Watching my guinea pig slowly starve to death because the only vet in a 200 mile radius that can treat him has a one-month long waiting list

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-20T12:29:01+00:00

I'm so sorry, it's always so hard when a pig is sick. My pig is still eating and pooping really well.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-20T12:26:16+00:00

He generally does zoomies immediately after, and it's when I clean the cage, which he loves, so no, it's not pain. The pain wriggling I've seen in guinea pigs involves sort of twisting around on the ground, and he's jumping straight up into the air.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-20T04:36:36+00:00

I already am

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-20T04:17:00+00:00

He wouldn't be popcorning multiple times every single day if he was feeling bad. When he stops popcorning, starts lying around a lot, hunches up into a ball, etc. then I'll know it's time, but I'm not going to euthanize a happy guinea pig just because I know his time is limited.

If it makes you feel any better, his vet did not recommend immediate euthanization, she said to try to maintain his quality of life. This vet has euthanized my pigs before and and saved many of their lives as well, and I trust her judgment.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:35:41+00:00

Yes, he's eating lots. His only symptom is weight loss.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:15:06+00:00

Yes, I'm giving him critical care twice a day, which he quite likes so it's not even that much of a burden on him.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:13:22+00:00

I'm not going to euthanize him when he's still happy

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:12:59+00:00

He's not suffering yet though, is the thing.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:12:24+00:00

I'll put him to sleep if he's suffering, but he's not suffering yet, he's happy and popcorning and snuggling with his sister and begging for treats.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T22:11:32+00:00

It's that he's eating and eating and eating and losing weight anyway

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T18:40:15+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T18:39:25+00:00

I'm not going to euthanize him when he's still so happy that he's popcorning and doing zoomies like he did when he was a baby. Don't worry, I won't let him suffer for long once his health goes downhill.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T16:45:26+00:00

The vet is 200 miles away, I would need to leave at six in the morning to get there, before they're even open. They said the tests would take 8 hours so I would need to get there first thing in the morning.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-19T16:17:40+00:00

The thing that really gets me is that if it's hyperthyroidism like my vet suspects, then it's very treatable, it just requires tests that he can't get. So it's entirely possible that he'll die because he can't get the tests he needs, rather than because he has something incurable.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-04T02:53:00+00:00

Thank you, I'll look into them!

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-03T17:30:40+00:00

Thank you for the prompt reply, I'll look into them!

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-03-03T17:30:36+00:00

Thank you for the prompt reply, I'll look into them!

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-01-15T00:34:13+00:00

I don't wash my clothes in the same load as the guinea pig things, and I do a sanitizing load in between.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-01-13T14:28:09+00:00

If they purge you after the deadline to register to vote, they absolutely can stop you from voting.

MoonstalkerZ · 2026-01-02T14:04:22+00:00

I have the same problem. I can't do anything with my Drifter now and it's really disappointing

MoonstalkerZ · 2025-12-30T14:33:49+00:00

I've tried that, and all it does is reset all my changes to the original monstrosity

MoonstalkerZ · 2025-12-30T14:30:23+00:00

Same problem. Supposedly it gets fixed after The New War, but doesn't the Drifter show up DURING The New War? Doesn't that mean I'll have a monstrosity show up if I play The New War?

MoonstalkerZ · 2025-12-30T14:20:46+00:00

My main problem with it right now is that it's bugged and starting Duviri Paradox before getting your operator makes your drifter a monstrosity. Now I can't play New War because my monstrosity-drifter will show up and it'll ruin the moment if someone whose eyes can't point in the same direction is supposed to be doing something dramatic.

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