Hello, I’ve posted here a few times before and previously had a dental pig who we ultimately in the end had to PTS. I have an almost 7 year old female guinea pig who had dental surgery Friday. Her only symptom before surgery was a wet chin here and there that I noticed the last week and a half or so. Her appetite, stool, water and everything else had stayed the same. Took her in Friday and the vet had a hard time seeing in her mouth but said he could feel a spur on the side where most of the wetness was but that’s all he could tell at that point. She had surgery I’m assuming around 1230 or so and I picked her up @ 2 ish. Since then she has been pretty out of it. She will eat small bits of hay here and there and at first was not drinking water but I woke up to her drinking quite a bit and she’s done that a few times. She will eat the hay if it’s put in front of her for a minute or so. I think most of the reason she isn’t eating/drinking more is she still seems so out of it/tired/loopy. She takes a few steps then lays down and goes to sleep. She was given an injection of Simbadol there. Her eyes also seem a bit leaky since surgery, they weren’t like that before. I have given her Sherwood Appetite Restore but I don’t think that’s helped and I have Emeraid on the way and have crush some pellets in the meantime and fed as a critical care, but does anyone know is this drowsiness for this long common after this and with that type of pain med over a day later? When she isnt laying and sleeping, for example, in between syringing the CC, she looks like she’s zoned out. I also have her regular pain meds here on hand I can give, I just don’t know if she can have those when she had the Simbadol on Friday, and of course vet is closed today. Thank you for any help!
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Help with Dental Recovery
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Simbadol is buprenorphine. It’s an opioid based painkiller which can cause what you are describing. But, if she had it on Friday and none since I would think she would be starting to be brighter by now.
Do you know what dosage she was given?
Are you making sure you weigh her each morning so you can adjust syringe feeding accordingly to keep her weight stable each day?
I would definitely call the vet as soon as they open tomorrow.
Call an emergency vet, if available, in the meantime if you are worried
Do you know what dosage she was given?
Are you making sure you weigh her each morning so you can adjust syringe feeding accordingly to keep her weight stable each day?
I would definitely call the vet as soon as they open tomorrow.
Call an emergency vet, if available, in the meantime if you are worried
On the paper it says 1.8 mg/ml injection. I’m not sure if she received that whole dose or not. I just weighed her this morning and I believe she started at 1174 and she’s around 1145 today. She will take around 7ml of syringe at one sitting then she’s done. I would like to try to give her some Metacam to see if it helps, I just don’t know if it’s too soon