Help please!

[kasonjaramillo]

hi, everybody. I'm new to the group.I actually just found this group.I wish I would have found y'all earlier. Long story short I wanted to adopt a Guinea pig. The people brought me 3 instead of just one and now, 1 of them. Of course.My daughter's favorite has kidney stones, it is not doing well. I don't have a lot of extra money to have the surgery, but I don't want her to be in pain and I don't know the signs of what I should be looking for cause I don't want her to be hurting. Her vet is supposed to get back with me today, but his solution before was surgery.And that's just not possible. I just want to do the right thing by my guinea.Pig, so any information or suggestions or advice?Please let me know thank you

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m sorry to hear this.

You say kidney stones but can you confirm whether the stones have moved into the bladder?

Has the vet given you painkillers to give to her every day? Stones are very painful so keeping her on a good dose of twice daily painkillers is needed.
Surgery is needed to remove stones which have moved to the bladder. Very tiny stones may be able to be passed in a sow but it is painful to do so. Larger stones have to be removed by surgical means due to the risk they pose.

I will attach our signs of pain guide, our other emergency and syringe feeding guides and our stones guide.

Please ensure you have switched from the lifelong routine weekly weight checks and instead are weighing her each morning. The weight checks are the only way to gauge hay intake (hay making up three quarters of what they need to eat in a day) and enables you to step in with syringe feeding is her weight drops (pain can stop them from eating enough hay).

Thread 'Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones'

May 29, 2024

1 The Urinary Tract
2 Pees
- Water intake changes
- Pee discoloration
3 Infections
- Bacterial urine infection (UTI)
- Bacterial cystitis
- Sterile cystitis (interstitial cystitis or IC)
4 Stones, Sludge and Crystals
- Crystals, stones and sludge
- Stone and sludge removal
5 Kidneys and Bladder Cancer
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• Wiebke
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Wiebke's Guides to the Body

https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/weight-monitoring-and-management.171577/

Thread 'Weight and Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support'

Jun 20, 2024

1 Weight and Weight Loss
- Why regular weight monitoring matters
- How weight changes over a lifetime
- How to weigh on your kitchen scales (with video)
- The weight loss rules
- How critical is the weight loss for my piggy?
- Possible causes for weight loss
2 Body Mass Index (BMI) or 'Heft'
- Why is understanding your piggy's weight so important?
- 'Average' weight vs. individual weight - the big trip up
- How to check for the BMI
3 The...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Health & Illness Support Corner

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Thread 'Signs of Pain in Guinea Pigs'

May 7, 2022

1 Symptoms of pain
- Loss of appetite and slow or reduced eating
- Eyes
- Ears
- Teeth clicking and grinding
- Skin biting, self-barbering and hair loss
- Fur standing up/puffed up coat
- Hunching
- Bunching up and stopping to sleep on the side
- Grunting
- Twisting/Fitting
- Squeaking when peeing/pooing; arching and straining
- Limping, hopping, swelling of foot or leg
- Partial or full back leg paralysis
- Screaming and whimpering
2 Life-saving practical how-to care and information...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 0
• Forum: Health & Illness Support Corner

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Thread 'How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency'

May 31, 2024

1 Feed
- Important crisis management resources
- When is improvising necessary?
- Which food group am I replacing with my feeding support?
- How much and how often should I feed and water?
- What can I use that I have already got at home?
- Other possible easily available foods with their pros and cons
- How do I prep a syringe for rougher pellet fibre?
- What can I do without a syringe?
- The role of lukewarm water
2 Probiotics
- Probiotic products...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 0
• Forum: Emergency Information and Care

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Thread 'All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures'

Mar 9, 2022

Introduction
1 Choosing the right place to medicate/feed your piggy
2 Guinea pig whispering and asserting your authority
3 Recovery products and emergency improvisation
4 Syringe recommendations
5 Weight monitoring: your biggest ally
6 Weight loss guidelines and when to step in with feeding
7 Syringe feeding amounts/frequency advice
8 Practical medication and syringing tips
9 Medicating and feeding cooperative guinea pigs (videos)
10 Medicating and feeding uncooperative guinea pigs (hold pictures and tips)
11 The line between life and...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 0
• Forum: Health & Illness Support Corner

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As an aside, you can’t keep a guinea pig alone so it is actually a good thing that you didn’t get just one. A single piggy will lead a very lonely life.