Manincognito
New Born Pup
Hello, I regularly come on here to read the advice as it seems more knowledgeable than some vets, but first time posting. I’ll try to give as much detail as possible. So Daisy is 3 & a half years old, awhile back, can’t remember how long but a good few months ago she was rumbling & feisty with her 4 girlfriends, started losing her hair which we thought might be mites so treated for that but that didn’t do anything & then noticed a loss of weight, squeaking when going to the toilet then red in her urine the night before we were going to take her to the vets. First visit we only saw a locum & during the checkup he felt a lump on her right side about the size of a grape. With the other symptoms we straightaway thought ovarian cysts, he gave us a small pot of metacam, said to use only 0.2ml once a day & no antibiotics for a possible uti because he didn’t like giving them out unless he knew what it was. We weren’t overly happy with the checkup so managed to get an appointment at a better vets which has a guinea pig specialist, it’s normally one hard to get an appointment with. So we took her up there a couple of days later where they were far more thorough with her checkup, appointment lasted much longer. We were given a 15ml pot of Arthrocam, told to give her 0.4ml twice a day & the antibiotics that begins with S, serytpin?! Was mentioned to do a pee test/X-rays etc after if needed.
So after the 2 weeks of this the squeaking had stopped & she was eating, drinking & pooing fine.
About a week later she started small squeaks when going to the toilet but nothing like before but when she came out for her veg dinner one evening she didn’t seem interested & did this weird stretchy/twisty thing, went in her snug & seemed uncomfortable. I really thought she was going to go that night so I quickly went up to the girlfriends to get some Arthrocam she had just to help her if she was in pain. When I got back Daisy was out & about eating as normal. So for the last couple of weeks she seems fine again but one thing I’ve noticed & wanted advice on if anyone else has had this, she sits in & on snugs but just sits & doesn’t overly snuggly in plus isn’t so mad on the hay she’s used to have (Timothy soft from Haybox). She eats her veg still, comes running over for that, loves oat hay & we tried a sample of the orchard hay from haybox & seems to like that, but just wondered if anyone else has had a pig go off hay when they have any internal issues or don’t snuggle in as much. We know the cyst thing, if it is that, has to be sorted but for now we just want to see how she goes & if possible to fatten her up a bit before. We are worried about a spay option especially if shes not in the best condition for it. Sorry to ramble on, just wanted to give as much info as possible…
Thank you
So after the 2 weeks of this the squeaking had stopped & she was eating, drinking & pooing fine.
About a week later she started small squeaks when going to the toilet but nothing like before but when she came out for her veg dinner one evening she didn’t seem interested & did this weird stretchy/twisty thing, went in her snug & seemed uncomfortable. I really thought she was going to go that night so I quickly went up to the girlfriends to get some Arthrocam she had just to help her if she was in pain. When I got back Daisy was out & about eating as normal. So for the last couple of weeks she seems fine again but one thing I’ve noticed & wanted advice on if anyone else has had this, she sits in & on snugs but just sits & doesn’t overly snuggly in plus isn’t so mad on the hay she’s used to have (Timothy soft from Haybox). She eats her veg still, comes running over for that, loves oat hay & we tried a sample of the orchard hay from haybox & seems to like that, but just wondered if anyone else has had a pig go off hay when they have any internal issues or don’t snuggle in as much. We know the cyst thing, if it is that, has to be sorted but for now we just want to see how she goes & if possible to fatten her up a bit before. We are worried about a spay option especially if shes not in the best condition for it. Sorry to ramble on, just wanted to give as much info as possible…
Thank you