dosomenoizu
New Born Pup
Hello! I'm new to this site, so apologises if I'm a bit slow
I'm panicking a lot and tried getting advice on reddit, but there wasn't much help, so I decided to post here!
I have a solo guinea pig that's about 4 year old. I adopted her 2 years ago. She's been neglected in her last home, resulting in them abandoning her in the end. We had two health checkups since I got her and everything was fine with her, no health issues even though she was not taken care of before. She's always had a big appetite, always hungry and reacting to bag sounds everytime. She has unlimited hay, gets a tablespoon of pellets a day, veggies two times a day, separated into smaller portions. She's around 1kg.
Until last week she was eating like crazy and being her usual self. Then on thursday evening I noticed she didn't finish her slice of bell peper (it's her favorite veggie!), didn't think much about it, maybe she felt full, or will finish it later. Next morning, when I wanted to give her food, I noticed her breathing was pretty fast and rapid. She still ate some hay, but was way less interested in it. I panicked she could have some raspiratory problems, so I decided to immediately bring her to the vet. But since I live in a small town (in Serbia), vets here are not really that good when it comes to small animals. Still, they took her in, were like 'we don't see a problem', gave her random antibiotic and told me to come back after the weekend if she's still feeling a bit under the weather. Later that day, when we came back home, she was acting really weak and after a few hours stopped pooping. I decided to call vets that are in a bigger city to ask for an advice, I was worrying her stomach stopped because of antibiotic and she needed probiotic (I had this happen with my chinchilla 6 years ago too). They immediately told me that's probably true, since she stopped pooping, but since they are like 1.5h away I couldn't bring her in that evening, but on the saturday morning. They told me to crush some pellets/hay, mix it with water and try to syringe feed her.
Next morning I brought her in, they told me it was probably gut problems., aka beginning of GI stasis. She got an IV, meds to help her gut move again, they aslo fed her again. They told us we can go home and gave us more gut mobility meds, gas drops and some extra food that I can mix with water to feed her. The vet also gave me probiotics in case stuff like this happen again. On satuday evening she finally pooped again and was more interested in eating, I didn't even have to hold her and force the food, she'd take it on her own from the syringe. On sunday she was feeling way better and was wheeking again, moving more and demanding more food.
And then this morning, I woke up to give her meds again, but she seemed a bit off again. She didn't wanna eat food on her own again, only some hay. I had to force feed her this time and it took a while since she wouldn't stay still. Right now she's mostly sleeping, sometimes she comes out of her hiding spot to eat some hay and then goes back to sleeping. I don't know if I should panic, or bring her back to the vet again. She still has 2 more days of meds left.
I just need some more advices on how to approach this the best way. I know I should continue feeding her and try to make her eat as much as possible. I'm worried she might not recover form this. I don't know if she's just having bad and good days, if it will get better tomorrow. I'm also so upset my town doesn't have any good vets for small pets and that the best one is 1.5h away..
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I have a solo guinea pig that's about 4 year old. I adopted her 2 years ago. She's been neglected in her last home, resulting in them abandoning her in the end. We had two health checkups since I got her and everything was fine with her, no health issues even though she was not taken care of before. She's always had a big appetite, always hungry and reacting to bag sounds everytime. She has unlimited hay, gets a tablespoon of pellets a day, veggies two times a day, separated into smaller portions. She's around 1kg.
Until last week she was eating like crazy and being her usual self. Then on thursday evening I noticed she didn't finish her slice of bell peper (it's her favorite veggie!), didn't think much about it, maybe she felt full, or will finish it later. Next morning, when I wanted to give her food, I noticed her breathing was pretty fast and rapid. She still ate some hay, but was way less interested in it. I panicked she could have some raspiratory problems, so I decided to immediately bring her to the vet. But since I live in a small town (in Serbia), vets here are not really that good when it comes to small animals. Still, they took her in, were like 'we don't see a problem', gave her random antibiotic and told me to come back after the weekend if she's still feeling a bit under the weather. Later that day, when we came back home, she was acting really weak and after a few hours stopped pooping. I decided to call vets that are in a bigger city to ask for an advice, I was worrying her stomach stopped because of antibiotic and she needed probiotic (I had this happen with my chinchilla 6 years ago too). They immediately told me that's probably true, since she stopped pooping, but since they are like 1.5h away I couldn't bring her in that evening, but on the saturday morning. They told me to crush some pellets/hay, mix it with water and try to syringe feed her.
Next morning I brought her in, they told me it was probably gut problems., aka beginning of GI stasis. She got an IV, meds to help her gut move again, they aslo fed her again. They told us we can go home and gave us more gut mobility meds, gas drops and some extra food that I can mix with water to feed her. The vet also gave me probiotics in case stuff like this happen again. On satuday evening she finally pooped again and was more interested in eating, I didn't even have to hold her and force the food, she'd take it on her own from the syringe. On sunday she was feeling way better and was wheeking again, moving more and demanding more food.
And then this morning, I woke up to give her meds again, but she seemed a bit off again. She didn't wanna eat food on her own again, only some hay. I had to force feed her this time and it took a while since she wouldn't stay still. Right now she's mostly sleeping, sometimes she comes out of her hiding spot to eat some hay and then goes back to sleeping. I don't know if I should panic, or bring her back to the vet again. She still has 2 more days of meds left.
I just need some more advices on how to approach this the best way. I know I should continue feeding her and try to make her eat as much as possible. I'm worried she might not recover form this. I don't know if she's just having bad and good days, if it will get better tomorrow. I'm also so upset my town doesn't have any good vets for small pets and that the best one is 1.5h away..