I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

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This lucky little thing got her ovaries and uterus yeeted today.. and convinced the entire vet surgery that she's the most precious little darling that ever did live.

She's doing well. She has a bald belly with a big suture line. She's snoozing and snoring so loudly I can hear her from across the room.

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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.

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Socks is back.

His front teeth have been burred down, and his back teeth don't look too bad. So the vet thinks it might be a bit of arthritis in his jaw.

Because guinea pigs are smol and therefore have smol kidneys (or pigneys as we call them), regular pain meds aren't really an option.

The plan is to see how he goes over the next couple of days, and maybe get some pain meds if he isn't starting to pick up weight.. so fingers crossed that this was the solution and he starts chomping hay again!

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Have crooked teeth?

Straight to jail!

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I feel like I dropped him at his first day of school, with his little packed lunch...

(what's going on with Socks is here - https://aus.social/@aby/111248367495056652)

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