[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Spaying
warmbreath
imwarmbreath at netscape.com
Fri Sep 21 18:26:57 EDT 2007
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Yes, you absolutely must spay, once there are tumors her life is at stake,
and almost all girlie pigz get them sooner or later.
It is true that scrapings so not always catch mites to such a degree you
should not even bother with the scraping. Treat all the piggies with
Ivermectinf 3 times every three wheeks, Frontline and other fleas
preparations don't get the mites. While mites can cause some thinning of the
hair the thinning that occurs on the flanks/ back is almost always due to
the effects of the tumors, If you treat her once for mites and all her hair
stats filling in immediately, then mites could be the problem, but if the
thinning persists at all then rush for the spay. My exotic vet said he
thought spaying was actually easier than neutering as the incision is up
where it doesn't get dragged in the bedding so much. The experience of the
vet doing spays is the most important The most important thing is to keep
her from chewing her stitches, ask the doctors for Reglan
to keep down the gasses in her tummy, and keep her off veggies until she is
completely healed as the gas distend the belly and makes the stitches itch,
some piggies get a lot more gas from veggies than others. Ask each vet how
many guinea pig spays he has done and the success rate and choose that way
Good luck sweet piggie
Sandy
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