Brought one of my guinea pig, Butter to the vet last week because i suspected that she had a ovarian cyst, initially i thought her dropping of fur was simply due to old age, afterall she is around 5-6 years old already, but after i came back from my Aussie trip, the side of her belly seems to be getting bigger and bigger and i went to google her symptoms eg: hair loss on the both sides and swollen side at both side of the body.
So the very next day i brought her down to The Animal Doctors to get her checked out, did an x-ray & ultrasound and yep, confirmed that she had ovarian cyst and there was no way to avoid surgery, but i was so afraid something might happen during the surgery or she wouldn't recover well so i got really upset, thank god jeremy was there with me. ):
Jeremy waited with for me around 4-5 hours and the clinic called and said that butter is awake from the anesthetic, still weak but the surgery went well and the ovarian cyst was really really big, the vet took some pics of the cyst with her iphone and it was really freakishly huge for a little animal her size, my poor baby butter. ):
So after the surgery butter has like a 5-6 cm long stitch on her underbelly and we were instructed by the vet to keep her separate from the rest of the guinea pigs for at least a week and in a smaller confined area so she can't move about much and risk tearing the stitches etc!
Got a plastic tube and lined it with soft bedding, here's her "hospital wing" for the week:
lol, Cute much?! All the essentials packed in a small area, teddy bear for her to lie on, small bowl with food, hay and water bottle. Poor butter looking so thin after the surgery, huge contrast as compared to when she had the cyst!
Butter was still very stoned from the surgery but when we chopped some veggies she started to perk up, phew i was really relieved that she seemed to be doing well and if she's eating then it's definitely a good sign.
We were worried that she might get cold or something so we covered her with a blankie!
LOL, butter all wrapped up like a bun.
It's been one and a half week and butter's pretty much fully recovered and is back to the big cage with the other piggies!
Y MY PIGGIES NO LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!!! So mad adorable can
AWWWWWW! (:
So the very next day i brought her down to The Animal Doctors to get her checked out, did an x-ray & ultrasound and yep, confirmed that she had ovarian cyst and there was no way to avoid surgery, but i was so afraid something might happen during the surgery or she wouldn't recover well so i got really upset, thank god jeremy was there with me. ):
Jeremy waited with for me around 4-5 hours and the clinic called and said that butter is awake from the anesthetic, still weak but the surgery went well and the ovarian cyst was really really big, the vet took some pics of the cyst with her iphone and it was really freakishly huge for a little animal her size, my poor baby butter. ):
So after the surgery butter has like a 5-6 cm long stitch on her underbelly and we were instructed by the vet to keep her separate from the rest of the guinea pigs for at least a week and in a smaller confined area so she can't move about much and risk tearing the stitches etc!
Got a plastic tube and lined it with soft bedding, here's her "hospital wing" for the week:
lol, Cute much?! All the essentials packed in a small area, teddy bear for her to lie on, small bowl with food, hay and water bottle. Poor butter looking so thin after the surgery, huge contrast as compared to when she had the cyst!
Butter was still very stoned from the surgery but when we chopped some veggies she started to perk up, phew i was really relieved that she seemed to be doing well and if she's eating then it's definitely a good sign.
We were worried that she might get cold or something so we covered her with a blankie!
LOL, butter all wrapped up like a bun.
It's been one and a half week and butter's pretty much fully recovered and is back to the big cage with the other piggies!
Y MY PIGGIES NO LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!!! So mad adorable can
AWWWWWW! (:
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