Hi all, I'm fairly new here and I've been trying to search for cancer in guinea pigs.
Last night, around 7pm, I gave our babies, Charlotte & Waldo, their dinner, only to find that Charlotte has quite a large lump behind her right ear.
Unfortunately, we only have two 24 hour vets available in our area, and they don't specialize in Guinea Pigs.
So I phoned around this morning, only to find that there are only two vets that can assist with Guinea Pigs, one of which could only help me on Monday morning - please keep in mind it's Saturday (09:00) here in South Africa.
I eventually get hold of a vet which is about a 15 minute drive that can consult with our little lady.
Upon taking her to the vet, I had to check her in, luckily she had been there before and they confirmed that our Charlotte was nearly 5 years old.
I was called into the consult room, the vet examined her and felt her lump to which he advised that it was cancer and unfortunately the cancer was too far gone and that her tumor would be too large to remove.
He has suggested that we let her live her life and keep her as comfortable as we can. And we have no other options for her at the moment.
We are trying to do our research in giving her CBD Oil or Cannabis to try ease her pain as I am totally heart broken over the fact that we could lose our talkative baby at any time.
Does anyone have any advise in giving Guinea Pigs CBD Oil/Cannabis? As I don't want to put too many chemicals in her body and I feel that cannabis is the most natural way to assist her with her pain.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated during this heart breaking time.
Last night, around 7pm, I gave our babies, Charlotte & Waldo, their dinner, only to find that Charlotte has quite a large lump behind her right ear.
Unfortunately, we only have two 24 hour vets available in our area, and they don't specialize in Guinea Pigs.
So I phoned around this morning, only to find that there are only two vets that can assist with Guinea Pigs, one of which could only help me on Monday morning - please keep in mind it's Saturday (09:00) here in South Africa.
I eventually get hold of a vet which is about a 15 minute drive that can consult with our little lady.
Upon taking her to the vet, I had to check her in, luckily she had been there before and they confirmed that our Charlotte was nearly 5 years old.
I was called into the consult room, the vet examined her and felt her lump to which he advised that it was cancer and unfortunately the cancer was too far gone and that her tumor would be too large to remove.
He has suggested that we let her live her life and keep her as comfortable as we can. And we have no other options for her at the moment.
We are trying to do our research in giving her CBD Oil or Cannabis to try ease her pain as I am totally heart broken over the fact that we could lose our talkative baby at any time.
Does anyone have any advise in giving Guinea Pigs CBD Oil/Cannabis? As I don't want to put too many chemicals in her body and I feel that cannabis is the most natural way to assist her with her pain.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated during this heart breaking time.