By animallover - 26/06/2011 05:39 - United States

Today, I found out that my beloved guinea pig has impaction. For the rest of his life it will be my duty to clean out his rectum manually every month, or every week/day if it gets worse. FML
I agree, your life sucks 34 578
You deserved it 5 303

Same thing different taste

Top comments

ImaWiseGuy 5

I guess that's how you rectify a situation...literally...

Comments

blinkingstarlet 15

this is really an fml if u think about the poor guinea pigs perspective. lol

I doubt the guinea pig likes it any more then you do but at least you won't die from it

I would have it put down, it's the only merciful thing.

dude no joke that's how I lost my guinea pig like 6 years ago...they have no control over their eating habits

notalwaysbesta 14

Well, at least you're a good enough person to do it, I'm sure tons of people wouldn't take on the responsibility. I bet chicks will dig it too, if you play the sympathy card right. But I'm just a sucker...

I love (pun most certainly intended) people's mentality here. I'd swear like twenty years ago that the standard remedy for having to potentially clean 'out' the inner plumbing of a rodent's ass for X number of years because of a medical condition was "**** it"- typically resulting in death. I would just like to point out the genuine article of love here folks, because the intellectual concept is 'Hard, dry fecal matter in this guinea pig's rectum resulting in the OP's having to manually deal with a rodent, and rodent fecal matter, on a weekly, and potentially day to day basis.' Sure, the OP's reality is the harsh, but intimate day to day life of having to support and care for a loved one who suffers and can do nothing to care for themselves... but one more time, in HD: *having to wipe a rodent's ass* Dear OP, ...FYL.

Check the warranty if you still have the receipt then you know what to do :)

aw thats too bad, i hope he is gonna be okay. be sure you take good care of him

charrrise 8

You should just wring it's neck