New pet

Hi,

So sorry to hear of your loss of your winter white. It's nice to hear of your bond and that you have fond memories of him/her-especially being up on your shoulder. Sorry to hear of the way you lost your Guinea Pigs too. When we loose something so prescious and in a way that we have no control over,  this can affect the way we grieve. It can be especailly hard, when it's was because of someone whom is meant to be a trusted professional.

I was at my vets yesterday with my guinea pig-she has a lump- i've had guinea pigs with lumps all my life-they are very prone to them-very rarely cancerous-the cambridge cavy trust is expert at giving lump advice. Usually, it's best to get the lump fine needle aspirated, and if fatty fluid is drawn up, it is a lipoma, or fatty lump. They very rarely need opperating on and you just keep an eye on them. My guinea pigs is of least concern and had a fine needle aspirate- and it is a fatty lump-not an abcess, nor a cyst-which can be treated without surgery.

Your piggy sounds lovely- if you can give them the attention-they can be fine on their own-it's usually best to get a pair, but if you give them plenty of boredom breakers,exercise,love and affection they do fine. mine are all on their own. They do love things like tv and radio and fridge noises and they go all eeeeeeeekkkkkkk,and all the excited noises, when they hear lovely sounds. i have a tan lilac, peruvian sheltie cross and a tortie abbysinian cross-all beautiful and loving personalities.

I love bearded dragons/lizards e.t.c, i have lots of books on them, but am not having any due to cost and a vet told me he got very stressed with his, as they take alot of working out with the temp,lighting,feed, calcium powder e.t.c and said he wouldn't reccomend it- so i decided on adopting my two gerbils and stick to looking at bearded dragons e.t.c in tropical animal sanctuaries e.t.c. I know what you mean about never being able to be without animals.

Hi,

So sorry to hear of your loss of your winter white. It's nice to hear of your bond and that you have fond memories of him/her-especially being up on your shoulder. Sorry to hear of the way you lost your Guinea Pigs too. When we loose something so prescious and in a way that we have no control over,  this can affect the way we grieve. It can be especailly hard, when it's was because of someone whom is meant to be a trusted professional.

I was at my vets yesterday with my guinea pig-she has a lump- i've had guinea pigs with lumps all my life-they are very prone to them-very rarely cancerous-the cambridge cavy trust is expert at giving lump advice. Usually, it's best to get the lump fine needle aspirated, and if fatty fluid is drawn up, it is a lipoma, or fatty lump. They very rarely need opperating on and you just keep an eye on them. My guinea pigs is of least concern and had a fine needle aspirate- and it is a fatty lump-not an abcess, nor a cyst-which can be treated without surgery.

Your piggy sounds lovely- if you can give them the attention-they can be fine on their own-it's usually best to get a pair, but if you give them plenty of boredom breakers,exercise,love and affection they do fine. mine are all on their own. They do love things like tv and radio and fridge noises and they go all eeeeeeeekkkkkkk,and all the excited noises, when they hear lovely sounds. i have a tan lilac, peruvian sheltie cross and a tortie abbysinian cross-all beautiful and loving personalities.

I love bearded dragons/lizards e.t.c, i have lots of books on them, but am not having any due to cost and a vet told me he got very stressed with his, as they take alot of working out with the temp,lighting,feed, calcium powder e.t.c and said he wouldn't reccomend it- so i decided on adopting my two gerbils and stick to looking at bearded dragons e.t.c in tropical animal sanctuaries e.t.c. I know what you mean about never being able to be without animals.