This little arsehole looks like butter wouldn't melt. Well, let me tell you the truth!
Each morning she gets a treat, she has a jar of them with 5 or 6 different varieties, and I pull one out of the jar and offer it to her.
If I don't pull the right one, she sniffs at it and then bites my finger.. not hard, but just enough to get the point across that I'm shirking in my duties and to pick another fucking treat before someone gets hurt.
This morning none of the treats were right. I ended up throwing a berry one into the cage from a distance and running into another room. I'm currently huddled in the bottom of the closet under a pile of coats (not really...).
She's bullying me. She weights less than a bottle of milk.
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.
This little guy has finally broken 800g, weighing in at 817g this evening.
I'm not quite counting it as a win yet, because we still have a couple of hundred grams left to go, and because this was his evening weight after his feeds today.. his morning weight was 760g this morning.
Also, he has a touch of bumble foot on both front paws, which I'm treating with saline soaks.
He has another vet appointment next week.. I'm still hoping I may be able to cancel it.
This is Snow and Charlie, they were my Guinea pigs and they lived for many years as my boon companions before the Bridge called them home. Every time I had cardboard packing, I would let them explore and destroy it. Their excited wheeks to each other and to me always made me smile. #GuineaPigsOfMastodon#Pets#Photography#AltTxt#AltText
A friend's #PhD study involves the lifespan of guinea pigs and she's struggling to complete it. The problem is, well, just look at her subjects. They're so cute and healthy.
I feel terrible about the stress she's experiencing, but I can't help laughing at how well she takes care of them. They're too happy, she's never going to finish her study. 😂