TropicalPlatypus826
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this.
I have a 4.5 y/o sow called Trixie. She is very smart and very clever. Within the last year she has been having things that look like seizures.
These are definitely not popcorns - when they happen she falls on her side and rolls over. Her eyes go everywhere and her head and body twist rapidly. Thankfully as far as I'm aware I have always been around when she has done this. As soon as she does this, I pick her up quickly and firmly bring her to my chest and hold her there, rub her and talk to her until she stops. As soon as she is on me she stops twisting but her head will be tilted and her eyes everywhere, after about 10 seconds she is usually back with me and okay although her heart beat is rapid. I keep her with me for a few minutes until she calms down. Once she has calmed down I health check her and then put her on the floor to make sure she can still walk. Then i pick her back up again and put her back home, and make sure she can eat, drink, poo and wee before I go off again. I don't think she knows whats happening when her "seizure" happens, and seems completely fine after and will be wheeking her head off minutes later.
Our vet thinks she has a middle ear infection and shes just finished her meds which she has been on over a month. She had her mouth checked, xrays and bloodwork by an exotic vet (as she was referred from our normal one) and he phoned to say he was happy with the results. Her symptoms were diarhoea, gas, eating slow and less and these "seizures". She also does trick training, and knows how to spin but will only do it in one direction - she wobbles in the other. Theres no correlation between the time and where she is, so I know it isn't something in her cage causing it. Most of them tend to be between 9-11 at night although one was in the morning after she had a quick bath (needed to get urine and faeces off her feet and belly) and one was in the afternoon. She comes out of them very quick once I've got her and is completely back to normal 2 minutes later.
She's fine in herself, did lose weight down to about 830g (but was on Baytril, Erodia and metacam for some time, so not suprising as her taste changed - I know this because she hates strawberries but the little bugger stole one of mine, ran and demolished it!) but is very slowly gaining weight back again. Happy in herself, loves playtime (and opening the doors around my house to let herself into other rooms) and cuddles, wheeking her head off for food and doing all normal guinea pig things. Still has a few diarhoea spurts but most of the time her poop is back to normal now. We was also wondering if she does have an ear infection, could she have a sudden ringing which causes her to do it?
She lives with 2 other sows (same age) and a neutered boar. We show her (never bred, we show as pets) and is very intelligent (she won a rosette the other day for one of her tricks!) so is very happy and healthy otherwise. Normally weighs between 970 - 1050g so hasn't lost too much weight but still need her back up.
I'm going to ring the vet up again but was wondering if anyone had anything similar?
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this.
I have a 4.5 y/o sow called Trixie. She is very smart and very clever. Within the last year she has been having things that look like seizures.
These are definitely not popcorns - when they happen she falls on her side and rolls over. Her eyes go everywhere and her head and body twist rapidly. Thankfully as far as I'm aware I have always been around when she has done this. As soon as she does this, I pick her up quickly and firmly bring her to my chest and hold her there, rub her and talk to her until she stops. As soon as she is on me she stops twisting but her head will be tilted and her eyes everywhere, after about 10 seconds she is usually back with me and okay although her heart beat is rapid. I keep her with me for a few minutes until she calms down. Once she has calmed down I health check her and then put her on the floor to make sure she can still walk. Then i pick her back up again and put her back home, and make sure she can eat, drink, poo and wee before I go off again. I don't think she knows whats happening when her "seizure" happens, and seems completely fine after and will be wheeking her head off minutes later.
Our vet thinks she has a middle ear infection and shes just finished her meds which she has been on over a month. She had her mouth checked, xrays and bloodwork by an exotic vet (as she was referred from our normal one) and he phoned to say he was happy with the results. Her symptoms were diarhoea, gas, eating slow and less and these "seizures". She also does trick training, and knows how to spin but will only do it in one direction - she wobbles in the other. Theres no correlation between the time and where she is, so I know it isn't something in her cage causing it. Most of them tend to be between 9-11 at night although one was in the morning after she had a quick bath (needed to get urine and faeces off her feet and belly) and one was in the afternoon. She comes out of them very quick once I've got her and is completely back to normal 2 minutes later.
She's fine in herself, did lose weight down to about 830g (but was on Baytril, Erodia and metacam for some time, so not suprising as her taste changed - I know this because she hates strawberries but the little bugger stole one of mine, ran and demolished it!) but is very slowly gaining weight back again. Happy in herself, loves playtime (and opening the doors around my house to let herself into other rooms) and cuddles, wheeking her head off for food and doing all normal guinea pig things. Still has a few diarhoea spurts but most of the time her poop is back to normal now. We was also wondering if she does have an ear infection, could she have a sudden ringing which causes her to do it?
She lives with 2 other sows (same age) and a neutered boar. We show her (never bred, we show as pets) and is very intelligent (she won a rosette the other day for one of her tricks!) so is very happy and healthy otherwise. Normally weighs between 970 - 1050g so hasn't lost too much weight but still need her back up.
I'm going to ring the vet up again but was wondering if anyone had anything similar?
Thanks
