Hi there,
I have a 5 year old female guinea pig and last Friday (4th February 2022) I noticed fresh red blood coming out from her bottom and immediately took her to the vet that day. They did x-rays, ultrasound and performed physical examination on her. They were not sure what it could be and thought maybe they could see something on the photos as well feeling some kind of a blockage/tumor/inflammation down there, but said they were quite sure that it wasn't bladder stones. They gave us antibiotics to give for 10 days and pain medication for 3 days. She stopped bleeding on Saturday and there hasn't been any more blood coming from her after that. Her poops also stayed normal up til Sunday, then they started to be come very few and very little. I have also noticed that she isn't peeing as much as she used to do.
She was eating and drinking just fine prior to this and also on Saturday the day after. But on Sunday that all stopped, she doesn't seem to want to eat her pellets anymore or hay or vegetables and drinks very little amounts of water now and then. I have been syringe feeding her since Sunday and it started well - she seemed to be very hungry then and took the syringe all by her self. But now I kinda have to "force" syringe feed her small amounts at a time through out the day.
Her coat and overall appearance is good, she does clean her self and doesn't seem to be sick other than spending allot of her time inside her hut and only coming out sometimes through out the day. She sometimes nibbles at her house or toys when she goes outside like she used to do and seems to be able to move normally around the cage.
The one thing I do notice is that her abdomen is larger or more swollen to the sides and harder to the touch. We went to the vet again last Monday for a follow up and new x-ray photos were taken. The vet did not see as much of "blockage/tumor/inflammation" down there nor feel it as he did last Friday and thought it was a good sign that the bleeding had stopped. The vet thought it could maybe be air inside her or some blockage and asked me to feed her 0,3ml of Optibac Baby Drops Probiotics with food 2-3x per day. Which we have been doing since Monday. She also gets about 1ml of Fibreplex 1 hour after her antibiotics every day. She has been pooping a bit more but very very small poops and small amounts. And this doesn't seem to have increased her appetite - she still isn't much interested in eating from a syringe or by her self. Her weight went a bit down from Friday to Sunday but is back up to her normal weight now, but this does alarm me as she is not pooping or peeing very much (very little - sometimes hard for me to notice).
I dont think it is her teeth as she has always been very diligent at chewing her huts and toys made from wood that is inside her cage and has always had plenty of fresh dried hay to eat at anytime every day as well as pellets. The vet also didn't think it is her teeth and she still sometimes goes outside to chew her house/hut and toys as of today.
So my question is, does anybody know what could be causing all of this and why she doesn't want to eat anymore by her self? And is there something more I could be doing for her or feeding her?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure that all of the information is here to read and hope somebody has some advice/knowledge to share with me. Thank you!
I have a 5 year old female guinea pig and last Friday (4th February 2022) I noticed fresh red blood coming out from her bottom and immediately took her to the vet that day. They did x-rays, ultrasound and performed physical examination on her. They were not sure what it could be and thought maybe they could see something on the photos as well feeling some kind of a blockage/tumor/inflammation down there, but said they were quite sure that it wasn't bladder stones. They gave us antibiotics to give for 10 days and pain medication for 3 days. She stopped bleeding on Saturday and there hasn't been any more blood coming from her after that. Her poops also stayed normal up til Sunday, then they started to be come very few and very little. I have also noticed that she isn't peeing as much as she used to do.
She was eating and drinking just fine prior to this and also on Saturday the day after. But on Sunday that all stopped, she doesn't seem to want to eat her pellets anymore or hay or vegetables and drinks very little amounts of water now and then. I have been syringe feeding her since Sunday and it started well - she seemed to be very hungry then and took the syringe all by her self. But now I kinda have to "force" syringe feed her small amounts at a time through out the day.
Her coat and overall appearance is good, she does clean her self and doesn't seem to be sick other than spending allot of her time inside her hut and only coming out sometimes through out the day. She sometimes nibbles at her house or toys when she goes outside like she used to do and seems to be able to move normally around the cage.
The one thing I do notice is that her abdomen is larger or more swollen to the sides and harder to the touch. We went to the vet again last Monday for a follow up and new x-ray photos were taken. The vet did not see as much of "blockage/tumor/inflammation" down there nor feel it as he did last Friday and thought it was a good sign that the bleeding had stopped. The vet thought it could maybe be air inside her or some blockage and asked me to feed her 0,3ml of Optibac Baby Drops Probiotics with food 2-3x per day. Which we have been doing since Monday. She also gets about 1ml of Fibreplex 1 hour after her antibiotics every day. She has been pooping a bit more but very very small poops and small amounts. And this doesn't seem to have increased her appetite - she still isn't much interested in eating from a syringe or by her self. Her weight went a bit down from Friday to Sunday but is back up to her normal weight now, but this does alarm me as she is not pooping or peeing very much (very little - sometimes hard for me to notice).
I dont think it is her teeth as she has always been very diligent at chewing her huts and toys made from wood that is inside her cage and has always had plenty of fresh dried hay to eat at anytime every day as well as pellets. The vet also didn't think it is her teeth and she still sometimes goes outside to chew her house/hut and toys as of today.
So my question is, does anybody know what could be causing all of this and why she doesn't want to eat anymore by her self? And is there something more I could be doing for her or feeding her?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure that all of the information is here to read and hope somebody has some advice/knowledge to share with me. Thank you!
