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Post by jolovespiggies on Nov 11, 2014 18:58:29 GMT
Poor little love, how is he now hun?
Hugs JO xx
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Post by irina13 on Nov 11, 2014 20:33:44 GMT
Again thannk youuu very much.Kind of good ,wheeses a couplee of times a day,gained a couple of grams.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Nov 12, 2014 19:43:10 GMT
Great news
Hugs JO xx
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Post by irina13 on Nov 12, 2014 21:22:41 GMT
Spoke to soon,she is worse than ever,she cant stand up - falls everytime ...She is trying to stand up ,dosen't want anything to eat (. Went to another vet,turns out she has phlegm in her nose that is why she is making nosises,and phlegm is somewhere in her stomach apperntly she was bloated(or something like that ,i didnt go to the vet my mum did).She was surprised why the other vet gave her the medication for so long and didn't noticed the bload . My poor Pigi ,she gave her flurosmid to pee ( her heart seems to be fine,check that also ) and spasmex . Going back to the vet tomorowo
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Post by SiLamb on Nov 12, 2014 21:30:38 GMT
Oh wow...I'm so very sorry. Hopefully she will improve with the new treatment!
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Post by 3piggles on Nov 12, 2014 23:41:56 GMT
I am so sorry you and she had to go through that. A bad vet is worse than no vet. I hope the new vet really knows what's wrong, and is treating it correctly. Lots of hugs to you both ❤
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Post by irina13 on Nov 13, 2014 1:31:48 GMT
No more injections I wrote at the bedding post,my angel,my girl died today. Hoope that my girl knows that I didn't want this to happen to her,I hope she is happy with a full tummy.Mamas pesious girl.
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Post by SiLamb on Nov 13, 2014 2:02:05 GMT
Irina, I'm so terribly sorry for your loss! (BIG HUG)
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Post by jolovespiggies on Nov 13, 2014 18:34:13 GMT
I am so sorry for your loss love, we all know just how you feel. Loving vibes on their way.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Nov 14, 2014 1:24:47 GMT
I'm so sorry Huge hugs ❤❤ She definitely knew you loved and cared for her. Sometimes that's the best thing we can do for them. I had a feeling age was against her. She had a long life, and with your love, she had a good life. Be happy that you two got to share so much ❤❤❤
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Post by SiLamb on May 6, 2015 16:14:00 GMT
Hello my friends! It has been too long since I've been on the forums. I hope you and your piggies are doing well.
Harry & Weasley got over an upper respiratory infection. I took them to the vet that I had found when Weasley was really ill. I continue to really like this vet. She appears to be very knowledgeable and caring. What sent me to the vet was my confusion over hair loss in specific parts of Harry & Weasley's bodies. On Weasley it was on his paws and on Harry it was on his paws and two spots on his rear end. Turns out they had an URI and I was told that the hair loss was due to overgrooming because Harry was stressed about being sick and due to overwiping their noses due to runny noses. They seem to be doing much better and are back to their old self. I'm still waiting for the hair to return.
This morning I was awoken by Weasley making distressed noises. Turns out Harry is ultra horny. Typically, Weasley has been able to get away from Harry and Harry gives up rather quickly. Not so this morning. I had bought two stuffed animals last year. I usually keep one in their home at all times and this has helped give Harry an outlet for humping. I guess this wasn't good enough today. Harry was crazed to be humping Weasley. I have a way to split their home into two where they can still see, smell and hear each other. Harry was like a mad pig trying to get at Weasley through the divider. He would take a break and hump one of the two stuffed animals I put in with him. He then would go back to desperately trying to get to Weasley (one side of the divider is easier to get past than the other side). He got through one time and immediately went after Weasley. I was able to remove Weasley and get him to the other side. Eventually Harry has calmed down. I still often see him humping the stuffed animal but he is no longer trying like a mad pig to get to Weasley. I thought to keep them separated like they are until we no longer see Harry frequently humping the stuffed animal. At one point I thought that I would have to remove Harry to their travel home so that he couldn't even see, hear or smell Weasley.
Do any of you have any advice?
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Post by Bean on May 7, 2015 11:25:33 GMT
Poor Weasley! The main problem with separating them is that it does tend to increase the excitement/ intensity when they get back together. If you do feel Weasley needs a break, I'd certainly try to keep them housed so they can still interact through a divide. Even if they go crazy trying to tear it down, it's better than them having to do back a few steps with their bonding.
Harry sounds a lot like Josh - he is just randy all the time and it drove Cadders bonkers! We used to distract them by changing what they had to play with or reorganising their cage to give them stuff to explore. Temporary solution but it did often nip it in the bud for a bit.
I don't think you've been on since all our changes as we've actually ended up having our boys neutered and they're now living very happily with wives. They had a real tension between them though, and I knew they weren't as happy together as they could be plus it just wasn't passing as their hormones levelled out. Although Josh is still a total sex pest, his new companion doesn't get remotely flustered by it like Cads did.
