Relations

Well they have been living side by side for 2 and a bit weeks and it's all very friendly.  Bessie and Gypsy seem to really love Mork and I can't wait to put them together.  Just over 2 weeks now and they can all be friends.

Not much else to report.  I have put a cosy bed I made in the cage - it's not very good looks wise but they take it in turns to sprawl out on it.  They don't run off much when were in the kitchen any more (not like Mork - he does) and they are happy happy happy.

Gypsy popcorned so much the other night I couldn't believe it.  She seems quite old but she was certainly acting like a baby guinea she was popcorning so much and so high!!

 

Morks operation

Well Mork had his operation (castration) on Tuesday.  Today is Saturday.  And it's been very emotional - although everything went well.  I have found it quite hard to manage the conflicting emotions.  It's a good thing in terms of his life from now on.  He lived on his own for over 3 months in a pet shop, someone bought him after three months and brought him back to the shop after a few days.  He really needed an owner and to have company so this op means he can live with the two rescue girls.  Also by adding to their small herd the numbers go up and everyone gets more relaxed.  So that's the positive side of it.  The negatives are that it's an operation, he's a rodent having a general and very recently on the forum where I post there have been a few posts and debates about surgery gone wrong and guineas not making it.  Scary stuff.

So he had the operation on Tuesday and Tuesday evening he was absolutely normal.  Bessie and Gypsy still spend all their time by the divider being close to him.  He was still doing his sexy dance for them hee hee and in the evening he ate up his veggies like normal.


Then Wednesday morning he was also normal.  But by lunchtime that all changed.  I am guessing any pain relief they gave him wore off as he started staying in his house and refused to come out, he stopped eating everything.  I have been bedding him on vet bed or fleece and he didn't poop from when I cleaned him out at 2pm until 10.30pm which really freaked me out.  Same thing happened on Thursday.  He had a vets appointment for 4pm on Thursday and on the way in the carrier he ate some basil.  Slim pickings for a guinea!  I had been syringe feeding him critical care as I didn't want his digestive system to suffer.



Vet seemed surprised he wasn't eating as normal and said to keep an eye on him.  If he wasn't eating on his own by Friday night to bring him back Saturday (today).  I started giving him a drop of metacam and yesterday lunchtime he ate a HUGE bunch of basil and I syringed him loads.  Got up this morning and there is alot of poop and he's eaten nearly all his fresh food and some hay.  I am guessing he's feeling a bit better.  Going to monitor him today and give him another small drop of metacam but hold off syringing unless he's not eating.


On the plus side he's healing up great and popcorned last night as well as doing his sexy dance again hee hee (I love watching the sexy dance as do the girls!)


Bessie and Gypsy are so taken with him and I can't wait to have them live together as a trio.  It's going to really complete the two rescue girls and make everyone feel much better about life.


On the plus side hey are virtually normal - well they ARE normal.  Gypsy doesn't even hide when I'm putting food in she just starts to eat while it's on it's way in and she doesn't even run off when I want to  pick her up.  It's absolutely amazing and I am over the moon at how much quality of happy life they have now.  Just goes to show they can have a brilliant life with a bit of patience and perseverence.  But I still maintain the living in side is what brought about the biggest change. 

Getting on very well

Well the new cage is here.  Here's a photo

It's divided with Bessie and Gypsy having 2 thirds and Mork having 1 third.  They are all getting on well and having a good time getting to know each other next to the partition.