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Larry has a testicular abscess

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After my lovely Captain passed away, I adopted a rescue guinea pig from the local Dog & Cat Home. I've had him 5 months and he is a happy boy.

Noticed two nights ago that he had an angry sore on the back of his testicle. Took him to the vet las tnight and it is an abscess. She squeezed it and the gunky pus came out. Larry didn't even flinch. She thinks he has jabbed himself with hay and it has got infected. Anyway, no operation required (phew!) as it is an external abscess and is easily located.

So, I am armed with baytril, probiotic and a bowl of warm hibiscrub for bathing / flushing. He had his 1st dose of baytril last night and he seems ok with it. My previous pig had a bad reaction to baytril so I have always been wary of it and preferred Septrim. However, my vet has encouraged me to try baytril again with fibreplex to ward off the side effects.

I've had bad experiences with abscesses in the mouth and jaw, so to have one in a different place is actually not as daunting!

Here we go again!
 
Oh no, good luck with that! Poor boy. Can you give him a probiotic to help combat the antibiotic nasties? :)

Hope he gets better soon

Pus - urgghhh, I don't want to imagine!

Sophie
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really hoping larry gets better. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: can't imagine the pain he is going through, sending you both hugs and cuddles and hope larry makes a speedy recovery. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: and RIP sweet captain, run free and popcorn in paradise and watch over your piggy mum. 0:) 0:) 0:) hugs and cuddles to you from me and the girls in oz. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: get well soon larry! :-* :-* :-*
 
That sounds bloomin' painful! :o Hope he is ok! :smitten:
 
Oh, poor Larry. Wishing him a speedy recovery. :smitten:
 
Thanks for all your kind words.

Larry seems totally unbothered about his abscess.

He is still eating well and is pop corning around.
 
am so happy he isn't bothered by it all. guess mum is more worried about larry than larry is worried about larry! hugs and cuddles to the little mite! take care larry. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :-* :-* :-* from the girls.
 
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