Glennie_P
New Born Pup
I'm sorry that this is very long but I wanted to try and include everything.
My guinea pig Boromir had surgery to remove a bladder stone last week, I followed the Vets advice and started to filter his water, removed nuggets from his diet and only gave him very low calcium veggies (cucumber, baby corn, peppers and a tiny bit of tomato). He was a little slower to recover than the last time he had bladder stone surgery which was only a month prior but on Saturday he really came around, begging for food and his usual chirpy and happy self. The vet also said Cystease which I gave him about 40% of the capsule mixed in with water on Saturday was a good idea to prevent further stones. I was also told Oxbow Urinary Support would be a good idea, I started that last Friday giving him one a day. I woke up Sunday morning and he was hiding away, his cheeks wet from water that had been rolling from his eyes, breathing heavy and feeling bloated. He hadn't touched any of the food in his bowl. I took him to the vet immediately and he said it was stress which to me seemed weird how he would all of a sudden become stressed after being very happy and social with the other guinea pigs when I went to bed. I was prescribed Metacam 0.1 twice daily, Baytril 0.2 twice daily and 1/4 of a capsule of Cystophan daily. That night was absolute hell, he wouldn't eat, drink, move or poop. I stayed up all night with him as he breathed heavy and couldn't open his eyes. I syringe fed him Selective Science Recovery which was given to me by the vet and it wasn't until 4am he finally pooped which he had struggled with all day. The poops came out dry but covered in a mucus, but they gradually improved as the night and morning went on and started to look normal but slightly undersized. I took him straight back to the vet the next day and I felt completely dismissed if I'm going to be honest, with even suggestions that I was being paranoid. They did palpations of Boromirs stomach and said his stomach was fine, ruling out any complications from surgery, bloat and stasis. They said they were happy with his progress and that Boromir was recovering excellently and he was in brilliant health. I raised concerns about Boromirs yelling when his stomach was touched but they said Boromir was not in pain but was rather screaming about the anticipation of pain that he never felt. I was very concerned about the size of Boromirs abdomen so they did end up prescribing 0.5 of Emeprid which would be taken twice daily. I awoke every two hours during the night to syringe feed him Selective Science Recovery as he will not eat, nor move on his own. I'm still syringe feeding him today (Tuesday) and he still has no desire to move. I tried to encourage him to run around on the carpet and I noticed that he was having a real hard time using his back legs, they kept slipping to the side like he was on a slippy floor. Every time I pick him up he has diahorrea on his bum, I'm not sure he even knows he's pooped and he still seems to let off a little oooo if I handle him too close to his stomach. I'm very concerned about him and I'm tired of being told that I'm being paranoid by vets, there is definitely something wrong with him. I feel really out of hope, there's been multiple times over the last few nights I thought he was going to pass away. He's down over 100g since surgery, he's now at 860g. I don't know if it's my ignorance but I've never heard of stress that doesn't kick in until 5 days after surgery and causes this amount of weight loss. Any help/advice appreciated
My guinea pig Boromir had surgery to remove a bladder stone last week, I followed the Vets advice and started to filter his water, removed nuggets from his diet and only gave him very low calcium veggies (cucumber, baby corn, peppers and a tiny bit of tomato). He was a little slower to recover than the last time he had bladder stone surgery which was only a month prior but on Saturday he really came around, begging for food and his usual chirpy and happy self. The vet also said Cystease which I gave him about 40% of the capsule mixed in with water on Saturday was a good idea to prevent further stones. I was also told Oxbow Urinary Support would be a good idea, I started that last Friday giving him one a day. I woke up Sunday morning and he was hiding away, his cheeks wet from water that had been rolling from his eyes, breathing heavy and feeling bloated. He hadn't touched any of the food in his bowl. I took him to the vet immediately and he said it was stress which to me seemed weird how he would all of a sudden become stressed after being very happy and social with the other guinea pigs when I went to bed. I was prescribed Metacam 0.1 twice daily, Baytril 0.2 twice daily and 1/4 of a capsule of Cystophan daily. That night was absolute hell, he wouldn't eat, drink, move or poop. I stayed up all night with him as he breathed heavy and couldn't open his eyes. I syringe fed him Selective Science Recovery which was given to me by the vet and it wasn't until 4am he finally pooped which he had struggled with all day. The poops came out dry but covered in a mucus, but they gradually improved as the night and morning went on and started to look normal but slightly undersized. I took him straight back to the vet the next day and I felt completely dismissed if I'm going to be honest, with even suggestions that I was being paranoid. They did palpations of Boromirs stomach and said his stomach was fine, ruling out any complications from surgery, bloat and stasis. They said they were happy with his progress and that Boromir was recovering excellently and he was in brilliant health. I raised concerns about Boromirs yelling when his stomach was touched but they said Boromir was not in pain but was rather screaming about the anticipation of pain that he never felt. I was very concerned about the size of Boromirs abdomen so they did end up prescribing 0.5 of Emeprid which would be taken twice daily. I awoke every two hours during the night to syringe feed him Selective Science Recovery as he will not eat, nor move on his own. I'm still syringe feeding him today (Tuesday) and he still has no desire to move. I tried to encourage him to run around on the carpet and I noticed that he was having a real hard time using his back legs, they kept slipping to the side like he was on a slippy floor. Every time I pick him up he has diahorrea on his bum, I'm not sure he even knows he's pooped and he still seems to let off a little oooo if I handle him too close to his stomach. I'm very concerned about him and I'm tired of being told that I'm being paranoid by vets, there is definitely something wrong with him. I feel really out of hope, there's been multiple times over the last few nights I thought he was going to pass away. He's down over 100g since surgery, he's now at 860g. I don't know if it's my ignorance but I've never heard of stress that doesn't kick in until 5 days after surgery and causes this amount of weight loss. Any help/advice appreciated
