Muffin&Crumble
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi Everyone,
My first post so bear with me!
On Monday my two little girls Muffin and Crumble underwent a spay. Crumble's behaviour had changed dramatically so our vet suspected an ovarian cyst, and recommended a spay - we decided it was best to also have Muffin spayed as keeping her intact might have caused problems with her sister in the future. It turns out the surgery was lifesaving, as Crumble's cyst was the biggest the vet had ever seen in a piggy.
They came home that evening and although quiet seemed to be recovering fine - lots of poops and widdles, and both tucking in to their fresh veg. They've become a bit more outgoing over the past couple of days, and yesterday when I took them for their post-op check the vet was really pleased with their recovery - the wounds look squeaky clean, their temperatures and heart rates were fine and they hadn't lost any weight.
Last night and today, I've started to get a bit worried about Muffin. Although we've had to take nearly all of their toys and shelves out to minimise the chances of them jumping about too much whilst they recover, we have left their little hidey hut in their hutch with them (they are indoor piggies). Every so often when both piggies are in their hut, Muffin has started screaming at the top of her lungs for minutes at a time. She stops as soon as we lift the hut to see what the matter is, and when I've given her cuddles I've gone over her to see if she is in pain anywhere, but she doesn't seem to be. She'll take food from me and from her food bowl straight after one of these squealing session, so I'm really struggling to get to the bottom of it.
I'm just looking for some advice or reassurance I guess - I'm wondering if she is just bored because all her toys have gone? It's breaking my heart when she squeals like that, and I can't find any reason at all why she is doing it!
My first post so bear with me!
On Monday my two little girls Muffin and Crumble underwent a spay. Crumble's behaviour had changed dramatically so our vet suspected an ovarian cyst, and recommended a spay - we decided it was best to also have Muffin spayed as keeping her intact might have caused problems with her sister in the future. It turns out the surgery was lifesaving, as Crumble's cyst was the biggest the vet had ever seen in a piggy.
They came home that evening and although quiet seemed to be recovering fine - lots of poops and widdles, and both tucking in to their fresh veg. They've become a bit more outgoing over the past couple of days, and yesterday when I took them for their post-op check the vet was really pleased with their recovery - the wounds look squeaky clean, their temperatures and heart rates were fine and they hadn't lost any weight.
Last night and today, I've started to get a bit worried about Muffin. Although we've had to take nearly all of their toys and shelves out to minimise the chances of them jumping about too much whilst they recover, we have left their little hidey hut in their hutch with them (they are indoor piggies). Every so often when both piggies are in their hut, Muffin has started screaming at the top of her lungs for minutes at a time. She stops as soon as we lift the hut to see what the matter is, and when I've given her cuddles I've gone over her to see if she is in pain anywhere, but she doesn't seem to be. She'll take food from me and from her food bowl straight after one of these squealing session, so I'm really struggling to get to the bottom of it.
I'm just looking for some advice or reassurance I guess - I'm wondering if she is just bored because all her toys have gone? It's breaking my heart when she squeals like that, and I can't find any reason at all why she is doing it!
