Spaying due to over active hormones

[CanadianCavy]

My girls just turned 3 and I was shocked to find out how common spaying is at this age. They have lived so happily together and now they are on constant frustration. I have booked one in for spay Jun 8 but can't afford the other one for a couple months. I will seperate them in the meantime with a barrier and hope I can have them live happily again in the future once spayed.

Any information and tips for me going into these surgeries? Or please link a old post for me to read through experiences.

Thanks!
Haylie (Molly and Ginny)

 

[Piggies&buns]

Do they have cysts?
Have they actually fallen out with each other? It’s best not to separate them unless you absolutely have to because separating them may mean they may never go back together again.


Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

 

[CanadianCavy]

She couldn't feel any cysts with palpation and I can't afford ultrasound. I am going to have them in the same.cage with a mesh wall so they are not completely apart and will still put them in a play pen together once a day. But my one female has hair missing on her rump from the other and I don't want it to turn worse.

 

[Piggies&buns]

She couldn't feel any cysts with palpation and I can't afford ultrasound. I am going to have them in the same.cage with a mesh wall so they are not completely apart and will still put them in a play pen together once a day. But my one female has hair missing on her rump from the other and I don't want it to turn worse.

If they have not actually fallen out, then please don’t put mesh between them.
If you do put mesh between them, then you cannot have playpen time - they will need separate playtime. They need to either be in the cage together at all times or apart at all times. If you separate and put them back together, then separate again, they are going to be reestablishing at every time and then the separation will interrupt things - this is very stressful for piggies

You say the missing hair is from the other. What is she doing to cause missing hair?

If you could tell us a bit more about what is actually going on between them that makes you think they need separating then we can help further

 

[CanadianCavy]

If they have not actually fallen out, then please don’t put mesh between them.
If you do put mesh between them, then you cannot have playpen time - they will need separate playtime. They need to either be in the cage together at all times or apart at all times. If you separate and put them back together, then separate again, they are going to be reestablishing at every time and then the separation will interrupt things - this is very stressful for piggies

You say the missing hair is from the other. What is she doing to cause missing hair?

If you could tell us a bit more about what is actually going on between them that makes you think they need separating then we can help further

One of them is constantly rumble strutting around the other one. They go up to each other's faces like they are going to fight, teeth open and scream (kind of head butting). Constant negative squeaking even just while sitting in separate parts of the cage. I think the hair is missing from being chewed on. No broken skin. I worry what goes on while I'm at work/sleeping.
And the vet told me to seperate them.... Said j would need to seperate them while she heals from spay anyways....

I hate hearing them in distress every single day and they are quiet once I seperate.

 

[Piggies&buns]

One of them is constantly rumble strutting around the other one. They go up to each other's faces like they are going to fight, teeth open and scream (kind of head butting). Constant negative squeaking even just while sitting in separate parts of the cage. I think the hair is missing from being chewed on. No broken skin. I worry what goes on while I'm at work/sleeping.
And the vet told me to seperate them.... Said j would need to seperate them while she heals from spay anyways....

I hate hearing them in distress every single day and they are quiet once I seperate.

If their relationship is fully failing and they are falling out, then separation would be needed.
Separating them is a major step though as it could mean even after being spayed, they refuse to go back together. Just something to be aware of. This is also why we don’t recommended medical separations and it’s actually recommended to keep piggies together (including at the vet on the day of surgery where possible) as soon as they are home from surgery to help keep the relationship in tact plus it’s less stressful to not be separated.
Tips For Post-operative Care
Bonds In Trouble

 

[CanadianCavy]

Can you please explain what a full fall out is? I don't want to come home and find an abscess blood so I assumed that these constant distress sounds are warning signs.

 

[CanadianCavy]

If their relationship is fully failing and they are falling out, then separation would be needed.
Separating them is a major step though as it could mean even after being spayed, they refuse to go back together. Just something to be aware of. This is also why we don’t recommended medical separations and it’s actually recommended to keep piggies together (including at the vet on the day of surgery where possible) as soon as they are home from surgery to help keep the relationship in tact plus it’s less stressful to not be separated.
Tips For Post-operative Care
Bonds In Trouble

Sorry, I have found the thread about it to read. I am just so lost and worried about what the right thing to do it. When my vet and a forum tell me different. And I hear them all evening upset.