Platypus
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
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I've had my new pigs, Janis and Zeppelin, for just over two weeks, but I feel like the poor things have had nothing but problems since they came home. Janis had a URI from day one, and we're now on the second round of antibiotics but they don't seem to be helping. The only symptom is sneezing, otherwise she seems fine, so I'm at a bit of a loss there.
Zeppelin, though... This sweet girl has had the worst of it. Long story short, she had surgery Thursday to remove a facial abscess. Surgery was successful, I brought her home that evening with more Baytril and Metacam. Everything seemed fine, healing well, Sunday night I actually had a breakthrough with both of them and they seemed much more comfortable with me during floor time (coming up to me to be pet, eating from my hand, etc). Monday morning I heard an extremely loud squeak/screech from the cage. Her cheek had burst open and was covered in white pus (sorry, I know it's gross). I called the vet and they said to get her there asap.
So, apparently there was still some infection in there and it built up to the point that her cheek exploded, which is horrifying. Vet says she can't close it and it needs to heal from the inside out. I'm supposed to separate her from Janis, keep up with the Bayril and Metacam, blot the wound with a warm wet towel once a day, and bring her back Wednesday for another check up.
My question, I guess, is what experiences have you had with this sort of thing?? I thought the whole point of the surgery and meds after was to avoid it rupturing; I didn't expect to be dealing with this. I feel so bad for Zep; she's obviously uncomfortable and misses her friend on top of everything else. I'm obviously concerned about infection from having an open wound on her face, but the vet seems convinced she'll be fine. And I was told 10-14 days for it to heal- any experiences with how accurate that is for something like this?
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Zeppelin, though... This sweet girl has had the worst of it. Long story short, she had surgery Thursday to remove a facial abscess. Surgery was successful, I brought her home that evening with more Baytril and Metacam. Everything seemed fine, healing well, Sunday night I actually had a breakthrough with both of them and they seemed much more comfortable with me during floor time (coming up to me to be pet, eating from my hand, etc). Monday morning I heard an extremely loud squeak/screech from the cage. Her cheek had burst open and was covered in white pus (sorry, I know it's gross). I called the vet and they said to get her there asap.
So, apparently there was still some infection in there and it built up to the point that her cheek exploded, which is horrifying. Vet says she can't close it and it needs to heal from the inside out. I'm supposed to separate her from Janis, keep up with the Bayril and Metacam, blot the wound with a warm wet towel once a day, and bring her back Wednesday for another check up.
My question, I guess, is what experiences have you had with this sort of thing?? I thought the whole point of the surgery and meds after was to avoid it rupturing; I didn't expect to be dealing with this. I feel so bad for Zep; she's obviously uncomfortable and misses her friend on top of everything else. I'm obviously concerned about infection from having an open wound on her face, but the vet seems convinced she'll be fine. And I was told 10-14 days for it to heal- any experiences with how accurate that is for something like this?
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