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I am shocked!

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JellyBelly

Mama Doe
I rang my vet to ask how much it is to have a guinea pig neutered...and i was told it ranges from £40-£60 (why such a large range!?) and...

They only like doing it for medical reasons because it is a high risk operation.

I rang two other vets, one said £60 and one said £45.
How much is normal?
Is it high risk?

The cheaper vet sounded more understanding and couldn't believe my own vet wouldn't netuer to prevent babies! x
 
cost around £50 to have my Charlie neutered - it was the first my vet had done, so it's hard to find an experienced vet unless you live near a rescue. Boy guinea pigs are a bit complicated in their anatomy down there, so I guess that's why it's pricey. You have to wait about 5 weeks after it for the sperm count to go down - I waited 2 months as I was terrified of having more babies! My vet did a brilliant job, but Charlie developed an impacted anal sack thingy (the opposite of what's supposed to happen) and was very poorly with that, then when I bonded him he humped his girlfriend constantly, and died of heart failure after just a month with her :( I haven't plucked up courage to do any more of my boys, so I have a lot of single piggies. They seem perfectly happy, but it's a lot of cleaning so I've been considering getting some more neutered - just nervous about losing them :(
 
Castrating guines is quite tricky, not impossible but its delicate. We dont do that many but when we do there is only one vet that does them and it is mostly for health/medical reasons rather than bonding or living with females. The Inguinal ring (where the testes decend from) in GP is huge, much larger then the tesicles and in fact huge in relation to the GP body! this ring has to be sutured very, very carefully to ensure there is no prolapse of the internal organs into.through it and into the scrotum!
 
Oh no.
I'm scared now.
The cost isnt the issue but the cheaper vet said they don't do many but do do it.
I feel selfish for wanting a boar to go with my ladies now :oops: :cry:
 
My vets happily did all 3 of my boys so they could live with my 3 girls in one big group, and they have all been happier since - twice the space to roam in too! I think it cost me about £120 for all three, but that was with a discount x
 
I have 5 neutered piggies, 3 were done at a year old and now all 3 appear to have hernias, where as the other 2 were done at 5 and 10 weeks old and are fine. 3 of these 5 had abcesses (1 ages after too, so not sure if anything to do with the neutering).

Mine were all done by my good friend who is a vet that specialises in pigs and also has 10 of her own. She is adiment that neutering them is much easier if they are quite young, also they cope far better with the op too.

I wouldn't have any more of mine done thou as it doesn't change a pigs behaviour like a bun. I just bond my boars, i only have 1 that can't live with another boar and he squeeks himself horse on his own!!!! :shock: I think he may have to come and live inside with me!

Here he is, his name is Leonard!! the one with the white blaze, best £4 I ever spent!!
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xxx
 
:( Oh no i'm not feeling confident now. The guinea i plan to get is from the RSPCA so is more than likely going to be older...
I thought i was doing the right thing and now i'm not so sure :cry:
 
Why not see if there are local rescues who routinely neuter gps in your area? Although you would have to travel, if you used the same vet they do at least they would be experienced. My single boys look perfectly contented anyway, it's just the cleaning issue that's tempting me to risk getting them done, but that really is selfish isn't it? :(
 
Hi,

I have had 3 piggies done all without any problems. 2 were rescues so ages unknown (one was at least 2). It was never mentioned as been a complicated operation. In all 3 cases it was to enable me to bond them with girlies.

I can't remember how much they cost (one was free as the vets were trying to rehome Dougal as he was a stray).

I am sure it will all go well.
 
Well i thought i would try and help my local RSPCA first. If not then i have had several people recommend Jackie at GBH in Beckenham so i may have to get the OH to driive me. It's about a 2 hour drive but i can't drive because i will be fussing over my new piggie (hopefully).

Elve, i just want to get a little group together and i thought it would be nice to have one male x
 
Oh, oh!

JellyBelly - are those your piggies in your sig? I had two who looked almost identical to them... Are they a mix, or do they closely resemble any specific breed? I'm only asking 'cos we called my two 'The Trogs' as they were very hairy and looked bigger than 'normal' piggies. :rolleyes: It's uncanny how similar those look to mine...
 
I had this peculiar situation with a vet that I had been recommended to. My chiropractor is the one who had first really opened our eyes to a house rabbit in the first place, and he recommended a certain vet whom was very experienced with rabbits.

I visited their office, and they gave me an estimate from $250.00 to $350.00. I was like :shock: :shock: :shock: I couldn't believe such an "experienced" vet could give such a vague estimate and it was higher than I had expected. (Not that I wouldn't have paid it if that's what it had been). I also inquired about their "rabbit savvy vet" and they gave me a jumbled answer of, "Well, we do see rabbits on occasion.." I hastily exited and called over the telephone and cancelled my appointment.

I called another veterinarian whom I initially had planned on visiting for Crue in the first place, and they quoted me a firm figure of $175.00. I couldn't believe the difference.
 
The one on the left (the lighter coloured one) is a Sheltie, her hair is long and straight basically. The dark coloured one is a Texel, her hair is long but wavy-she looks like a walking wig!

They are such hard work to keep clean and groomed, but i qiute enjoy styling their hair!

Spacegirl-i have seen a few boys from GBH that i like the look of! x
 
JellyBelly said:
The one on the left (the lighter coloured one) is a Sheltie, her hair is long and straight basically. The dark coloured one is a Texel, her hair is long but wavy-she looks like a walking wig!

They are such hard work to keep clean and groomed, but i qiute enjoy styling their hair!

Spacegirl-i have seen a few boys from GBH that i like the look of! x
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I've got 14 shelties, alpacas and a peruvian - have just cut their hair to less than 1cm long all over - I hardly recognise them now :lol: No grooming needed for a few wheeeeks though :p
 
I bought a pair of hairdressing scissors and i trim it short around their bums (because they love sitting in their own wee!) and then i try to get it short all over but if it gets hotter i am going to shave them so it's only a couple of cm's all over...
 
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