mammary tumor removal and anesthesia on senior guinea pig
i don't know if you're still checking this thread.
dr nakamura is my go-to vet also, he's beyond amazing. he's seen many of my piggies, bunnies, my sister's rats, my pooch
he is currently helping me care for my piggy. it's a darn shame that he is only doing online exams but at least he's still there!
may i suggest that you consider a televisit with him, you can show him the incision site and he can give you guidance. technology is so advanced, he might even be able to see the wound more clearly than if he was in the room. that's how he helps me with my fur baby, he has me show him various body parts via the smartphone camera, tells me how to feel things so i can report back, stuff like that.
sending loving blessings to you & your boy, hope this reply finds him on the mend
dr nakamura is my go-to vet also, he's beyond amazing. he's seen many of my piggies, bunnies, my sister's rats, my pooch
he is currently helping me care for my piggy. it's a darn shame that he is only doing online exams but at least he's still there!
may i suggest that you consider a televisit with him, you can show him the incision site and he can give you guidance. technology is so advanced, he might even be able to see the wound more clearly than if he was in the room. that's how he helps me with my fur baby, he has me show him various body parts via the smartphone camera, tells me how to feel things so i can report back, stuff like that.
sending loving blessings to you & your boy, hope this reply finds him on the mend
Thank you, yes I did have a video chat with him in the beginning, when I first found the tumor, but since he only does online visits from now on, I had to find another doctor that did the surgery, and cleaned his wound etc...I now take him to Dr. Hilary Stern in Santa Cruz (she was recommended by Dr. Nakamura). She is a bit far for us, but is also a very good doctor. His incision is almost healed, but there is some swelling happening, I hope it will go away soon. I just want him to get better as soon as possible...I am attaching a picture to show how it looked couple days ago vs. today.
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So I feel like we are back to square one with Gerbil's wound...I found a little scab couple days ago on the incision site, and when we cleaned it, a lot of white thick creamy stuff came out (like puss, but not smelly). I took him to the vet, and she opened and cleaned it, said it is under the skin going up for about 5mm, prescribed bactrim, and to flush with povidone iodine once a a day (with the curvy tip syringe). This was on thursday, today it is already looking like it's getting a bit infected again. She sent the pus for a culture to make sure we are using the right anitbiotic. I am so lost and don't know what I am doing wrong, or what I can do to make it heal...I was reading that you can also flush with sterile saline solution so I started doing that at nights on top of the povidone flush in the morning. It has been 5 weeks since surgery, and I don't know why it's not healed yet. Even the doctor said it should have healed by now, and couldn't give me an answer when I asked how long would this take to heal...On top of that I am due for our son tomorrow, and this is adding so much stress to me :(
This is how it looked after the vet on thursday
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This is how it looked after flushing with saline today
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This is how it looked after the vet on thursday
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This is how it looked after flushing with saline today
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I don't think you are doing anything wrong. Don't blame yourself!
Long ago we had at least one person who had problems with a particular suture material. I take it there is no suture material visible? Nothing that the vet found? I think culturing was the right move in case this is an unusual bacteria.
You are being observant and getting this taken care of. Only other thing I read about some time ago was using Manuka honey to help it heal.
Long ago we had at least one person who had problems with a particular suture material. I take it there is no suture material visible? Nothing that the vet found? I think culturing was the right move in case this is an unusual bacteria.
You are being observant and getting this taken care of. Only other thing I read about some time ago was using Manuka honey to help it heal.
Hi everyone,
Gerbil has been doing much better in terms of his surgery, his wound completely healed. (It did take a long time due to ongoing infections, but they are gone now).
However, recently I noticed he started vocalizing while he is urinating sometimes (not when he is pooping only peeing). I have also been observing a lot more calcium deposits in his fleece the last couple of months. After his surgery, I couldn't exercise him like I used to, and I started giving wheat grass to him every day. I took him to the vet today, and she did an x-ray and said he has bladder sludge (no stones), also beginning of arthritis in his knees and hips. I started exercising him more, and trying to make sure he is drinking more water. I am wondering if giving him wheat grass everyday would have caused this sludge. I was looking online for information, and saw that in 100 grams of wheat grass there is 429 mg of calcium which is so much compared to say parsley. Do you have any information about wheat grass, does this amount sound correct to you?
Gerbil has been doing much better in terms of his surgery, his wound completely healed. (It did take a long time due to ongoing infections, but they are gone now).
However, recently I noticed he started vocalizing while he is urinating sometimes (not when he is pooping only peeing). I have also been observing a lot more calcium deposits in his fleece the last couple of months. After his surgery, I couldn't exercise him like I used to, and I started giving wheat grass to him every day. I took him to the vet today, and she did an x-ray and said he has bladder sludge (no stones), also beginning of arthritis in his knees and hips. I started exercising him more, and trying to make sure he is drinking more water. I am wondering if giving him wheat grass everyday would have caused this sludge. I was looking online for information, and saw that in 100 grams of wheat grass there is 429 mg of calcium which is so much compared to say parsley. Do you have any information about wheat grass, does this amount sound correct to you?