vet day

so after anxiety and stress over this vet visit I'm happy to say it's done. we took Bitzy to the vet and she got checked out. apparently they took skin samples and found no evidence of mites. they also said that dogs can't transfer the same mites to guinea pigs. they first weighed her and I warned the nurse that she's hard to handle but the girl did great and got her weighed. so the dry skin on her back is from her being too fat to groom herself. she's over weight a bit weight 2.7 lbs. that's probably because she would eat the majority of the food between the 2. so I am going to be feeding her less amounts. they said she might not lose the weight so if not, I just need to wipe her back for her. so she just has dry skin according to the vet. they found no moving parasites in her samples. they put drops in her ears to clear wax build up and they trimmed her nails really nicely. the vet also explained to me what more than likely happened to Mitzy. she said that mites are every where and always on animals and people. but animals and people generally fight them off naturally. but Mitzy was probably weak. her immune system was probably weak so the mites took over her body. scary shit. we did notice she was sneezing a bit more than usually but I figured it was just dust from hay or something. but she may have had a viral infection and was weakend. so she was unable to fight the mites. at least that's what my understanding is.

she looks so funny here. she doesn't wanna be there lol

Jake went to the vet too and he got all checked up on. he doesn't have mites either. my mom said she had them check 3 times. they said that it was dry skin. so they gave him a shot for his itchiness, some spray to help sooth his skin and they cleaned up his ears. he has 2 teeth that are infected so they gave us antibiotics to treat that. he needs  more fiber in his diet too. so no mites on either of them. I am glad to hear that because what happened to Mitzy was so scary. Jake's vet also said that those mites are not transferable between dogs and others.

were still going to keep an eye on both animals for a bit just to keep making sure everything is good. I might look into getting some coconut oil for my guinea pigs dry skin. guinea pig price was 68.00. Jake's was 212.00. not THAT bad but it's money we don't really have. I'm just glad they're safe and got checked out.

when my bf made the appointment for my guinea pig, they couldn't seem to hear him? he repeated her name Bitzy over and over. I guess they still didn't catch it cuz on the email confirmation for the appointment it said BITEY 😂 the nurse was like "I'm so glad to hear that it was a mistake and her name isn't Bitey" lol she said she wasn't looking forward to examining a biting guinea pig lol. my guinea pigs never really bite. I haven't had them bite me before just maybe a lil when trying to take treats. so I am gonna wait a week or 2 before getting a new guinea pig friend just to make sure Bitzy is all checked out 110%. I'm relieved though.