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@ladypigford

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Reggie is in his element, snuggled up to Bea’s round ginger behind. So far Reggie is doing well after his neutering yesterday. When guinea pigs have had any kind of operation your priority will be to get them eating and pooping in the first few hours after anaesthetic- pretty much nothing else matters in my opinion. Wound care comes secondary, as an infection can be dealt with easier than bloat or gut stasis. 🥬 They will be groggy and confused for the first 24-48 hours after a general anaesthesia and that’s ok. They may need help eating and encouragement from other pigs will help. If they’re not eating on their own, critical care will tide them over. 🥦 In my experience pigs tend to have a dip after about 12 hours where people tend to panic. Once the injection of pain medication wears off they will feel the pain and be uncomfortable, and you might notice a downhill trend in their behaviour. With MetaCam and encouragement they should get back on track but it can take a day or two. 🥕 Luckily my little latte pig started eating pretty quickly. He’s going to lose weight as his appetite will be reduced in all the confusion and grogginess. 🫘 Reggie is a tidy little boy and likes to poop all in one corner for me to inspect, and they’re good so far (won’t be perfect but will get better over time). Once a boar is neutered you still have to wait 4-6 weeks for him to be fully “safe”. Once he’s out of his post-snip quarantine Bea and Reggie can share the same sleeping quarters. For now they can spend supervised time together and otherwise live next to each other separated by a grid. Both seem pretty happy at the moment #guineapigsofinstagram PS I am getting DMs about the cost of neutering and it’s about £120 (including pre and post op consults but not including post-op MetaCam)