This is getting ridiculous. Oreo has been a bit lethargic, felt a bit swollen in the anterior to me, has a patch of fur missing under his chin, and is sporting a scab on the side of his little left front paw, so I called the local vet. We decided to take both Cinnamon and Oreo in for a check-up since, to our knowledge, they'd never been examined by a vet. Petunia was very excited that we scored an appointment on a day she has off from school. So, off we went.
Upon thorough examination, the vet declared the sore on Oreo's foot to be a healing wound, but, because of discoloration on the skin around his wound, she felt that he might have a little bacteria in there, too. He wasn't running a fever (and, might I add, now I know how to take a guinea pig's temperature... just imagine...). But, since he's not himself, he's on antibiotics for a week. I can use a "pet pill plunger" to feed him the pill or can dissolve it in a syringe and give it to him that way. He sucked it down, perhaps because it was beef-flavored. Until today, Oreo was a vegetarian.
In any event, we learned a lot about our furry companions today. It costs $35 per pet for an annual check-up, which includes trimming their nails, which I will have to do every month or so. I learned how to clean their ears (a weekly task) as well. Oreo's missing fur is probably due to rubbing on his wood house; it was good to hear that Cinnamon hadn't taken a chunk out of him. Much to Petunia's giggling surprise, Oreo (the baby of the two) weighs more than Cinnamon and has bigger "equipment" -- which means that Oreo will be bigger than his big brother. So, what I thought was swelling in his nether-regions was just, ahem, nuts.
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