BlueBird
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi there,
This is less of a call for help and more of a call for moral support.
Our pigs were getting looked after by my parents while we were on holiday last week. We had the house painted before that so they've been over there for a few weeks. I get a horrible phonecall from my parents this morning telling me that the Harvey our boar wasn't well. They said he was wobbly, his eyes were half shut and he was making a bad sound when he was breathing. They rushed him home and tbh I was convinced that he wasn't going to still be here when he got home. But he was.
I was shocked at how much weight he'd lost (300g!) and had an abscess the size of a plum on his face. His teeth (he only has 3 inscicors) don't look great either. Rushed him to the vets who lanced it and sent me off with antibiotics and a painkiller. Disappointingly not the banana smelling stuff just baytril. But at this point I'll take anything he's in such poor condition.
Managed to get 5ml of food down him and a few ml of water. He's had an abscess before and we were told to massage the Lance hole to make sure that the hold doesn't close up to make sure the abscess continues to drain. So I'm doing the same here. I've massaged what feels like +10mls of foul stinking puss out of his face twice since the vet lanced it this morning.
I've promised Harvey that I'll try my best to get him on the mend in the next 24hrs. Personally I tend to go with the rule that if a guinea is not taking food off the spoon, they don't really want to be here anymore and I shouldn't be forced via syringe but since this has been caught so late I want to give him the best chance even if that chance isn't looking great at the moment because he's so weak.
We don't really know what caused it. maybe the root of his old removed tooth is still there has caused an infection. It's just a shame its been caught so late. But I don't blame my parents. They don't seem to have the guinea pig 6th sense that I do (my husband doesn't either). And at 6yrs old Harvey has had a good run. I know what to do and I'm going to try my darnest to help him through the next 24hrs with syringe feeding and the drugs I have.
If he picks up, I'll phone the vets up again to see whether I can get a check up with my usual vet who looks after all of my small furries. (Today was just a locum I think). Hopefully get some banana antibiotics (if I'm allowed now we've been put on a course of baytril.) If anyone knows the name of the banana smelling antibiotic that would be a great help.
Send your healing vibes for Harvey (and your strength for me as I embark of the syringe feeding marathon). Keep all your paws crossed for the next 24hrs. <3
This is less of a call for help and more of a call for moral support.
Our pigs were getting looked after by my parents while we were on holiday last week. We had the house painted before that so they've been over there for a few weeks. I get a horrible phonecall from my parents this morning telling me that the Harvey our boar wasn't well. They said he was wobbly, his eyes were half shut and he was making a bad sound when he was breathing. They rushed him home and tbh I was convinced that he wasn't going to still be here when he got home. But he was.
I was shocked at how much weight he'd lost (300g!) and had an abscess the size of a plum on his face. His teeth (he only has 3 inscicors) don't look great either. Rushed him to the vets who lanced it and sent me off with antibiotics and a painkiller. Disappointingly not the banana smelling stuff just baytril. But at this point I'll take anything he's in such poor condition.
Managed to get 5ml of food down him and a few ml of water. He's had an abscess before and we were told to massage the Lance hole to make sure that the hold doesn't close up to make sure the abscess continues to drain. So I'm doing the same here. I've massaged what feels like +10mls of foul stinking puss out of his face twice since the vet lanced it this morning.
I've promised Harvey that I'll try my best to get him on the mend in the next 24hrs. Personally I tend to go with the rule that if a guinea is not taking food off the spoon, they don't really want to be here anymore and I shouldn't be forced via syringe but since this has been caught so late I want to give him the best chance even if that chance isn't looking great at the moment because he's so weak.
We don't really know what caused it. maybe the root of his old removed tooth is still there has caused an infection. It's just a shame its been caught so late. But I don't blame my parents. They don't seem to have the guinea pig 6th sense that I do (my husband doesn't either). And at 6yrs old Harvey has had a good run. I know what to do and I'm going to try my darnest to help him through the next 24hrs with syringe feeding and the drugs I have.
If he picks up, I'll phone the vets up again to see whether I can get a check up with my usual vet who looks after all of my small furries. (Today was just a locum I think). Hopefully get some banana antibiotics (if I'm allowed now we've been put on a course of baytril.) If anyone knows the name of the banana smelling antibiotic that would be a great help.
Send your healing vibes for Harvey (and your strength for me as I embark of the syringe feeding marathon). Keep all your paws crossed for the next 24hrs. <3
