• Public Gallery  • Help  
• Join Now!  • Log In  • Feature Tour
 Guinea Pig Fun | Home > Miscellaneous > 
Billy and Mr. Miyagi
I was asked by my local shelter if I could take Billy because he had an eye problem and by my former vet, who works at another shelter, if I could take Mr. Miyagi, an older male who was found abandoned in a field. Billy was treated with at least three types of medicine that did not resolve the eye problem. It is believed that he might have a blocked tear duct. Mr. Miyagi was very healthy but he ended up with a head tilt that he was given antibiotics the same night he went to the pet ER. He was totally normal again three days later. CLICK THUMBNAILS TO VIEW LARGER IMAGES. The most recent photos are at the beginning of the album.

UPDATE 5-22-08: Mr. Miyagi died suddenly. The cause of his death is unknown ... he was scheduled for an x-ray to check for a stone or tumor. His current cage mate is Lucky.

Date(s): February 17, 2006. Album by Guinea Pig Fun. Photos by Kathy. 1 - 40 of 40 Total.
Start Slideshow 
Enlarge photo 1
10-17-07: Chomping on cage at feeding time: Noisy!

Enlarge photo 2
September 1, 2007

Enlarge photo 3
Billy

Enlarge photo 4
Mr. Miyagi

Enlarge photo 5

Enlarge photo 6
Billy and Mr. Miyagi

Enlarge photo 7
Mr. Miyagi: day adopted from shelter (received a call from  my former vet who is the shelter vet)

Enlarge photo 8

Enlarge photo 9
Nose-to-nose with three-week-old Reggie.

Enlarge photo 10
After he started barbering the males when they got older, he was placed with Billy. However, they never fought.

Enlarge photo 11
Mr. Miyagi originally lived with three very young Texel siblings for a while.

Enlarge photo 12
1-01-06: 6-week-old sheltie

Enlarge photo 13
1-14-06: received a request from the shelter to take Billy who had an eye problem that they could not resolve

Enlarge photo 14
Left eye area is damp from the eye medicines

Enlarge photo 15
I think the two line indents on his back might be from turning around to chomp on mites.

Enlarge photo 16
Trimmed some of the tan long whisps of hair when he first got here

Enlarge photo 17
1-18-06: shows area where hair was missing near left eye

Enlarge photo 18
Small cyst on right ear

Enlarge photo 19
1-26-06: eye drops started; close-up of eye area

Enlarge photo 20
1-29-06

Enlarge photo 21
1-29-06 (EDIT: Billy no longer has any signs of an eye problem. Perhaps it was the environment or the bedding or a tear duct that unblocked on its own.)

Enlarge photo 22
2-12-06: Left side of face missing hair around eye and damp due to meds; new eye drops started (Ciloxan)

Enlarge photo 23
2-18-06: head tilt (treated immediately)

Enlarge photo 24
2-19-06: head tilt

Enlarge photo 25
2-19-06

Enlarge photo 26
2-20-06: cured after three days of antibiotic (meds given for full run)

Enlarge photo 27
Fabric tunnel made by Angel (fits over a bent grid)

Enlarge photo 28
April 2007

Enlarge photo 29
Billie bonding with Mr. Miyagi: 5-7-06

Enlarge photo 30

Enlarge photo 31

Enlarge photo 32
Mr. Miyagi and Billy

Enlarge photo 33
Merry's figurine that she made of Billy

Enlarge photo 34
Photo for figurine

Enlarge photo 35

Enlarge photo 36

Enlarge photo 37

Enlarge photo 38
right side

Enlarge photo 39

Enlarge photo 40
Mr. Miyagi getting his summer haircut