Sorry the boys had a URI but glad it's been seen off. The bald spots sound a bit odd - hope they grow back soon so you can have your mind totally put at rest.
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Post by 3piggles on May 7, 2015 18:39:23 GMT
Hello Welcome back I'm sorry the boys had URIs, but glad they are finished with them now. Just like humans, some are more sexually driven than others. If that doesn't change with the end of puberty, it isn't likely too. Either keeping them separated in a way they can still see and interact with each other, but not get to each other, or neutering might help. If Weasley is getting distressed enough to make noises, he needs a place to live where he can feel safe and secure, but still talk to his buddy. Good luck with that. I hadn't heard about health distresses causing over grooming. Interesting! I learned something new
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Post by Bean on May 8, 2015 8:08:36 GMT
We saw it in a pair of rabbits we fostered, but I've not seen it in guinea pigs either. With the rabbits, stress had led to overgrooming (and grooming is a very important social behaviour in rabbits - more so than guinea pigs) and one of them had very sore and bald ears from all the licking by the other rabbit. As soon as they were in a better place and felt relaxed, the overgrooming stopped and the ears healed up - the hair had started growing back by the time we got them and looked completely normal by the time they went off to their new home.
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Post by jolovespiggies on May 9, 2015 17:28:24 GMT
A very warm welcome back love, I am so sorry to hear your news. I have no experience of this but you will get some first rate advice on here from our other friends.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by SiLamb on May 12, 2015 17:29:22 GMT
Poor Weasley! The main problem with separating them is that it does tend to increase the excitement/ intensity when they get back together. If you do feel Weasley needs a break, I'd certainly try to keep them housed so they can still interact through a divide. Even if they go crazy trying to tear it down, it's better than them having to do back a few steps with their bonding. Harry sounds a lot like Josh - he is just randy all the time and it drove Cadders bonkers! We used to distract them by changing what they had to play with or reorganising their cage to give them stuff to explore. Temporary solution but it did often nip it in the bud for a bit. I don't think you've been on since all our changes as we've actually ended up having our boys neutered and they're now living very happily with wives. They had a real tension between them though, and I knew they weren't as happy together as they could be plus it just wasn't passing as their hormones levelled out. Although Josh is still a total sex pest, his new companion doesn't get remotely flustered by it like Cads did. Sorry the boys had a URI but glad it's been seen off. The bald spots sound a bit odd - hope they grow back soon so you can have your mind totally put at rest. Thank you everyone! Update, Harry calmed down after about 24 hours. I left the divider in their home but it has a gate that I can open and close. I've had to close the gate a few times when Harry resumed his harassing of Weasley. I ended up closing the gate at night and reopening the gate during the day which helped a lot. The bad harassing has pretty much stopped. He loves Harry and so I know keeping them separated all the time isn't what Weasley wants, but I'm thinking that Weasley likes his moments of solace at night. So I've been keeping up the closing of the gate at night. When I open the gate for about 30 seconds there is a time of rumblestrutting but Weasley now holds his own again and follows Harry around. So the increased excitement and intensity seems to be fine and doesn't last long and may make for a happier Weasley for the long run. The divider is a cage wall so when I first started separating them I would catch them rubbing noses between the bars. At first I thought this meant that they where ready to be back together, but alas no. The bad harassing returned. Weasley liked staying close to Harry but really liked the bars between them. Bean, I have long been encouraged by Josh and Cadders since they reminded me a lot of Harry and Weasley. That's great about the addition of the wives. I'll have to play catch up on your thread. I've been keeping an eye on the bald spots. Not sure if enough time has passed for them to start growing back in yet. I think they look a little better. I'm not sure if Harry has stopped overgrooming yet with the stress of his randiness lately. I've attached recent pictures. It includes pictures of their divider.
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Post by SiLamb on May 12, 2015 17:32:48 GMT
OK, so I've been trying to do something new...adding my photos to photobucket and linking them here. I'm failing at it. I'll keep trying. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm using wheekers.proboards.com/thread/6185/posting-pictures as a reference but it isn't working that way. Argh!
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Post by SiLamb on May 12, 2015 17:43:34 GMT
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Post by 3piggles on May 12, 2015 18:40:27 GMT
Okay, can't edit on Tapatalk anymore? I went to the link and viewed all three pictures. The boys look well entertained The gate does make it easier to manage the piggy flow, and the boys are adorable I couldn't see the hairless areas, but I hope they grow back soon
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Post by Bean on May 13, 2015 14:40:18 GMT
When you're on photobucket, by the right of the image there are links to share your pictures and if you copy the contents of the box titled IMG (if you click on the text it copies it automatically) and just paste it into your message on here, that'll post the picture(s) here.
Glad the divider provides the required calm without making things more fraught when they're reintroduced. We have two guinea foster boys at the moment who must be about 6 months + and neither of them is overly randy and they get along beautifully! Blooming hormones!
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