her time comes.
 
So sorry that it wasn't better news for Thistle. Sending healing vibes and wishing her many more happy piggy days. ❤️
 
Thanks guys, there's possibly missing info in there, I didnt quite catch everything he said as I had Forrest wheeking away in my other ear 🤦‍♀️ but I'm sure I'll hear more tomorrow when I go in with Gus.
 
Sorry the news isn’t good.
I do hope she will have lots of happy todays and slip away peacefully surrounded by all her friends and lovely slave.
Holding you in my heart ♥️
 
Gus did well at his appointment, apart from trying to chew his feet because he was so itchy, little sausage has already chewed off the end of one toe before I got him so I do wish he wouldn't do it. I need to carry on as I am for the next few weeks apparently, unless he gets worse.

Got good news for Misty..she can have pretty much double the metacam she was originally on, and the gabapentin dose she can have can be increased also if that doesn't work, apparently after speaking with the exotics locum it turns out they can have higher doses than even I had thought, as I'd already been giving a higher dose than what my vet had originally said. So fingers crossed we can finally get her pain under control, the blood has been kept at bay but she's still squeaky.
 
So sorry it’s not been the best of news for Thistle, hope you have lots of happy times left together :hug:
 
Absolutely delighted to say that after just 2 doses of her higher amount of metacam, Misty has just peed pretty much completely pain free. Just a slight eye twitch towards the end but considering at one point she would be shrieking, I'm pretty damn happy with that! She still has a good 0.4ml wiggle room if she needs it just a smidge higher.
 
I’m so sorry for your sad news about beautiful Thistle, really hope you have loads more time together and she’s comfortable bless her. She is such a beauty :luv: xx
Great news about gorgeous Misty! :love:
And Gus leave those little tootsies alone! Those bath pics are blooming adorable! :wub: Hope Jasper’s as well behaved for his much needed proper bath when I get him too (doubt it)! :)) xx
 
Surprisingly after losing weight after her stay at the vets, Thistle is very slowly gaining again, ive been really strict with her diet so I'm hoping that's helping. Unfortunately Misty is painful again but not as bad as before, I have an appointment with Ebony Tuesday so I can discuss then if we need to add gabapentin already. Not looking forward to that appointment because I'm currently in a great deal of pain after tripping while out running today, I've jolted my back and aggrevated an old injury from a couple of years ago so I'm trying to take it easy as much as possible.
Having so many pigs needing picking up, medicating etc every day is going to be fun, it's times like these I wish I had volunteers 🤣🤣

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The backs a little better today, which is good because I have to tackle cleaning out and insecticidal baths tomorrow! I'm going to have to enlist a second pair of hands though I think.

I'm getting a little concerned about the lump by Ebonys eye, it seems to have started to push on it, so I'm kind of hoping my vet suggests removal because I'd really like it gone. I've seen similar lumps become absolutely horrendous and I don't want it attaching to anything that'll make it inoperable, Tuesday needs to hurry up 😅

Daisy is doing so well bless her, shes starting to look just a little worse for wear, her bladder control is lessening, I expect the tumour is starting to press on it maybe? It's in that general area if I remember right, but she's still bright as a button. Took advantage of me not being able to get up quickly to shoot off into one of the bedrooms to explore 🤣

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poor Ebony, that eye is sticking out a bit, I can see that. Hope you get some answers. Glad Daisy is still enjoying life, exploring the neighbourhood 😆
 
So the lump on Ebonys back was a cyst and has been cleaned out, the one by her eye had a fine needle aspirate done but the material that came out looked like what was in the cyst so it's also likely a cyst. If it is I'll send her in to have it lanced and as cleaned up as possible under GA. If its a tumour there isnt enough of a margin around it to be fully removed but they can do a debulking surgery so it doesn't get massive. But apparently it's not likely to be a tumour, which makes me feel a whole lot better.


Bless him Gus was most unhappy that Ebony came home smelling like the man that had a look at his penis the other day 🤣 but a good rumbling and humping later he settled down

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Poor Gus, never mind Ebony is back now, glad it doesn’t sound like anything nasty, hopefully easily sorted cysts x
 
Thanks, yeah, I have a couple of days until I'll know for sure with the sample results but if he says it's likely a cyst I'm happy to trust his word on it and calm down 😅 Ive been so worried, shes the one I've had the longest even if she isnt the oldest so she's quite a special girl. Of course they all are in their own way, theres far too many of them turning 5 this year so I suppose I should get used to finding lumps and bumps!
 
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Thanks, yeah, I have a couple of days until I'll know for sure with the sample results but if he says it's likely a cyst I'm happy to trust his word on it and calm down 😅 Ive been so worried, shes the one I've had the longest even if she isnt the oldest so she's quite a special girl. Of course they all are in their own way, theres far too many of them turning 5 this year so I suppose I should get used to finding lumps and bumps!
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It’s always a worry when you find lumps and bumps. I was so shocked when the lump of Ginger’s back sprung from nowhere last year. Ted had that odd ear lump too, Bill with his mammary tumour, GP’s seem more lumpy than most animals 🤔
 
Yeah I've always read they're lumpy animals, but I hadn't had too much experience with it myself, then Daisy goes and gets the kind of worst case scenario so of course that's immediately where my mind goes to, not that anyones told her! 😅 she's still first to the front for food.

I'm sure they enjoy worrying us!
 
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