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January 12, 2024

guinea pig update

this morning my bf called 11 vets and none of them could see my guinea pig today. the place we normally go to said the dr who helps guinea pigs is all booked up. but we decided to take her in anyways and kinda beg? we told the front desk what was going on and that we’ve taken her here before. we said no one would take her and this is a serious emergency. they ended up asking the dr and they said we can leave my guinea pig there and the doctor will get with the guinea pig as soon as she can. i tried to keep it together and signed the consent. i walked out of there sobbing. i couldn’t hold it together anymore than i was. i tried disassociating last night and earlier today but it broke me leaving her there. i don’t like her being scared and not understand what is going on. so we ended up getting a call quickly and they asked us about what she’s been eating etc. they said they could look at her today and it relieved me. so they looked at her and said her vag was prolapsed. pretty much what i figured by google. so they said they’d try and push it back in 😖 and that if it doesn’t work then she needs a surgery. if she needs the surgery i didn’t want to make her go through all of that nor could i afford it and would be forced to put her down. she’s old and she doesn’t need to go thru anymore traumas. but they called us back and said they got her back in place. they said it still might prolapse again and if it does she’ll need the surgery. which as i said i wouldn’t put her through despite the cost. devastating ugh. so she’s home now and resting a lot. she didn’t eat all of her lettuce and she’s just recovering. i separated the 2 pigs so the other doesn’t bug her. they have her an antibiotic that i need to follow up with for 3 days. then we take her back for a follow up appt on Tues. so Tues i have a prenatal appt then her appt at 4. they’re gonna remove the stitches too. they did say if she isn’t passing bowels by 12 hours then we need to cut the stitches ourself here. i hope we won’t have to and she continues to get better ❤️‍🩹 im gonna check on her before bed. i love my pigs so much and i hate seeing this happen to them. 

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