fluffysal
Forum Donator 2024/25
Healing rumbles from my boys and hugs from me 
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Vets can't find the problem with my pig (2yo sow)
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Mrs Tiggy Winkle
Teenage Guinea Pig
imo a whole month doing 24/7 guinea care is a lot! You're a hero in my eyes
Other people probably manage longer, some people like me didn't - we can't help who and how we are and when it gets too much - that's dependent on various things.
I very much understand feeling guilty tho feeling guilty doesn't mean we are guilty. It is also something that I have managed to overcome or at least greatly reduce the feeling of. My circumstances are the way they are, your circumstances are the way they are. We're human, we're not God (or some higher power, super power, deity - whatever you might believe in). It's more that I grieve for my poor little piggies that I couldn't save and feel very sad about the sides in me that get overwhelmed so easily and not just emotionally, but it means accepting the way I am too (which has not always been easy, but is getting easier after about 25 years of work-on-self).
I hope something of what I have written has been helpful. I encourage you to keep talking, sometimes it does help to get at the deeper stuff. HUGS
Wheekallweek
Adult Guinea Pig
You're doing so well
I hope and pray it's good news and the abscess is treatable. My bunny had one which we treated successfully - but it was her lower jaw which is a bit different. Keep going - whatever happens you love her and that's the main thing
I hope and pray it's good news and the abscess is treatable. My bunny had one which we treated successfully - but it was her lower jaw which is a bit different. Keep going - whatever happens you love her and that's the main thing
I’ve had a piggy with a tooth root abscess. It was a lower incisor so didn’t affect his eye. If there is an abscess a really good antibiotic is Zithromax. My piggy had a six week course of it. It did stop his appetite though so he had to be completely syringe fed throughout his treatment.
Good luck. You are doing amazing. It’s so hard caring for a sick piggy. Sending you hugs.
Good luck. You are doing amazing. It’s so hard caring for a sick piggy. Sending you hugs.
RosieLily
Forum Donator 2024/25
Take a breather and let it be for a few minutes. You are doing a very good job, caring for a poorly piggy is taxing and so overwhelming, both emotionally and physically.
Let’s hope she starts showing improvement. The feeling of coming out on the other side with your little one is worth it, as long as her life quality remains. Sometimes switching into “emotional neutral” will help.
Thinking of you.
Let’s hope she starts showing improvement. The feeling of coming out on the other side with your little one is worth it, as long as her life quality remains. Sometimes switching into “emotional neutral” will help.
Thinking of you.
Tory93
Junior Guinea Pig
Bless your heart. You have done so much for your girl, she is lucky to have you.
Trust me, we all get it - the late nights, the middle of the night feeds etc, it all takes its toll, and you get to the point where you just want to cry, then you get your break through moment where piggie turns a corner and starts to improve.
It's great news that she's interested in food and is jumping up for it.
Hopefully you get the results soon and she gets her treatment and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Give yourself a pat on the back, do something for you, whether that's a nice bubble bath, movie night etc, make sure you take care of yourself physically and mentally, if you're not okay how are you going to look after Dilma.
Fingers crossed for you both!
Trust me, we all get it - the late nights, the middle of the night feeds etc, it all takes its toll, and you get to the point where you just want to cry, then you get your break through moment where piggie turns a corner and starts to improve.
It's great news that she's interested in food and is jumping up for it.
Hopefully you get the results soon and she gets her treatment and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Give yourself a pat on the back, do something for you, whether that's a nice bubble bath, movie night etc, make sure you take care of yourself physically and mentally, if you're not okay how are you going to look after Dilma.
Fingers crossed for you both!
MenisMenis
New Born Pup
Thank you guys, your words mean a lot to me <3
The results came back: she has a tooth root abscess in the third molar, which is causing the eye to pop out.
We sent the CT scan to another veterinarian with more experience in dental surgeries to see if it is possible to treat it with medication, if it will be necessary to go with surgery or even remove the tooth (I know that this is not recommended in the case of molars, but this option was presented to me as a last treatment to consider).
The results came back: she has a tooth root abscess in the third molar, which is causing the eye to pop out.
We sent the CT scan to another veterinarian with more experience in dental surgeries to see if it is possible to treat it with medication, if it will be necessary to go with surgery or even remove the tooth (I know that this is not recommended in the case of molars, but this option was presented to me as a last treatment to consider).
Mrs Tiggy Winkle
Teenage Guinea Pig
Not good news, but at least clarity.
Thinking of you as you wait to hear back from the other veterinarian.
Thinking of you as you wait to hear back from the other veterinarian.
