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Originally Posted by Alusdra  And when your vet says that antibiotics are 'toxic' perhaps he means that they can kill gut flora needed in digestion? That can lead to gut stasis, malnutrition, etc. For a routine neuter there really isn't a reason he would need antibiotics that I can think of. It's a sterile prep and all. If you trust your rescue, then I would stick with the vet. He does enough of these things to at the very least know what to do about common complications (it sounds like). |
Depending on the vet, antibiotic courses may be standard operating procedure for pigs. All of our rescue's neuters are put on preventative antibiotics and that has helped control post surgical abscesses a great deal (and guinea pigs are basically an abscess waiting to happen).