The number of the wee beastie..

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This guy!

He's weighing in at 653g this morning (pre feeding), but when I went to get him out of his cage he was wandering around, drinking water, and chewing at some parsley... which is a huge behavioural change for the better!

(the mess on the towel is crit care food, not poop)

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Socks is back home. His teeth have been clipped again, so hopefully that makes him more comfy. We're picking up a hot water bottle to put in his cage to help him stay warm.

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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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This little guy has finally broken 800g, weighing in at 817g this evening.

I'm not quite counting it as a win yet, because we still have a couple of hundred grams left to go, and because this was his evening weight after his feeds today.. his morning weight was 760g this morning.

Also, he has a touch of bumble foot on both front paws, which I'm treating with saline soaks.

He has another vet appointment next week.. I'm still hoping I may be able to cancel it.

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Look at this little guy, feeding himself!

Also, he ate some pellets today.

And he's been doing some big smelly poops, which is unusual for guinea pigs but I'm hoping it means he's passing whatever the issue is..

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The boy weighed in at 806g this evening, which is the highest he's been so far.

Fingers crossed that it's because he's putting weight back on, and not because he's just impacted with poops.. his tummy still feels soft and he's still running around like nothing is wrong though.

I'm going to have to give him a bath in the morning, because his fur is caked with food from the syringe feeds, and he looks like a rough and unkempt little guy.

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