SpinningNickel
Junior Guinea Pig
Afternoon everyone,
Today is dedicated to disinfecting virtually every pig-related thing I own. Little Machu appears to be in perfect health, was checked by a vet 3.5 weeks ago, and I've been advised by 2 separate vets that he is incredibly unlikely to have contracted the inner ear infection that took our Picchu.
However, after some advice by the members here, he's being closely watched for another week or two before being checked out again and getting his boar-dating MOT.
But these have been my first piggies and after seeing how quickly his cage mate declined, I'm erring on the side of caution (read: paranoia) and making sure everything is now disinfected thoroughly before it comes back into contact with Machu.
The travel carrier Picchu lived it while he was treated, and their main cage surfaces, are being disinfected with a vinegar and lemon juice dilute. Any towels he's been held or wrapped in, or lain on, have been bleached (before anyone freaks out at my use of the B-word, they were soaked in a boiling dilute, then they're being hand-rinsed, rinsed in plain boiling water, hand rinsed again, and put in a normal non-bio detergent wash before they come anywhere near my remaining pig), and as I'm only now preparing for a move to fleece there are no soft surfaces in their cage that I need to be concerned about.
Is this enough? Is there anything else I should do?
Barely related and probably silly question while I've got you all: Picchu's oral Baytril prescription was never opened. What do I do with it? Does it all need just pouring away, or is it safe to keep in case of emergency (ie, Machu starts showing similar symptoms at 2am on a Sunday) -- not that I'm advocating non-vet advice, I just don't want it to go to waste. I think this is probably one of those obvious things that I've got grief-induced brain-block over.
Today is dedicated to disinfecting virtually every pig-related thing I own. Little Machu appears to be in perfect health, was checked by a vet 3.5 weeks ago, and I've been advised by 2 separate vets that he is incredibly unlikely to have contracted the inner ear infection that took our Picchu.
However, after some advice by the members here, he's being closely watched for another week or two before being checked out again and getting his boar-dating MOT.
But these have been my first piggies and after seeing how quickly his cage mate declined, I'm erring on the side of caution (read: paranoia) and making sure everything is now disinfected thoroughly before it comes back into contact with Machu.The travel carrier Picchu lived it while he was treated, and their main cage surfaces, are being disinfected with a vinegar and lemon juice dilute. Any towels he's been held or wrapped in, or lain on, have been bleached (before anyone freaks out at my use of the B-word, they were soaked in a boiling dilute, then they're being hand-rinsed, rinsed in plain boiling water, hand rinsed again, and put in a normal non-bio detergent wash before they come anywhere near my remaining pig), and as I'm only now preparing for a move to fleece there are no soft surfaces in their cage that I need to be concerned about.
Is this enough? Is there anything else I should do?
Barely related and probably silly question while I've got you all: Picchu's oral Baytril prescription was never opened. What do I do with it? Does it all need just pouring away, or is it safe to keep in case of emergency (ie, Machu starts showing similar symptoms at 2am on a Sunday) -- not that I'm advocating non-vet advice, I just don't want it to go to waste. I think this is probably one of those obvious things that I've got grief-induced brain-block over.
