Fluffypig123
New Born Pup
Hello, we had a 1yr 6 month old male guinea pig named Luquorice who showed symptoms of bloat, but had been eating normally, pooping and running around the hour before. Within 20 minutes of the first sign of swelling, we took him straight to the vets. The swelling got worse and he was in immense pain.
The xray the vet did is attached. She didnt really have a definitive answer as to what caused this.
He was still passing faeces, urinating and eating (though she never asked us this question) she said the only option MAY have been surgery but likely to be unsuccessful. She didnt suggest anything else.
He had previously had ongoing urinary issues for around 6 months. We had tried 2 courses of antibiotics for the urine issues (apparently he had bladder sludge) and he was on 1/4 of a Catease capsule once daily to try and line his bladder to protect it from crystals. He was on 0.4ml of metacam twice a day and his last recorded weight was 1.06g.
We really just wanted a second opinion from other peoples experiences. Could it have been stomach twist? The vet just said she thought it was gas with a mix of fermenting liquid. He was eating and pooping normally the hour before his belly started swelling and had been popcorning and running around, it wasnt swollen for long before we took him to vets. Its broken our hearts as he was so young and we acted so quickly. The vet didnt suggest anything else. I read that sometimes they can drain gas with a needle or through the mouth but this was not suggested.
The vet said that it sounded like one side of his stomach was still moving but the other side was quiet (again, she still didn’t ask whether he was pooping, which I would have thought was an important question, i was so stressed at the time that i didnt think to say it anyway)
The whole situation was awful as we felt the vet didnt act fast enough. We called them ahead of taking him, she had 20 minutes notice and yet when we got there, dhe hadnt turned the lights in, pc on or anything. By the time she did all that, another 10-15 mins had passed. She was heartless and brought my dying baby back to me in a plastic box with no blanket to keep him comfortable or anything. She really gave me the impression that she didnt care and couldnt be bothered with the effort.
Here is a picture of our baby before he passed.![Red heart :heart: ❤️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2764.png)
The xray the vet did is attached. She didnt really have a definitive answer as to what caused this.
He was still passing faeces, urinating and eating (though she never asked us this question) she said the only option MAY have been surgery but likely to be unsuccessful. She didnt suggest anything else.
He had previously had ongoing urinary issues for around 6 months. We had tried 2 courses of antibiotics for the urine issues (apparently he had bladder sludge) and he was on 1/4 of a Catease capsule once daily to try and line his bladder to protect it from crystals. He was on 0.4ml of metacam twice a day and his last recorded weight was 1.06g.
We really just wanted a second opinion from other peoples experiences. Could it have been stomach twist? The vet just said she thought it was gas with a mix of fermenting liquid. He was eating and pooping normally the hour before his belly started swelling and had been popcorning and running around, it wasnt swollen for long before we took him to vets. Its broken our hearts as he was so young and we acted so quickly. The vet didnt suggest anything else. I read that sometimes they can drain gas with a needle or through the mouth but this was not suggested.
The vet said that it sounded like one side of his stomach was still moving but the other side was quiet (again, she still didn’t ask whether he was pooping, which I would have thought was an important question, i was so stressed at the time that i didnt think to say it anyway)
The whole situation was awful as we felt the vet didnt act fast enough. We called them ahead of taking him, she had 20 minutes notice and yet when we got there, dhe hadnt turned the lights in, pc on or anything. By the time she did all that, another 10-15 mins had passed. She was heartless and brought my dying baby back to me in a plastic box with no blanket to keep him comfortable or anything. She really gave me the impression that she didnt care and couldnt be bothered with the effort.
Here is a picture of our baby before he passed.
![Red heart :heart: ❤️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2764.png)