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Sara
Last night i noticed one of my guinea pigs (Apricot, the one on my avatar) was really unwell when i took her and the other three their evening veggies. She was hunched in a corner and didn't touch any of the veg i offered her. She was also drooling a lot and was really weak. She hasn't been eating or drinking and not much has been coming out of her, either. I took her to the vet today and after looking said she said she thought is was malocclusion. I'm currently syringe feeding her a pellet/baby food mix every 2-3 hours and she's also taken a few blades of grass.
She's going back to the vets on Monday to go under anaesthetic and have her molars rasped down (i'm not too happy about her going under though). I'm going to get some pro-biotic and metatone tonic for her tomorrow, can anyone think of anything else i can do? Is it normal for guinea's to go downhill so quickly? She seems really ill for just a tooth problem, so i'm wondering if anything else could be causing her to go off her food, or do you think it's just dehydration from not eating?
Thanks Sara and Lucy.
She's going back to the vets on Monday to go under anaesthetic and have her molars rasped down (i'm not too happy about her going under though). I'm going to get some pro-biotic and metatone tonic for her tomorrow, can anyone think of anything else i can do? Is it normal for guinea's to go downhill so quickly? She seems really ill for just a tooth problem, so i'm wondering if anything else could be causing her to go off her food, or do you think it's just dehydration from not eating?
Thanks Sara and Lucy.