Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Back when we were young...

Baby pics of Tiramisu and Poe!





And a pic of young Sylbie, basically a baby herself before the other two popped out...

I wasn't too camera happy when every one was little, regret it now as there are not many baby pics of them...

It's been a tough start of the year for the sisters, Poe came down with a respiratory thingy again over Christmas, a then again beginning of Feb - I think it's recurring and we never got rid of it properly the first time. So she's been on a 2 week course of Bactrium and I've also started giving her vitamin C. Tiramisu went in to the vet recently because we noticed she's getting a bald patch on the side of her tummy. Aaah! All sorts of bad things like cushings disease and ovarian cysts spring to mind! The vet treated her for mites just in case and if her fur doesn't grow back in 2 weeks we will need to book an ultra sound. If it's cushings disease they can do nothing, but if it's ovarian cysts they will spay her - gulp*

Oh by the way, I finally found a vet experienced with guinea pigs! It's Jean Davidson and Carol (didn't catch her surname) at Craighall vet! They are really nice ladies (Poe saw Jean and Tiramisu saw Carol) but just be sure to phone ahead and make an appointment especially during the week, as sometimes they are not in. They are also experienced with spaying guinea pigs as apparently everyone sends guinea pigs and rabbits for them to spay. They are quite expensive, Poe had an x-ray done and that together with the consultation was basically R800! But I guess you pay more for a specialist. They even stock critical care, which I have only seen on the internets...

Poe's being perkier and Tiramisu's still eating and running around voraciously showing no signs of hormonal imbalance so I live in hope that our year will get better.

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