[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Piggie vet in Southampton/Eastleigh area (UK)

[Gyles Harvey]

Thanks for the tip. We know where 'the hundred' in Romsey is quite well.

We've never attempted to have any of our boys castrated, as we were told a long
time ago that it was a very invasive procedure. As we've not had any females at
all we haven't had any real trouble pairing them up.

Our boys are at
http://www.gfh.org.uk/
although time passes and only Fred, Ollie and Daxter are still with us, and they
are all over 5!

Gyles.

On 21/09/05, DebJonSara at aol.com <DebJonSara at aol.com> wrote:
> I live in France, so waited to see if anyone local to Southampton would  post
> a reply to this. But as no one did ... I posted this same question on the  UK
> Pet Guinea Pig Group about 6 months ago, because my daughter's 2 boars were
> living in Liss, North Hampshire, and I wanted them castrated. I was recomended
>  to Orchard Vets in Romsey, which I gather is not far from Southampton.
> Virginia  Richardson, who wrote "Diseases of Domestic Guinea
> Pigs", which I have and  find useful, apparently practises there. The details
> are: Orchard Veterinary  Surgery, 121a The Hundred, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51
> 8BZ, Tel. 01794 830288.
>
> My sister only last week rang this surgery to book the boys in for their
> castration (she has been very busy!). She was told that so many males have
> survived the operation then gone on to die a few days later that they no longer  do
> it routinely. They were willing to do it if my sister signed a paper
> acknowledging that she was aware of the high risks, but my sister contacted me  and
> of course I said no, let's keep the boys entire and accept they can never  move
> in with a group of my girls each. They are alone in their cages, but
> currently the cages are side by side so they can chat.
>
> So maybe this vet is not good for castrations, but from the bok I would say
> they would be competent to treat most piggie ailments - just wish they'd move
> to  France!!
>
> Condolences to all who have recently lost furry friends