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A lot will depend on your guinea pig (her age, general health, weight, etc) and how experienced your vet is.
Do they regularly operate on guinea pigs and how confident do they feel about the operation?
Have they suggested any alternatives or specific tests first?
 
7 of my current girls are spayed due to ovarian cysts and excessive hormonal behaviour, all did very well, even my high risk girl Thistle! Make sure your vet is a good surgeon and you should be OK, be wary of any that tell you to withhold food prior to surgery or have no experience in guinea pigs and make sure you send hay and treats with her to tempt her to eat when she wakes up.
 
I’ve had 3 girls spayed due to ovarian cysts and all have made excellent recoveries.
As has been said, so much depends on your vet and how confident you are with them, and how experienced they are in piggy surgery.
@PigglePuggle lives in Liverpool and she seems very happy with her vet.
I’m not sure how far from Bootle she is.
 
My girl bubbles is not putting weight on her back leg she’s eating drinking fine but she want scratch with it or nothing still moving around the cage ok tho what could it be
 
We use Vets4Pets Penny Lane in L15 for our local Liverpool vet, and head vet there Clare Bertram is very good- she has done dental surgery for Blodwen that was perfect on the first go- but for more complex things we also use Rutland House hospital in St Helens- vet Molly Varga there is very experienced witj piggies and they have lots of fancy diagnostic kit, and regularly take inpatients. If I needed a piggy spayed, or an expert opinion on if a spay was needed, I would ask Molly.
 
One of my guinea pigs want walk on one of her back leg she’s got a vet appointment on Tuesday at 8:30 she’s eating drinking fine they think cyst ovary I don’t know what to think
 

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Jessie1010 said:
One of my guinea pigs want walk on one of her back leg she’s got a vet appointment on Tuesday at 8:30 she’s eating drinking fine they think cyst ovary I don’t know what to think
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How old is she?
So is the appointment on Tuesday a follow up appointment? I assume if they think it’s cysts then she has seen a vet already about the issue?
Are they going go do scans on Tuesday to confirm cysts?
She might be in discomfort if the cysts are particularly large though which might be causing her to not want to walk. The more common signs of ovarian cysts are being more hormonal than normal, crust nipples, thinning hair. Have you seen any of those signs?

Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)
 
We arent vets, but to hear a piggy isn’t putting weight on a leg, then something like a sprain would be the first thought.
 
I’m still curious as to why they think she has cysts and needs to be spayed though?
Only a vet can say whether whatever symptoms she has of ovarian cysts and her not wanting to walk are related or not
 
Hi

Please have your piggy vet checked. We can only make more or less educated guesses but what your piggy needs is a hands-on diagnosis. I would personally never leave a piggy unseen just based on the guesses of strangers having to make a judgment on scant information.
 
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They think she has overian cyst and she is going for a scan to cheek
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Ok. You will have to wait and see what the vet says then.
Have you seen symptoms of cysts?

As for the leg, a vet would need to diagnose if there is an injury.
 
I’ve been the vets loads on 2 pain killers but I’m not sure she’s lifting her leg up loads walking on one side mainly and stuff still wasting and drinking but I don’t know what’s wrong with her leg
 

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I'm sorry to hear your girl is in pain. It's good you've been to see the vet. Has the vet done an x-ray to rule out any serious injuries? I hope she feels better soon, sending love and healing vibes 💕
 
I'm sorry to hear that. Sending hugs :hug:
I'll let more experienced members comment on treatment and care. All the best 💕
 
Jessie1010 said:
I’ve been the vets loads on 2 pain killers but I’m not sure she’s lifting her leg up loads walking on one side mainly and stuff still wasting and drinking but I don’t know what’s wrong with her leg
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Hi

Can you please give as a bit more background information?
- How long since your piggy has had the limping issue? How old is she?
- It is not quite clear on picture but is that leg furred ginger or nibbled down to the skin?
- What medication/dosage is she on exactly?
 
It’s been a bit over a week I think she’s a year old she has ginger hair at the back of her it’s 0.2 of meloxicam and can’t pronounce the other one bits it’s 0.5 for the other one she’s eating and drinking fine
 
Jessie1010 said:
It’s been a bit over a week I think she’s a year old she has ginger hair at the back of her it’s 0.2 of meloxicam and can’t pronounce the other one bits it’s 0.5 for the other one she’s eating and drinking fine
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One week for a more serious sprain is not too long. It can take several weeks to settle. Your vet would have tested whether your piggy would still be able to have resistance in their leg (something that is not there in a break).

Be patient.
 
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