I?ve been going to the same vet and they seemed really nice. I don?t really have any vets in my area that do small animals so I have to go out of the state. I just recently brought my guinea pig, Thor, to the vet because he had an abscess under his neck and it popped before I could get him in (he?s all better now). I never had a problem with my vet before, like I said they?ve always been very kind and understanding and didn?t even make me pay when I brought my other pig, Bugsby, in which they only made me pay five dollars for the nail clippings, not the usual 60 dollars for a check up. But when I brought Thor in he was very squirmy. He had to look under Thor?s neck to look at the abscess and he couldn?t get Thor to stop squirming so he grabbed Thor by his scruff. Thor jerked away and he pulled out a clump of his fur. He did it again, this time getting a hold of him. Thor was absolutely wailing, screaming at the top of his lungs everyone in the vet could hear him and the assistants were trying to figure out what was going on. He was wailing for at least a minute straight before the vet finally let go. After that, instead of handing Thor to me to calm him down, he gave him to his assstant. My other pigs are fine with new people for the most part, but Thor is very fearful of others and whenever he?s scared he comes to me in my lap so while she was holding him he was whimpering and crying. Then they took him to the surgery room to have the abscess opened again, flushed, and drained. I could hear him wailing all the way from there again, then he suddenly stopped. They brought him back and told me they had put a muzzle on him! I personally was really upset by this because Thor was never trying to bite him, he was just crying. I didn?t even know there were muzzles for small animals and I later tried to google it but found nothing so I?m almost starting to believe there was no muzzle involved and they had another vet holding his face shut.
opinions? Obviously I?m really upset about this but I?m trying to think about it from a medical standpoint,
like maybe they were doing it for his safety? I?m not sure. Maybe they?re just not good with handling small animals. I believe me and another girl are the only people who have Guinea pigs so I?m not sure if they have much experience but like I said, I really do like that vet.
opinions? Obviously I?m really upset about this but I?m trying to think about it from a medical standpoint,
like maybe they were doing it for his safety? I?m not sure. Maybe they?re just not good with handling small animals. I believe me and another girl are the only people who have Guinea pigs so I?m not sure if they have much experience but like I said, I really do like that vet.