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cara620
I need help decideing if we should get another guinea pig. We adopted 2 piggies back in 3/07 both very young, 1nueterd male 1female. Everybody seemed happy. They were cage mates and happy as clams. Then in 7/07 the male died, found him in the cage one afternoon, on his side and just gone. Then in 8/07 we got another female, also very yong. In 10/07 she started going down hill. Lost weight, started dragging her hind feet, not eating or drinking. We took her to the vet. He was not able to diagnose why she was sick, but tried to help her. Gave her warm saline shot and vit C shot. And gave me antibiaotics to inject. And started feeding her with babyfood. She died about an hour after we got back from vet. :'(
The most puzzling part to me is that the origanal female we got in 3/07 is still strong and healthy. Never a question with her health. But both of her cage mates are gone. I am wondering if she could be a carrier of somekind of virus or bacteria and be giving it to her cage mates? Vet says there is really no way to be sure. Has anyone ever heard of such a strange situation? We would like to get another cage mate for Sally, but I don't want to get another piggy just for it to catch what the last 2 had and die. Not fair to piggy and not fair to my family. Any advise it greatly apprieciated and anticipated. :-\
Thanks,
Cara
The most puzzling part to me is that the origanal female we got in 3/07 is still strong and healthy. Never a question with her health. But both of her cage mates are gone. I am wondering if she could be a carrier of somekind of virus or bacteria and be giving it to her cage mates? Vet says there is really no way to be sure. Has anyone ever heard of such a strange situation? We would like to get another cage mate for Sally, but I don't want to get another piggy just for it to catch what the last 2 had and die. Not fair to piggy and not fair to my family. Any advise it greatly apprieciated and anticipated. :-\
Thanks,
Cara