I had Socks at the vet again today, just for his progress check.
She's happy to continue how we've been going, with syringe feeds every couple of hours. He weighed in at 780g (her scale always weighs him a bit lighter than mine), and she gave him a good check over. His stomach is still soft and fine, his mouth and teeth look ok, his heart sounds great. His breathing was a little quick, but we think it was more to do with the stress of a waiting room full of dogs than anything else because I haven't noticed him breathing quickly otherwise.
So, the plan is to continue with how we're going now and check in again in early January.
In other cavie news.. Pikelet is off to the vet in the morning to be desexed. I've just packed her a little lunchbox with snacks, and I feel like I'm sending her off to her first day of kindy 😆
It's important to have female guinea pigs desexed before they turn about 2 years old, because they start developing ovarian cysts and cancers due to their hormone levels if they don't have litters.
My first two guinea pigs were named Bertrand Russell (Teapot for short bc Russell's Teapot) and Jonathan Locke (Socks for short bc Locke's Socks) - Socks is still with us, but Teapot died about 2 years ago.
When Teapot died I had to get another one because they're herd animals and get stressed if they're not with other pigs - so I got this little girl.. I couldn't think of another philosopher with a cute named theory, and Pikelet just seems to fit her.
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