metacam

Hi all, to be straightforward I'm looking for an experienced vet around the Gloucestershire/Bristol area. I'm having issues with my current vets being very apprehensive to go up to an off label dosage with my guinea pig Mabel (they're saying 0.1ml Dog Metacam ONCE daily, and I'm saying 0.1ml...

Hi there, my vet gave me Arthrocam instead of Metacam today (because they had run out of Metacam). He made me sign a form saying I understand that Arthrocam is unlicensed in the UK. This doesn't sit well with me but I did it anyway so that my piggy would have pain relief. I'm concerned about the...

Hi all, New pig owner here! We've had Sugar and Honey for almost a month now and they are both so lovely. Unfortunately, a couple of days after getting Sugar, we noticed a head tilt and some irritation with her right ear, so we got her to the vet. She was put on baytril 0.2 twice a day for...

Hello everyone, I'm after some advice/opinions on the treatment given to my two year old female guinea pig recently for blood in her urine. A couple of weeks ago I noticed she appeared to have done one orange/pale red coloured wee. I think she did squeak a little bit as if in slight...

Hi Has anyone had a pig on 1ml dog metacam twice a day long term please? Got a piggy with bad IC and struggling to manage it on less. But wary of long term effects.

Hi, sorry if this is long but want to explain the best I can. I have a 3 year old female guinea pig who lost her sister to bloat around a month ago. Both the same age and had them both since they were young, with no other guinea pigs. She lives in a c&c cage, with an upstairs. The upstairs is...

Hi , my guinea pig Cookie is 3 y and 8 months old and he got a URI caught very early. He has been to the vet today and she prescribed him 0.58 ml cat metacam once daily and 0.58 ml baytril twice daily. He has been on these medications before and I am sure the dosage has never been so high. I...

I'm worried that my vet has given too much metacam to my pig. He said that he gave some during surgery but that was only hours after I had given some rheumocam. My vet is absolutely piggy savvy and I wish I had asked why now because it's bothering me. It was written on the admittance sheet what...

I hope it’s ok if I skip the usual care rundown since he’s terminal and I’ve done everything I can, I have been struggling so horribly with this because my grandma is also dying and one of our dogs has cancer as well. Going to start by saying Pumba is 7 1/2 years old and had a massive bladder...

Hi all! One of my poor ladies has been battling cystitis on and off for months now. She’s recently gone downhill again but this time her painkiller seems to be wearing off quite fast. She was prescribed 0.4ml of cat metacam 2x a day. After she gets it she’s so happy - running around and eating...

Hey guys! What is your experience using Metacam daily in your guinea pigs? Did you report any problems? I would ask my vet.

Nancy is on meloxaid twice a day, every 12 hours. The problem I have is the timings are completely off. I have just had to give a dose at 23:45 because I gave one this morning after the vet said I could give twice a day at 11:45am. The vet said I need to try and get it as close to 12 hours as...

Hello all, I’m looking for help and other ideas for my 1.5-2yo (estimated) boar, Pollen. He underwent light sedation (isofluorane) at the vet on Friday 3/17 for an X-ray to rule out dental issues after about a month of one intermittently runny nostril. The X-ray was normal, but it took him the...

Hi, I’m new to this forum and I just have a little question to ask. My Guinea pig: Bella recently had an injury and her paw is hurting. We took her to the vets today and she got prescribed with metacam. On the subscription, it says that I need to give her 0.3 mls once daily ‘on food’. She is...

Hi everyone! My wife and I have an elder 6.5 year old boar named Nibbler who is battling a few illnesses right now that have us really concerned. We are located in the US and can kindly use some assistance, feedback, and personal experiences. My apologies in advance for the incredibly long...

Hi everyone, I’ve posted about my guinea pig tony before, hes been losing a lot of weight and the vet can’t find the cause despite doing a lot of different tests. They’re going to refer me to a specialist but in the mean time have given me metacam as he seems to be in pain. He’s barely eating...

Our almost 6 year old pig Willow started hunching over and squeaking in pain when weeing on Thursday this week. We took her straight to the vet. He managed to manually extract some wee and tested it. He found blood and signs of stones. They kept her over night and did x-rays. They found 2 large...

My guinea pig has a bladder stone and he was prescribed metacam. He had this before with his previous vet who was cavy savvy. We are now seeing a new vet because our old vet only does surgeries as of now. This new vet prescribed metacam, however I am not sure about the dosage. We are being told...

My two female guinea pigs have been having recurring UTI’s for over a year now. Only once has any bacteria been found in one of their urines which was the last time in December but that was treated with antibiotics. The bacteria went but the blood in the urine stayed along with squeaking when...

Hello all, I am stumped so I wanted to crowdsource some info from other guinea pig owners. This is mostly a TLDR I wrote a lot under the images on Imgur. Here is her history: Age: I have had Kaylor for 3.5 years, unsure of her age as I rescued her but let's guess about 5 years old now...