It’s a bit of good news/bad news situation. The results came back today for the lump Jack had removed last Friday. It was cancer. We’re cautiously optimistic that it’s all been removed, it was a locally aggressive type which had a low risk of spreading. There is a chance that it could come back, this is less likely as it was grade 1. The surgery site is healing well. He has been given a prognosis of fair.

Jack is back home after his surgery to remove the lump, he’s come round from the anaesthetic well. The lump is being sent off for analysis, once we have the results we can figure out the next step.

Today’s silly degu: Sam

The degus share their wheels and often join in while someone’s already running on the wheel. Usually they either jump on in the direction the wheel is going and join in, or they jump on in the opposite direction try to start running and the wheel rapidly stops.

Today Jack was running on the wheel, Sam jumped on but perpendicular to the way it was going and started being rolled along

Health update

Just a short update this time because four of the degus are healthy

Jack (degu)

Jack lost a small patch of fur and has developed a small lump, it’s not looking like cancer but it’s going to be removed the next time he goes in for a dental (probably in the next few weeks) unless it changes in appearance before then and it’ll be sent off for analysis.

Mocha (hamster)

Mocha isn’t doing so well, he’s 2 years and nearly 3 months old now. He’s been to the vet more in the last month than in the previous two years. He’s lost a lot of fur, his skin is dry and he’s developed some balance problems. It could be any number of things, we’re trying a treatment which we’re hoping will help and if it does it’ll rule out some of the possibilities.