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I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

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I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

#GuineaPig #GuineaPigs #GuineaPigsOfMastodon #CaviesOfMastodon #VetVisit #SurgeryDay #Anxiety #SocksUpdate

I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

#GuineaPig #GuineaPigs #GuineaPigsOfMastodon #CaviesOfMastodon #VetVisit #SurgeryDay #Anxiety #SocksUpdate

I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

#GuineaPig #GuineaPigs #GuineaPigsOfMastodon #CaviesOfMastodon #VetVisit #SurgeryDay #Anxiety #SocksUpdate

I just took Socks in to the vet again. This morning he was grunting with his breathing and didn't look comfortable, so I called the vet and asked to bring him in thinking he was going to be euthanased.

The vet saw him and noted that his teeth have gotten super long again, so as a "hail mary" we're going to cut them down again.

Having his teeth cut down might help with his feeding, because he hasn't been eating the syringe feeds they were just pooling in his mouth, which is why I decided to stop them yesterday. If we can get him to actually accept the feeds then he might start putting weight on again because he was going well for a while there..

The vet has kept him in, is putting him in a humidicrib and giving him crit care feeds and a glucose iv as support care for the teeth trimming, because his temperature was really low due to not getting any food on board.

I burst into tears at the vet because I thought we were going to have to put him down.. the vet was really nice about it too.

Also, have some waiting room kittens.

#GuineaPig #GuineaPigs #GuineaPigsOfMastodon #CaviesOfMastodon #VetVisit #SurgeryDay #Anxiety #SocksUpdate

I think that Socks is dying. He's pmuch stopped eating the crit care I'm syringe feeding him, his breathing is changing, and he seems switched off compared to how he normally is. He's also down to 720g in spite of 2nd hourly feedings (10g of crit care each feed) and constantly having access to fresh soft fruit and vegetables. He is still picking at the fruit and vege a tiny bit, so I'll keep giving him that.

He doesn't seem in pain at all.. he just seems like he's folding into himself. It's very similar to how Beau (our old dog) got in his last couple of days.

So I'm going to stop the crit care feeds because they're not nice for him, I'm going to keep up with the soft fruits and vegetables because I think he's enjoying them. And I think he's going to die in the next couple of days.

If he shows any signs of pain or discomfort I'll take him to the vet to have him put down.. but he always finds trips to the vet stressful and I don't want to do that to him, and everyone there loves him so I don't want to put them through that either.

Thank you for everyone who has given advice and support and help with him being sick.. it's been a long few months and I really appreciate the support here.

I hate this part.

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[hashtagged because people have been following his progress and deserve to know how he's going - please don't come at me about this being ht-ed]