CraigGlasgow
Junior Guinea Pig
So in the neverending saga of Weasley, he was looking better apart from the gas on Monday afternoon, so the vet started him on fibreplex to try and flush him out, upped his emeprid to 3 times a day and suggested putting him back in to a larger cage to see if he got more exercise. Last night his poops were getting quite soft again and hus stomache was VERY noisy so I stopped his veg overnight. He was very gassy, and it was really quite a strong smell, even worse than usual. He didn't poop at all between about 2am when I went to bed and when I left for work at 8am but again based on smell had passed a fair bit of gas. I popped home on my break to check on him around 11am and he had dropped a few small hard poops and one very large sticky clump. Came back at lunch and found him sitting in a pile of thick toothpaste-esque poop which was slowly pouring out of him, but looking much less gassy. Cleaned him up and went back to work for the afternoon, came back to find more sludge, and have pulled out some more stucky clumps of poop and a few more normal looking ones of various consistencey ranging from hollow and hard to soft and blue tack like. The last few he has passed have been still quite sticky but a nicer colour/size/shape.
I've uploaded photos of the various types he's passed, and know for a fact that at least 3 of the 5 clumpy ones have come out as they are since I've had to manually remove them, so they haven't just been sat on and squished together.
He is still eating plenty, has drunk slightly less assumedly due to his discomort and the bottle being slightly further away in the new cage (now moved closer). He is also now occasionally hopping (once in a blue moon, so not a motion/injury issue far as I can tell) but he's done this before when having stomache issues and it is few and far between so I'm again just putting this down to discomfort as the vet did last time, as she gave him a full check ober again on Monday and said there were no signs of injury to be causing it. He has been making occasional muttering/squeaking sounds before passing some of the larger clumpy ones or very soft ones. His anus is also very tight at the moment and I'm struggling to get it to open up fully to give it a good clean as he is a wiggler.
Is this just the fibreplex clearing him out or is he possibly impacted? I'm wary of continuing the extra fibre in case of a blockage but he is still passing poop. The specialist I've been seeing isn't back in until next Monday and the other vets aren't sure what to do with him and just sent him home and said to top him up with extra fluids last time I took him in with this so I'd rather not pay £30 to be told the same thing if it's not an emergency. If it is concerning I'll phone he next closest specialist and try to get him in with them asap but again, if not urgent would rather save him the stress of a 2 hour round bus trip.
Thanks all.
I've uploaded photos of the various types he's passed, and know for a fact that at least 3 of the 5 clumpy ones have come out as they are since I've had to manually remove them, so they haven't just been sat on and squished together.
He is still eating plenty, has drunk slightly less assumedly due to his discomort and the bottle being slightly further away in the new cage (now moved closer). He is also now occasionally hopping (once in a blue moon, so not a motion/injury issue far as I can tell) but he's done this before when having stomache issues and it is few and far between so I'm again just putting this down to discomfort as the vet did last time, as she gave him a full check ober again on Monday and said there were no signs of injury to be causing it. He has been making occasional muttering/squeaking sounds before passing some of the larger clumpy ones or very soft ones. His anus is also very tight at the moment and I'm struggling to get it to open up fully to give it a good clean as he is a wiggler.
Is this just the fibreplex clearing him out or is he possibly impacted? I'm wary of continuing the extra fibre in case of a blockage but he is still passing poop. The specialist I've been seeing isn't back in until next Monday and the other vets aren't sure what to do with him and just sent him home and said to top him up with extra fluids last time I took him in with this so I'd rather not pay £30 to be told the same thing if it's not an emergency. If it is concerning I'll phone he next closest specialist and try to get him in with them asap but again, if not urgent would rather save him the stress of a 2 hour round bus trip.
Thanks all.
