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moominmumma
Hello all,
I adopted 2 lovely Guinea's back in March'ish when they were about 8 weeks old. They are brothers, Gizzy & Mo...................we decided on this because they kept making sounds like a Mugwai.......so cute. They are very fond of each other and have always been very vocal and highly active. They live inside at the moment and usually become most vocal during a crucial moment in that film you have always wanted to see. But, I love them dearly. My problem is that they have gone very quiet. My daughter went away for a week with school and they didn't squeak for their breakfast as usual. I put this down to their missing her. She has been back for over a week now and there is no change. They are lethargic, quiet, Mo..............the hiper one just sits there and lets me pick him up, no running away, no jumping about the cage. He keeps laying down on is side and even does this when he is having a cuddle........he just lays there. He used to try to escape and even managed this once and I spent ages trying to get him from under the sofa. Gizzy seems to only eat if Mo has something in his mouth, he takes it from his mouth. They aren't eating much at all. I take them out of the cage and feed them carrots, curly Kale cabbage and some little treats, just so I know they have eaten but their normal food isn't touched. Even the water is left. They could clear a bottle between them easily in a day. I took them to the vet and she gave them an antibiotic injection and some antibiotic medicine that we have to give them twice a day. We have been doing this but they don't seem to be getting better very quickly. Gizzy has been making more noise but that is only if we take Mo from the cage first..................have been doing this just to hear him squeak. Does anyone have any more ideas I can try to help them? I really couldn't bare to lose them. Thank you. x
I adopted 2 lovely Guinea's back in March'ish when they were about 8 weeks old. They are brothers, Gizzy & Mo...................we decided on this because they kept making sounds like a Mugwai.......so cute. They are very fond of each other and have always been very vocal and highly active. They live inside at the moment and usually become most vocal during a crucial moment in that film you have always wanted to see. But, I love them dearly. My problem is that they have gone very quiet. My daughter went away for a week with school and they didn't squeak for their breakfast as usual. I put this down to their missing her. She has been back for over a week now and there is no change. They are lethargic, quiet, Mo..............the hiper one just sits there and lets me pick him up, no running away, no jumping about the cage. He keeps laying down on is side and even does this when he is having a cuddle........he just lays there. He used to try to escape and even managed this once and I spent ages trying to get him from under the sofa. Gizzy seems to only eat if Mo has something in his mouth, he takes it from his mouth. They aren't eating much at all. I take them out of the cage and feed them carrots, curly Kale cabbage and some little treats, just so I know they have eaten but their normal food isn't touched. Even the water is left. They could clear a bottle between them easily in a day. I took them to the vet and she gave them an antibiotic injection and some antibiotic medicine that we have to give them twice a day. We have been doing this but they don't seem to be getting better very quickly. Gizzy has been making more noise but that is only if we take Mo from the cage first..................have been doing this just to hear him squeak. Does anyone have any more ideas I can try to help them? I really couldn't bare to lose them. Thank you. x