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Separating guinea pigs after spay op

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One of my two guinea pigs was spayed on Monday, she’s been doing well and starting to act like herself again. I’ve had them in separate cages since then and this morning I’ve put them back together as they both seemed a little lonely and on edge by themselves. She seems very happy to be back in her cage and with her friend again but I know it’s very soon after her op so is this okay to do?
 
I’m sure she will be ok. It will do her good to be back with her friend. Keep an eye on her to make sure she’s taking things easy.
 
I've had 7 spayed in the last 2 years or so, and the time I've had them in a hospital cage has varied with each one, some were out for months due to hormones taking a while to leave the body, some were back in the next day due to refusing to eat because they missed their friends! Its absolutely fine to do imo as long as she's eating and pooping, her incision looks good and you can still keep an eye on how much she's eating, pooping and healing :)
 
You know your girls best. As long as they are happy together and you can see her eating, weeing and pooping then there is no reason why they shouldn't be together. It may well speed her recovery to be back with her cage mate.
 
Unless a piggy is really badly off post-op, I don't separate mine. All my spayed girls have been staying with at least one paw-holding companion and I have never had any issues. To be honest, having their mates and as normal a routine as possible does really help to reduce the stress and aids recovery. If the vet allows and unless it is a last ditch make-or-break emergency op that may likely not come off, they will even have company during their operation trip.

I hope that yours are going back together well. Put them together on neutral ground and see how it goes. If the operated piggy is the dominant one, there is likely a bit more dominance behaviour. as long as it is in the tolerable range, you have to accept it. Things will switch back once the recovered piggy will reassert themselves.
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When Betsy was spayed, she was in the hospital cage for 48 hours so I could monitor her eating, weeing, pooping etc then she went back in with the love of her life (now Rainbow Piggy) Dennis and everything was fine. They were very pleased to see each other again after a 2 day separation.
 
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