Eriathwens piggies

So Hazel went in to have the lump on her foot checked, seems to be degenerative joint disease. Bone cancer would be very very unlikely. So an early arthritic change basically. Her foot is starting to turn outwards but we don't know what came first.
As it isnt bothering her we will be monitoring it, if it starts hurting then metacam although it doesn't seem to bother her just now. But it's not infected or anything like that which was my concern.
 
I've been trying not to handle the pigs too much in this heat but 😍😍 just look at how grown up my boy is looking! He finished his gabapentin trial and is now permenantly on it, as it has improved his neurological issues so well. He is also now almost 800g! After he stopped growing at a few months old I never thought I'd see him at adult size but he's slowly getting there.
Of course, straight back to sleep. It's a hard life 🤣

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Aw, the boys are doing so well, you’ve done such an amazing job caring for them.
What lovely photos of Delilah and Amber, Delilah has taken her under her wing 😁
 
So so cute. Amber looks happy with her new mum 😍
 
So..I hadn't mentioned this because tbh I wasn't sure what to make of it, or whether I was imagining things 🤣 but we have an answer to Pandas hormonal issues at last.
Over the last week or so I have noticed a growth inside her urethra, this has grown rapidly and developed structures I've only ever seen in boars (penile barbs)

After having her seen this morning by my vet, we're looking at partial somatic intersexuality? Her body is producing testosterone from somewhere, likely from somewhere we can't remove. So he's emailed an exotics referral practice for their input and I guess we're looking at a hormone implant to suppress the testosterone again.

Only one of my pigs would choose Pride month to come out as intersex 😅

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Yeah.. thats been my response for the last week too 🤣 I figured surely I was wrong, but no sure enough my vet said the same thing so I guess that's now a thing I'm dealing with.

It's a shame I'm not as lucky with the lottery numbers as I am with unusual guinea pig health issues 🙃
 
My poor vet, how he still puts up with me and my animals is beyond me 🤦‍♀️
Misty is trying gabapentin for a week or so to see if it helps with her painful pees, she also got a cyst on her back cleaned out.. which she paid him back for by peeing on his shirt 🙃
I'm not even going to go into what the cat did.. absolute nightmare. Got some nice scratches on my hand now though 🤦‍♀️
We've had better days!
 
Eriathwen said:
My poor vet, how he still puts up with me and my animals is beyond me 🤦‍♀️
Misty is trying gabapentin for a week or so to see if it helps with her painful pees, she also got a cyst on her back cleaned out.. which she paid him back for by peeing on his shirt 🙃
I'm not even going to go into what the cat did.. absolute nightmare. Got some nice scratches on my hand now though 🤦‍♀️
We've had better days!
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I think being peed on is “par for the course” being a vet, bet he got quite a shock seeing your “intersexed” piggie though 😊
 
(I swiped this from my Facebook because I'm absolutely exhausted and can't type out a second tribute 🤣 but my boys are 1!)

"Today is Forrest and Silvers first birthday 🥰


In spite of everything that's been stacked against them from the moment their irresponsible breeder paired up their parents with no care or knowledge about genetics, these 2 amazing little men have thrived in the 10 months that I've had them.
Being deaf, blind, with dental, neurological and digestive issues, you would be forgiven for assuming it wouldn't be possible for them to have any kind of quality of life, but time and time again these very underestimated little rodents prove everyone wrong.


They are, without a doubt, the funniest, happiest little characters I have ever been honoured to care for, and I really hope they continue to do well for many more years to come ❤"

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Happy Birthday Forest and Silver you are the dearest little men I know, lovely to see you both happy and thriving 💙💙
 
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