I noticed my youngest girl Evie was limping yesterday and holding up her back leg. I checked and couldn’t feel any obvious breaks or swelling. As the vet was closed yesterday and today, and she was eating, drinking and behaving normally I decided to keep an eye on her for the time being. Switch to today and she doesn’t seem to be limping. She’s seems ok on all paws when walking and isn’t holding her leg up any more. She did seem a bit less mobile however as she usually does zoomies before I feed her and her cage mate morning veg and she didn’t do that today, so I’m wondering if her leg is still sore.
My question is if this isn’t a sprain or broken leg what could it be? Do guinea pigs pull muscles or bruise legs which can cause limping? I originally suspected a sprain but I wouldn’t think they healed overnight.
Also just to say I’m fully prepared to take her to the vet, it’s just mine are closed over the bank holiday and I didn’t think it counted as needing the emergency vet.
Lastly I don’t know what she did to injure her leg but she is a very active pig who loves running and jumping off anything she can. Can easily imagine her banging her leg or landing badly after a jump. Nothing in her cage is high but she does have a Kavee cage with ramp and loft area.
My question is if this isn’t a sprain or broken leg what could it be? Do guinea pigs pull muscles or bruise legs which can cause limping? I originally suspected a sprain but I wouldn’t think they healed overnight.
Also just to say I’m fully prepared to take her to the vet, it’s just mine are closed over the bank holiday and I didn’t think it counted as needing the emergency vet.
Lastly I don’t know what she did to injure her leg but she is a very active pig who loves running and jumping off anything she can. Can easily imagine her banging her leg or landing badly after a jump. Nothing in her cage is high but she does have a Kavee cage with ramp and loft area.
