heart failure

My 6 y/o female two nights ago had a blood shot, cloudy eye. Her eye also seem enlarged? Today it is looking a bit better, her doc recommended a warm compress and wiping her eye occasionally. She sees a vet on Monday. Other than that, she seems to have done some barbering near her one leg/part...

Hello all. I have a 1 year old skinny pig, George who has been diagnosed with heart failure along with fluid on her lungs. She was diagnosed after christmas and initially prescribed 1/4 Cardisure tablet twice a day along with 0.6ml Frusol twice a day. The frusol was increased to 4 times per...

Hi all, This is my first posting on here! On Sunday, January 14th my sweet skinny pig, Harriet, was experiencing labored breathing. Since she decided to get sick the one day our usual vet is closed, we took her to the emergency where they diagnosed her with pneumonia. We followed up with her...

Hi everyone, I have a bonded neutered male and female pair that are rescues and I have had them exactly a month now. The little girl suddenly took a turn about two days ago and is exhibiting a lot of symptoms that align with heart failure: visible, laboured breathing where her whole abdomen...

Hi all, One of my boys Punk got diagnosed with a URI on the 6th July 2022 and was given a 10 day course of Sulfatrim. All 10 days were completed and his symptoms went away. Around 3 days after symptoms went away, they came back. We were given a full bottle of Sulfatrim so decided to give it...

my daughter leave me forever on 4JUNE2022. first from fluid lungs, after going to vet she ok. after 8month she have heart failure issue. everything start from revisit vet. i send to vet because i notice she always chocking / coughing. after take baytril antibiotic for 4days, she slowly less...

Senior pig Flubs is still pootling away after his diagnosis of heart failure in January, however he's becoming much slower, unwilling to move, and generally "puddlier" in appearance indicating fluid build up. Hooting is now present on occasion and he's showing signs of diaphragmatic breating.Hes...

this past tuesday, a guinea pig i took in from a neglect situation passed away. she was very clearly sick when i got her at around 4 months old - had been fed only pellets, literally sitting in her own pee, being kept in a hamster cage, chunk ripped out of her ear, visibly underdeveloped and...

Hello, I’m after some experiences from other owners with piggies with heart conditions. My 3yo female guinea pig was started on treatment for heart problems around 6 months ago. She was doing so well no further issues until 4 days ago when she stopped eating/drinking, lethargic. I took her to...

My 6 year old guinea stopped eating yesterday and looked short of breath. We took him to the vet and he had bilateral pulmonary edema. The vet said likely heart failure and he was started on lasix 4mg every 12 hours and antibiotics Baytril just in case. She did not think we would be alive in two...