Tylerspigs
New Born Pup
Hey guys.
My male is in the ER. I brought him in at 1am on saturday for laboured breathing and weight loss along with not eating that day. He has been there around 30 hours now. I’m afraid I’ll have to euthanize him to stop his pain but I know I’m not ready to lose him. His cage mate has also stopped eating without him so I am syringe feeding.
Yesterday he got x-rays. There was so much buildup in his lungs that they couldn’t even see his heart. They’re treating as if it’s pneumonia but can’t rule out heart conditions. I am now in debt to my parents by minimum a couple thousand dollars at minimum. I was quoted 3000-4000. They also found parasites after his fecal float having shown up clear twice in the past few months when I have brought him in for recurring soft stools with no answers. Apparently parasites are intermittent egg layers and sometimes the oocytes are sometimes too young to be detected. Idk why I never thought of that because I 100% knew that, I just never put the two thoughts together.
As of last night his respiratory rate got as low as 36 and this morning his weight was charted at 888g. I brought him in at 962g. His normal weight was around 1050-1100 grams.
A condition to me borrowing money from my parents was that I cannot get anymore guinea pigs. I also now have no money for if his cagemate gets sick since I also spent the couple thousand I had saved. I’ve cried so much in the past 30 hours and it feels so stupid to do especially at the vets since he is ‘only’ a guinea pig. But he was my first guinea pig and he is only 3.5 years old. I brought him in at the first signs of illness and there hadn’t been any signs of respiratory issues until the night I brought him in.
He is on a whole list of medications and I think I’m going to have to tell them to euthanize him when they call me this morning. I don’t know how I’ll say it since I can’t get any words out right now just thinking about it. From the little I’ve heard his health is declining despite many efforts. He is on antibiotics, probiotics, antiparasitics, pain meds, GI meds, fluids, oxygen, nebulizer multiple times a day, and hand feed.
My male is in the ER. I brought him in at 1am on saturday for laboured breathing and weight loss along with not eating that day. He has been there around 30 hours now. I’m afraid I’ll have to euthanize him to stop his pain but I know I’m not ready to lose him. His cage mate has also stopped eating without him so I am syringe feeding.
Yesterday he got x-rays. There was so much buildup in his lungs that they couldn’t even see his heart. They’re treating as if it’s pneumonia but can’t rule out heart conditions. I am now in debt to my parents by minimum a couple thousand dollars at minimum. I was quoted 3000-4000. They also found parasites after his fecal float having shown up clear twice in the past few months when I have brought him in for recurring soft stools with no answers. Apparently parasites are intermittent egg layers and sometimes the oocytes are sometimes too young to be detected. Idk why I never thought of that because I 100% knew that, I just never put the two thoughts together.
As of last night his respiratory rate got as low as 36 and this morning his weight was charted at 888g. I brought him in at 962g. His normal weight was around 1050-1100 grams.
A condition to me borrowing money from my parents was that I cannot get anymore guinea pigs. I also now have no money for if his cagemate gets sick since I also spent the couple thousand I had saved. I’ve cried so much in the past 30 hours and it feels so stupid to do especially at the vets since he is ‘only’ a guinea pig. But he was my first guinea pig and he is only 3.5 years old. I brought him in at the first signs of illness and there hadn’t been any signs of respiratory issues until the night I brought him in.
He is on a whole list of medications and I think I’m going to have to tell them to euthanize him when they call me this morning. I don’t know how I’ll say it since I can’t get any words out right now just thinking about it. From the little I’ve heard his health is declining despite many efforts. He is on antibiotics, probiotics, antiparasitics, pain meds, GI meds, fluids, oxygen, nebulizer multiple times a day, and hand feed.
