Katsycakes
Junior Guinea Pig
I've noticed Patch (4yo) has been making this noise very intermittently (maybe lasting a few minutes, 2 or 3 times a day) over the past couple of days. At first I thought it was chutting, but now I'm wondering if it's actually crackling from a URI? She seems to do it more when asleep, although I have heard her do it while awake... She's otherwise totally fine in herself, eating, drinking, no weight loss, very energetic, behaving the same as her friend. If I call her over for a snack, she immediately stops making the noise and starts wheeking. Her eyes and nose are totally clear, no watering or gunk or crusting.
I've taken a video where you can hear the noise pretty clearly. I've called our vets and the exotic vet is (of course!) leaving for holiday tomorrow until beginning of August. They do always seem to pick the most inconvenient moments...
I was intending to call to make an on the day appointment with our local 'normal' vet first thing on Monday as from what I've read it seems like URIs should be treatable by any vet (although obviously an exotic vet would be much preferable, I know which antibiotics should be prescribed).
Does this sound like a sensible course of action? The other options I have are to call up the emergency (non exotic) vets for a weekend appointment if it's more urgent than I think, or if really necessary, to try to get an appointment at the other exotic vets on the vet list (which would be a very expensive 1 hour uber there and back or an extremely traumatic tube journey). I'll of course do whatever needed for her, but would love a second opinion to balance my anxiety with what's actually necessary!
(Our location is London, not Amsterdam as it says in my signature, think I've lost permission to edit that since I missed the donation round this year!)
I've taken a video where you can hear the noise pretty clearly. I've called our vets and the exotic vet is (of course!) leaving for holiday tomorrow until beginning of August. They do always seem to pick the most inconvenient moments...
I was intending to call to make an on the day appointment with our local 'normal' vet first thing on Monday as from what I've read it seems like URIs should be treatable by any vet (although obviously an exotic vet would be much preferable, I know which antibiotics should be prescribed).
Does this sound like a sensible course of action? The other options I have are to call up the emergency (non exotic) vets for a weekend appointment if it's more urgent than I think, or if really necessary, to try to get an appointment at the other exotic vets on the vet list (which would be a very expensive 1 hour uber there and back or an extremely traumatic tube journey). I'll of course do whatever needed for her, but would love a second opinion to balance my anxiety with what's actually necessary!
(Our location is London, not Amsterdam as it says in my signature, think I've lost permission to edit that since I missed the donation round this year!)
