Diarrhea and crusty eyes

[andythepirate]

I’m honestly so distraught my finally guinea pig was eating perfectly fine the days after her longer term cage mate ashley passed but today she randomly stopped eating as much and now has soft poops, it’s not complete diarrhea but I’m beyond scared because the last time this happened my piggie passed away. I first noticed her eyes being crusty which I thought was from extra fluid that she couldn’t get to clean herself with and she no longer has a play mate to help her groom either so I cleaned her eyes after I cleaned her cage up and now she has really soft poops, all she ate today was lettuce and yesterday hay a multivitamin treat and a hay chew toy for her teeth. I genuinely am so confused and am worrying it’s something I did wrong. I have been keeping up on the cage cleaning and giving her lettuce everyday, but today she just stopped after eating half a big piece of romaine. She has plenty of hay to snack on and I have changed it out so she doesn’t have soggy pieces. I’m going to syringe feed her so she is able to make it to vet tomorrow please any advice would be extremely helpful

 

[andythepirate]

I syringe fed her a little bit of food I’d don’t know how watered down to make it so it might have been a bit too watery but better that then chunky and her choke by accident any advice would be greatly appreciated she will be going to the vet first appointment I can get

 

[Piggies&buns]

Please remove all veg from the diet. A soft poops means there is digestive upset and adding more veg on top of a gut imbalance can make the situation worse m.

Please switch from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weigh her daily. Please also do step in with syringe feeding a fibre rich recovery feed (or mushed pellets if you don’t have any critical care). Your daily weight checks are your guide as to how much syringe feed is actually needed each day to keep her weight stable.

She may benefit from a probiotic while her poops are soft.

It’s good you are speaking to the vet today.

I hope she is ok

Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
Digestive Disorders: Not Eating - Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement)

Please do note that healthy guinea pigs with a healthy balanced diet do not need vitamin supplements. There are no long term owners on the forum who will ever supplement their piggies

 

[andythepirate]

Please remove all veg from the diet. A soft poops means there is digestive upset and adding more veg on top of a gut imbalance can make the situation worse m.

Please switch from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weigh her daily. Please also do step in with syringe feeding a fibre rich recovery feed (or mushed pellets if you don’t have any critical care). Your daily weight checks are your guide as to how much syringe feed is actually needed each day to keep her weight stable.

She may benefit from a probiotic while her poops are soft.

It’s good you are speaking to the vet today.

I hope she is ok

Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
Digestive Disorders: Not Eating - Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement)

Please do note that healthy guinea pigs with a healthy balanced diet do not need vitamin supplements. There are no long term owners on the forum who will ever supplement their piggies

Thank you so much for your advice I ended up taking her to the emergency vet this morning where she sadly crossed the rainbow bridge. She will be dearly missed

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m so sorry to hear that