guinea lying down in own urine

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My guinea pig Poc (gave birth 3 weeks and 2 days ago- had 4 babies but one died), has been acting very strange lately. She has been checked twice by the vet in 3 weeks and medically their is nothing wrong with her- shes healthy. But she is lying down all the time, even lying in her own urine and has lost a lot of weight. i know weight loss is expected but she is nothing but skin and bones.

Vet suggested i put her with another guinea pig- the other guinea pig if bullying her.

She used to be so chirpy and loving- now its like she doesnt even have the strength to cling on to me and cuddle me like before.

I just don't get it- i think shes depressed but what can i do to help her.

thanks
 
Are the babies still in with her or is she completely on her own? There has been a lot of change in your piggies life just recently, so you are probably right and it is straight depression if her health has been checked by the vet. If another guinea in the cage too is 'bullying' and no good, try a fuzzy toy in the cage, lots of extra strokes and cuddles, feeding her nice treats (bits of carrot, celery and so on to tempt her appetite) and basically give her lots of love. I'm sorry this isn't terribly helpful, but I don't know much about piggies after giving birth.
 
hello ive had this with our pig and i had to bring her in and feed her all the time ...give her love and care and keep making her feel welcome the first week i thought she would never make it but now shes better and every eveing runs around the frontroom like a dog shes started talking and everytime she heres the fridge she thinks its food time lol i had to feed her grass and hay also lots of veg and fruit ....mine was so bad she lost her fur and had bold patches but is back to normal now ... hope this helps martina mum of 4 piggies :)
 
Hi

Just a quick thought so probably wrong

When you say see is lying in her own urine, do you mean she has a soggy rear end.

That is one of the signs of cystitis.

Like I said just a thought.

Paul & Jeanette
 
thank for all your advice- i have tried most of it already.

She was taken away from the babies on monday, left alone for 2 days which she has cuddles and baths galore, then i took her to my shed, and she seemed to perk up a bit, brought a guinea pig in on vets advice and she seemed happier for about 5 minutes then depressed again- put veggies in, and all hell broke lose- the friend she had then started ripping the food out of her mouth and knocking her over- at this point they had both had baths and it was 11pm so i separated them both in boxes with veggies and when they had done- i put them back together.

So i am going to try a new pairing today but i was thinking about taking her to somewhere like pets at home with lots of noises of guinea pigs and other animals or even a rescue to see if the noises cheer her up- i was also going to buy her some nice treats too while i was there.

She is wet all over her stomach all the way up to her chin.

She is still eating and drinking well-takes her time and she is still passing poo so vet said no point bringing her back again.

She hasn't lost any weight since i gave her this paste the vet gave me, but not gained either. He said 24 hours she'd be improved- and she hasn't.

My poor baby :( I feel so helpless
 
That amount of wetness is classic cystitis is she giving any signs of pain when passing water.

It might be prudent to start her on Cystitis meds just in case.

The ordinery human ones will do.

Paul & Jeanette
 
i have got cymalon and its human dose is 10ml diluted with water 3 times a day- so will 0.1 with 0.9 of water do?
 
I make up half the foil packet of cystitis treatment powder into a full glass of water and then feed about 1 ml twice a day when my piggies get cystitis. There should be improvement pretty soon, the wetness goes. Sometimes they don't show any signs of pain as they are a prey animal and pain should be hidden. I try not to keep on giving this, just a day and maybe two at most has worked in the past for me.

I also use a salt bath to comfort sore parts. Put a tablespoon of salt into warm water (I use a pan as I don't have a bowl of the right shape) and let them gently sit in it for a while as you support them. It really works, salt baths are recommended for humans when they have sore parts and a relative of mine suggested this to me for piggies. The expressions of relief are amazing to see and they just relax down into the salt water.

Magenta (RIP) used to be prone to cystitis which is how I know about this.
 
the treatment i have is liquid not powder- i will do 5ml diluted in a glass of water then and do 1ml twice a day


Thank for all your advice- i will try to salt bath when i bath her

Thanks
 
good news- fingers crossed the treatment worked as she hasn't since (the first dose) urinated and lay in it! She is nice and clean still :) so thank you so much :)

Lets just sort her foot out now!
 
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