metalhead
Junior Guinea Pig
So, as some of you may know, Smokey joe went for residential bonding and came home to me on 21/03 with a new friend called percy who i love so much already. The day after they had got home and settled in i gave them both a health check. Smokey had lost 100g over the 10 days he was away bonding, which i put down to stress/change of diet/bonding process etc. I was told weight loss was normal during bonding. However i found a fairly large, very angry looking growth on percys grease gland, i let the charity know and booked a vet appt. My (very experienced exotics) vet said it was a benign adenoma and put some local anesthetic in and tied it off and said it should fall off in a week to 10 days. That was on 24/03. two days later the boys had a huge falling out and on the advice of the charity i separated over night. i reintroduced in the morning (sat) and they seemed fine, but when i got up on sunday morning they were in the midst of another falling out, i let it go as far as i could, much further than my nerves allowed, but it got to rearing up, chattering and lunging so i separated again, and they are still separate now. Smokey Joe has lost another 50g since being home with me, so 50g this past week and 150g in total, this worries me considerably. The charity and i both think the falling out is because Smokey can smell the dying wound, but then i am concerned about Smokeys continued weight loss since being bonded with percy. I have been advised to keep them separate until the wound falls off and try to reintroduce, which is my intention. I am weighing Smokey daily. The charity are gutted that they did not spot percys adenoma, but these things happen, it is under a mountain of fur! i am just meticulous in my health checks and dont have many pigs to be dealing with so can afford the time, the charity have been nothing but amazing throughout it all, i just wanted your thoughts/advice/experience about the situation if i may please?