Pigging Out

Oh no I’m so sorry to read this. She had obviously been unwell since you got her. You gave her a wonderful 10 weeks. I’m really sorry she didn’t make it. 🌈
 
I’m so sorry to hear the news. So sorry for you all and Bryce and Vegas. Take good care of yourself 💕
 
Remember last year (around Sept), just a few weeks after we adopted Bryce and he had an operation to remove abscess in his neck? Last week, I felt he has a lump in his neck again while I was weighing him. Last month, I felt it too but it was so tiny that hubby thought it was just the scarring (or something like that) from last year's operation. I felt it bigger last week though. So hubby said to wait till Sunday and see if it gets bigger. And it did. Weird though that it came back coz the whole sack of abscess was removed.

So this morning, he phoned Derwent Valley Vets to make an appointment with Ellie Whitehead, but she is on holiday and won't be back till Sept. So we booked an appointment with an exotics vets in Village Vets Wrexham instead. Went there in the afternoon, vet has seen Bryce and told it looks like abscess. He did thorough check on him too and seems very knowledgeable with piggies. So we asked for a quote with regards to op and everything, we were quoted at £600! He then said he can probably put it down to £500. We were charged at Derwent Valley for the same procedure for only £190! So told the vets we would not proceed with the op.

So hubby will phone the local vets in the morning, where we took Ella for op. They only charged us for around £150+ for a spay (which unfortunately she didn't survived from because of the tumour they discovered while in the op). The vets there seem knowledgeable with piggies anyway, and fingers crossed that Bryce will pull through after the op. I'm quite worried to be honest. Bryce is still very normal though despite of the abscess in his neck. Still his chunky lazy fat bumboy. 😁
 
Good luck Bryce. My Pepper had an abscess removal at Cat and Rabbit recently. That cost £450. My local vet wouldn’t do it. ☹️
 
I’m sorry it’s come back. Wishing Bryce all the best with the op and recovery when it happens.
 
Just got home from the vets. Vets can't remove the whole sack of abscess coz it's quite deep, so Bryce has an open wound and we need to flush it 2x a day, and was also given some antibiotics. He is fine overall. He hasn't eaten much at the vets but they fed him some critical care.

On the way home, he started eating hay in the carrier. As soon as we got home, I fed him 15mls of critical care. I put him on his loft so he can have a rest but he has other ideas. He went down and started roaming around the living room. He is eating hay, grass and his favourite pea flakes at the moment. It's like nothing happened to him! 😁
 
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