jaycriae
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I did make a thread for Odeta in this forum once before, but it's so ancient and resolved at this point I'm not even sure it's worth linking. I did try to reply to it and get its title changed instead of making a new thread, but it was too old.
So, Odeta needs to go to the vet. Unfortunately they're closed right now, and they aren't open until Monday.
Awhile back, maybe on Monday or Tuesday, I noticed some redness in urine on the Carefresh shavings, in three different spots in the cage. I checked each pig, and couldn't find any evidence of blood. Theo had a bit of dried foul-smelling discharge around her vagina, which worried me and I cleaned her off, and so I thought she was the most likely culprit. It didn't happen again until today, Saturday, when I just went to pick up Odeta and discovered she has red streaks on her backside. I wiped her anal/vaginal area with a tissue, and the tissue was smeared brownish red. She even left a bit of blood on my sweater.
In hindsight, Odeta has been especially grumpy for the past couple of days, but she's always been a grumpy girl, and I assumed that she was in heat, especially since she's also a bit stinky, even when I'm not checking out her privates.
I double-checked Theo and Bitters' bottoms, and they're both (but especially Theo) smelly as well, and a little bit yucky, but no blood. Should I assume that they just need a bath, and Odeta's the only one with a medical issue, since there's no contagion that would cause this? The only dietary changes they've had lately are that they've been eating SPS instead of KMS hay for the last couple weeks, and that recently I started giving them red leaf lettuce in addition to green leaf.
Is there anything I can do while I wait for the vet to be open on Monday? I could also take her to the nearby vet that's open now, but while they do have vets experienced in treating guinea pigs, they aren't actually certified exotics vets.
Odeta has had digestive problems in the past involving chronic soft stools and her not engaging in enough coprophagy, but this seems to be unrelated and her stool is currently fine.
So, Odeta needs to go to the vet. Unfortunately they're closed right now, and they aren't open until Monday.
Awhile back, maybe on Monday or Tuesday, I noticed some redness in urine on the Carefresh shavings, in three different spots in the cage. I checked each pig, and couldn't find any evidence of blood. Theo had a bit of dried foul-smelling discharge around her vagina, which worried me and I cleaned her off, and so I thought she was the most likely culprit. It didn't happen again until today, Saturday, when I just went to pick up Odeta and discovered she has red streaks on her backside. I wiped her anal/vaginal area with a tissue, and the tissue was smeared brownish red. She even left a bit of blood on my sweater.
In hindsight, Odeta has been especially grumpy for the past couple of days, but she's always been a grumpy girl, and I assumed that she was in heat, especially since she's also a bit stinky, even when I'm not checking out her privates.
I double-checked Theo and Bitters' bottoms, and they're both (but especially Theo) smelly as well, and a little bit yucky, but no blood. Should I assume that they just need a bath, and Odeta's the only one with a medical issue, since there's no contagion that would cause this? The only dietary changes they've had lately are that they've been eating SPS instead of KMS hay for the last couple weeks, and that recently I started giving them red leaf lettuce in addition to green leaf.
Is there anything I can do while I wait for the vet to be open on Monday? I could also take her to the nearby vet that's open now, but while they do have vets experienced in treating guinea pigs, they aren't actually certified exotics vets.
Odeta has had digestive problems in the past involving chronic soft stools and her not engaging in enough coprophagy, but this seems to be unrelated and her stool is currently fine.
