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Health issues just keep coming

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Piggies2023

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I keep thinking surely this it, we aren't going to get anymore health problems and yet it keeps continuing. Just dropped off Pumpkin for an x-ray. There is quite a lot of blood and she has been squeaking in pain. In the last 13 months between two guinea pigs I've had them under general anaesthetic 8 times. Five of those times since January. For Pumpkin this is her 4th general anaesthetic since January. I am exhausted with it. I'm very fortunate to have a piggy savvy vet or they wouldn't be around.

For Pumpkin it's looking like sludge may have turned to stones or her cancer is back. She had a cancer & hernia op in January.
 
I’m so sorry. Sometimes it just happens this way. On my worst month ever I had vets bills of over £2k that month because of multiple surgeries and illnesses so I fully share your pain. I hope you hear soon about Pumpkin. The waiting is always awful
 
Poor little Pumpkin, I hope the vet can help her feel more comfortable soon.
 
VickiA said:
I’m so sorry. Sometimes it just happens this way. On my worst month ever I had vets bills of over £2k that month because of multiple surgeries and illnesses so I fully share your pain. I hope you hear soon about Pumpkin. The waiting is always awful
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Thank you. It's been like this for me. December/January was the worst. 3 general anaesthetics in one week and I nearly lost my Pumpkin. Nancy had an op 5/6 weeks ago. And we have just been managing with meds with both of them. But pumpkin had been very happy.
 
HUGS

At times I feel like asking to rent a tent in the vet's waiting room as I might as well just camp out there. :(

When you have several piggies or are a long term owner, you have times that go swimmingly but sooner or later you hit a cluster of expensive illnesses or out-of-hours emergencies/pts. They come like London buses.

Fingers crossed for your poorly girl!
 
Wiebke said:
HUGS

At times I feel like asking to rent a tent in the vet's waiting room as I might as well just camp out there. :(

When you have several piggies or are a long term owner, you have times that go swimmingly but sooner or later you hit a cluster of expensive illnesses or out-of-hours emergencies/pts. They come like London buses.

Fingers crossed for your poorly girl!
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Thank you. I wasn't expecting so much with only having two. These are first piggies and apart from a companion to whoever goes last I'm not planning on getting more. I absolutely adore them but it's been illness after illness.
 
I am so sorry you are having such a difficult time with your piggies at the moment. Piggy illnesses do seem to come all together when things go wrong. Sending you hugs.
 
Sadly it seems to happen like this, especially as piggies get older. I feel your pain. I had 12 months of constant vet visits and lost 6 of my 7 original piggies in that time. 4 were elderly and had lived good long lives. Then we lost Pol after an emergency spay due to pyometra and most recently we lost Milo to skin cancer, something so rare that our vet couldn't even find any reported cases of it on the internet. I got to a point where i thought i was keeping my vet in business.

It has taken me a while to come to terms with so many losses and I did consider not getting any more piggies but there are so many in rescues needing homes that i couldn't leave the cages empty for long.

I have my fingers crossed that your piggy will be ok. xx
 
Sat crying in the vets for an hour because I can't get any taxi to pick me up and dogs were barking stressing out Pumpkin. I look ridiculous. It's just the last straw. She isn't eating and I'm desperate to get us home. She has a bladder stone and needs to come back tomorrow and I'm stressing how we will get home tomorrow night. It looks ridiculous that I'm stood crying about a taxi but there is a lot going on in my life right now and this is the last straw.
 
YvonneBlue said:
Sadly it seems to happen like this, especially as piggies get older. I feel your pain. I had 12 months of constant vet visits and lost 6 of my 7 original piggies in that time. 4 were elderly and had lived good long lives. Then we lost Pol after an emergency spay due to pyometra and most recently we lost Milo to skin cancer, something so rare that our vet couldn't even find any reported cases of it on the internet. I got to a point where i thought i was keeping my vet in business.

It has taken me a while to come to terms with so many losses and I did consider not getting any more piggies but there are so many in rescues needing homes that i couldn't leave the cages empty for long.

I have my fingers crossed that your piggy will be ok. xx
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I'm sorry you went through similar it's really hard.

They aren't particularly old. Nancy her issues started when she was 2. They are both now 3, turn 4 in October.
 
Piggies2023 said:
Sat crying in the vets for an hour because I can't get any taxi to pick me up and dogs were barking stressing out Pumpkin. I look ridiculous. It's just the last straw. She isn't eating and I'm desperate to get us home. She has a bladder stone and needs to come back tomorrow and I'm stressing how we will get home tomorrow night. It looks ridiculous that I'm stood crying about a taxi but there is a lot going on in my life right now and this is the last straw.
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Sometimes life just happens, a teacher once told me. Just let the tears flow if you need to. Thats not ridiculous at all.
I'm sorry to hear that life is just too much right now, and send you a hug. I really hope Pumpkin kicks this stone and starts to eat. ❤️ to both girls and their human
 
Piggies2023 said:
Sat crying in the vets for an hour because I can't get any taxi to pick me up and dogs were barking stressing out Pumpkin. I look ridiculous. It's just the last straw. She isn't eating and I'm desperate to get us home. She has a bladder stone and needs to come back tomorrow and I'm stressing how we will get home tomorrow night. It looks ridiculous that I'm stood crying about a taxi but there is a lot going on in my life right now and this is the last straw.
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I’m so very sorry she has a stone. I completely feel for you. I cried in the vets when Percy was diagnosed with a stone. Is she going in tomorrow to have the stone removed? Good luck Pumpkin ❤️
 
Sorry to hear your Pumpkin has a stone, sending you a hug. I hope you managed to get home safely.
Thinking of you.
 
exia said:
Sometimes life just happens, a teacher once told me. Just let the tears flow if you need to. Thats not ridiculous at all.
I'm sorry to hear that life is just too much right now, and send you a hug. I really hope Pumpkin kicks this stone and starts to eat. ❤️ to both girls and their human
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Thank you. She's eating bits. I do wonder if it's the trauma of being at the vets because she was eating before I took her.
 
weepweeps said:
I’m so very sorry she has a stone. I completely feel for you. I cried in the vets when Percy was diagnosed with a stone. Is she going in tomorrow to have the stone removed? Good luck Pumpkin ❤️
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Thank you. I got some funny looks because it looked like I was just crying about the lack of getting home. Yes, surgery is tomorrow.
 
Glad you made it home.
I hope everything goes as it should today. Thinking of you.
 
Sending healing vibes for Pumpkin. Fingers and paws crossed here for her.x
 
She isn't eating much which is worrying me. Reminds me when she had her uterus out and it became a hernia. Hopefully she will pick up soon. I've given her metacam 50 minutes ago and she did have some nibbles of things
 
Hopefully she will perk up after the anaesthetic starts to wear off 🤞🏻
 
Glad that she has got through the op. Are you able to syringe feed her? My vet always give us Critical Care to give our piggies for the first couple of days after surgery as they often don't feel like eating.
 
weepweeps said:
Hopefully she will perk up after the anaesthetic starts to wear off 🤞🏻
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She's eating more now, but not loads. She is mostly laying the same spot. She is sometimes crying in pain. But I'm wondering if that's normal with bladder op. I can't see what she is doing but it sounds like pain when weeing or pooing
 
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