Guinea pig diagnosed 9 months ago enlarged heart

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I have a 3 year old male guinea pig he got diagnosed and xrayed showing and enlarged heart he was in really bad shape before diagnosis was struggling to breath had fluid sounds coming from his chest area thought we where gona lose him vet gave us Furosemide went to vet today and xrayed dramatic improvement heart does look anywhere as enlarged vet was very suprised hes the oldest guinea pig shes dealt with told me not alot of owners in the area are willing to spend money on them where about 3 k so far with medication and vet bills we lost his cage mate a few months ago to dental issues no vet in my area could help him she tried but his teeth where to far gone and the one vet we talked to wanted close to 3500 to do them without any gurantee it would work had to put him down but anyway has anyone ever seen a heart pig actually improve and not show any signs of getting worse because everything ive read hes supposed to get worse.

 

[Wiebke]

I have a 3 year old male guinea pig he got diagnosed and xrayed showing and enlarged heart he was in really bad shape before diagnosis was struggling to breath had fluid sounds coming from his chest area thought we where gona lose him vet gave us Furosemide went to vet today and xrayed dramatic improvement heart does look anywhere as enlarged vet was very suprised hes the oldest guinea pig shes dealt with told me not alot of owners in the area are willing to spend money on them where about 3 k so far with medication and vet bills we lost his cage mate a few months ago to dental issues no vet in my area could help him she tried but his teeth where to far gone and the one vet we talked to wanted close to 3500 to do them without any gurantee it would work had to put him down but anyway has anyone ever seen a heart pig actually improve and not show any signs of getting worse because everything ive read hes supposed to get worse.

Hi

HUGS

I am very sorry for your loss. What a traumatic decision for you.

Heart med either work pretty instantly or they don't work at all. You are one of the lucky ones. A piggy on heart meds can actually live for several years as forum members with personal experience can tell you. Cherish the new lease of life s much as you can.

Piggy on meds has unfortunately become a very expensive thing over the last few years although your dental treatment quote is the highest ever from a vet anywhere in the world so far.

 

[cronotrigger30]

All the local vets got bought by a greedy company in canada

 

[cronotrigger30]

I lost my baby dash on the right i paid for and emergency euthasia speedy on the left is alive photi from last year

 

[cronotrigger30]

he sleeps next to us in a giant cage with stuffies I'm ending the cycle id more pigs my wife cant handle small animal death hes always been a little anti social.

 

[Jelly/Jam]

All the local vets got bought by a greedy company in canada

Hi there. Yes alot of our vet practices have been bought out by VCA. The prices of vet care has sky rocketed.

 

[cronotrigger30]

he sleeps next to us in a giant cage with stuffies I'm ending the cycle id more pigs my wife cant handle small animal death hes always been a little anti social.

Hi there. Yes alot of our vet practices have been bought out by VCA. The prices of vet care has sky rocketed.

Yes i had to watch my best friend suffer and choke on his food and no one would help most horrible feeling in the world. Nothing i could do. I had insomnia for 3 months over it. And didnt sleep more then 2 hours a night for almost 3 weeks. He was even one of those rare chirping pigs

 

[cronotrigger30]

Another cute one of him

 

[Jelly/Jam]

Another cute one of him

 

[DavRz]

They are all so beautiful.