[Gpdd] [HEALTH]<Jan and his lump>

Tue May 2 07:14:19 EDT 2006

Hi all,
first of all, anne, lisa and Jo Ann, thank you for responding (i didn't 
recieve a gpdd this weekend so i hope i've got everyone who had advice). you 
turned out to be right. jan had an abscess. yesterday when we got home, i 
picked jan up and noticed his abscess had opened. Me and my sister cleaned 
it the best we could (it was really smelly :-S, i think i will not eat 
mayonaise any time soon because it looked so similar).he was such a good 
boy. He didn't wheek or anything. And i can imagine it should be painful. 
And this morning we took him to the vet. She put antibiotics in the former 
abscess. And now i have to keep it open and flush it for a few days(and he's 
still on antibiotics).
lots of cuddles and wheeks
Janneke and (strangly still) good mood jan and nurse Suus (suus is keeping 
him company now in a more hygienic towel covered cage. She almost demanded 
to be let in to take care of her man.I don't argue with that, he has been 
eating a lot better since he has company and suus is our cleanest piggy. She 
also goes with him to the vet, since she is miserable and worried when jan 
goes away without her.) and ofcourse the rest of the winky girls!

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>    1. [Care] RE:  Jan's Abscess (Lisa B)
>    2. did not receive any gpdd's this weekend (Mieke Staaks)
>    3. MISC- Molly's trip to the vet (Jaime)
>    4. misc. site problem? (twigg1 at comcast.net)
>    5. [MISC] announcement: boys turn 2 (labbatesms at comcast.net)
>    6.  CARE: Feeding Mint (Karen Brown)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:48:14 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Lisa B <cavylover74 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Gpdd] [Care] RE:  Jan's Abscess
>To: gpdd at gpdd.org
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>   Sounds to me that Jan has an abscess.  After I had my beloved Flint 
>(RIP) neutered, he developed an abscess shortly after.  It was a firm lump 
>that could have resembled a testicle, but wasn't in the right spot.  The 
>vet lanced and drained it and put him on Baytril and gave me Chlorhexidine 
>to flush it out daily.  It healed only after a couple of weeks.
>
>   You should take Jan back to the vet and have them lance and drain, ask 
>for Baytril and Chlorhexidine to flush it out.  If you let it go, it will 
>burst and may spread the bacteria to other parts of his body.
>
>   Good luck and hope Jan has a speedy recovery.
>
>   Wheeks,
>   Lisa and the guinea girls
>   Forever in my Heart, Cupcake and Flint
>
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>     "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!"
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>   The "pigs" say, "Have a Wheeking Good Day!"
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:46:35 +0200
>From: "Mieke Staaks" <pandameisje at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Gpdd] did not receive any gpdd's this weekend
>To: gpdd at gpdd.org
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>Hi Everyone,
>
>We did not get any GPDD this weekend...
>Were there any sent? If you received them, please forward them to me.
>Last gpdd digest that is got was nr 131, (that was thursday 27th of April)
>
>thanks in advance,
>Mikey and the winky girls
>
>--
>Mpstaaks at emxn.com
>pandameisje at gmail.com
>pandameisje at hotmail.com
>m.staaks at fontys.nl
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>Blog: http://pandameisje.hyves.nl
>Cavia's: http://winkysgirls.hyves.nl
>Foto's: http://emxn.com/gallery/mikey
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:27:03 GMT
>From: "Jaime" <rzm.2 at juno.com>
>Subject: [Gpdd] MISC- Molly's trip to the vet
>To: Gpdd at gpdd.org
>Cc: rzm.2 at juno.com
>Message-ID: <20060430.132724.22840.844333 at webmail32.nyc.untd.com>
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>   Well, Wed. Molly & I went to the vet for her "well piggie check". We 
>learned some interesting things about our new girl! 1st she is not 2 years 
>old. The vet showed me how, by looking at her teeth, you can tell how old a 
>piggie is. She is app. 6-8 months old! Big difference from 2!!! She also 
>unfortunately has "poor eyesight at best", as he put it. SHe is not 
>completely blind, but at some point he determined that she has suffered a 
>"trauma to the head". So that explains why she likes to be in small spaces 
>& why she is always smelling everything. She just sniffs & sniffs all the 
>time! He also said that's why she bobs her head & seems a little off kilter 
>sometimes. Also that's why she totally freaked out when I cleaned her cage 
>last week. How do we take care of a mostly blind piggie? Is there anything 
>special we can do to help make life easier for her?
>   She is coming around ok. She does odd things like only pooing & peeing 
>in 1 corner & she sleeps with her eyes closed, which is unusual for a 
>piggie isn't it? We like her alot though, & just want to make life easier 
>for her. She had a rough start. The vet gave us some drops to put on her 
>head wounds to heal them up & they seem to be healing well. She weighs 
>1lb.11oz. which the vet said is normal since she is a female & for her age. 
>Albert weighed twice that! She is our little neat freak piggie! We're very 
>attahced to her already!
>
>***JAIME***, Molly the new pig in town! & Albert always in my heart.
>http://www.piggiepages1.blinkz.com/
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>Message: 4
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:00:01 -0500
>From: <twigg1 at comcast.net>
>Subject: [Gpdd] misc. site problem?
>To: <gpdd at gpdd.org>
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>Hi!
>
>Is there a problem with the site?
>I've only gotten two posts this weekend.
>Ty.
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>Message: 5
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:35:44 +0000
>From: labbatesms at comcast.net
>Subject: [Gpdd] [MISC] announcement: boys turn 2
>To: Gpdd at gpdd.org
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>Dawnda, whee can't believe the boys are 2 already!  It's so good to hear 
>that they are happy and healthy!
>
>--
>Steph
>Patches, Percy and Scamper
>www.filmdvdreleases.com
>www.piggies3.blinkz.com
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>Message: 6
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:06:15 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Karen Brown <shanclan2003 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Gpdd]  CARE: Feeding Mint
>To: mtjaffe at verizon.net
>Cc: "gpdd at gpdd.org" <gpdd at gpdd.org>
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>I grow it in my garden and give it to my gang.  I've never heard of mint 
>being toxic to them.
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>Karen J. Brown
>gentle hands & kindly words petsitting
>Cavy Rescue New England
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