nbhalla19
New Born Pup
I have a female guinea pig who is 6 years old. She is on the older side I know. About a month ago I noticed she really wasn't eating much and her weight was dropping a lot. She was drinking water and moving fine though. I took her to the vet. Said she had a URI and she is getting older. Gave me medicine to give her and wanted her to come in back for a recheck every 2 weeks until she's better. So she did get better. She was eating more again and he said to just give the antibiotics once a week and keep watching her. A week or two later though I noticed she was having trouble moving. I took her to the vet again(this was a week ago). Said she was at the final stage of her life unfortunately, she was in the dying stage. Said her feeling/reflexes are going away. He said to just make her comfortable as much as you can. I've been doing that. Her movement has been getting less. A week ago I noticed she wasn't moving much, and it was mainly in her back legs/area. Now, she can't walk, just sits in a curled position. She is eating and drinking water though. But it still seems in her back part. Her front part/face seems fine. Her head she moves normally even when she eats and she can kind of move her front part. Only seems to be in pain if I pick her up/adjust her position. But she is still eating like before and enjoys eating like she did before. It's like she is in a wheelchair or bedridden. Has anyone had a guinea pig with symptoms similar to this? I seems her URI has almost gone away or has gone away based on the vet and how she's been eating fine again. It seems like this is physical that inevitable with old age and all. The vet said how long she has can vary, depends how strong guinea pigs are. Could be days, weeks, or sometimes months. From the way she is it seems like days but could be one or two weeks.
