Cherry Berry
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello Piggie Parents,
I hope you and your little ones are doing great.
My two guinea pigs Cherry and Berry were neutered in November 2022 (by Anne Nelson Vets) and now they live separately with their new partners Cookie and Oreo for a month.
Berry has got an abscess now. I took him to the Goddard Veterinary Group Ewell (they have 3 exotic vets) yesterday. They prescribed him antibiotics for a week along with Metacam. Today afternoon when I just came into his room it was smelling awful when I checked him the abscess was bitten and all the pus came out. I took him immediately back to the vet.
She cleaned him and said that the wound has to be kept open and she prescribed filling it with Aniwell Active Manuka Honey. His samples are sent to a lab for testing. She has also mentioned that the piggies need not be separated as long as they don't groom each other therefore I have not separated him from Cookie as they are doing okay.
Could you please help me with the following questions:
1. Does the abscess have to be open for it to recover internally or can't it be band-aided?
2. The Manua Honey is really thick and really fill it in the syringe any advice on how can I fill it in to keep the wound open?
3. How long does it take for an abscess to recover?
Berry is doing normal still popcorning and eating normally.
Thanks a lot in advance.
I hope you and your little ones are doing great.
My two guinea pigs Cherry and Berry were neutered in November 2022 (by Anne Nelson Vets) and now they live separately with their new partners Cookie and Oreo for a month.
Berry has got an abscess now. I took him to the Goddard Veterinary Group Ewell (they have 3 exotic vets) yesterday. They prescribed him antibiotics for a week along with Metacam. Today afternoon when I just came into his room it was smelling awful when I checked him the abscess was bitten and all the pus came out. I took him immediately back to the vet.
She cleaned him and said that the wound has to be kept open and she prescribed filling it with Aniwell Active Manuka Honey. His samples are sent to a lab for testing. She has also mentioned that the piggies need not be separated as long as they don't groom each other therefore I have not separated him from Cookie as they are doing okay.
Could you please help me with the following questions:
1. Does the abscess have to be open for it to recover internally or can't it be band-aided?
2. The Manua Honey is really thick and really fill it in the syringe any advice on how can I fill it in to keep the wound open?
3. How long does it take for an abscess to recover?
Berry is doing normal still popcorning and eating normally.
Thanks a lot in advance.