Kayleighmcmx
New Born Pup
Hello,
My wee Guinea pig Thor for the past week has haven to be syringe fed and watered (he was 1.2kg). He was doing huge clumpy poops (I made a previous post). We went to the vet and he had bloat. They thought they felt a mass so he got an ultrasound and X-ray.
When the results came back it showed that the bloat had caused his stomach to push up into his body (that was the mass). They found that his kidneys had shrunk and were sending bloods away to confirm if it was kidney disease. (His weight went down to 972g)
We got the results back today and the vet had said that his liver is very badly damaged. His count should be 53 and he is almost 4500, so it's hepatic failure and he's lost another 100g in weight (he’s now 883g). The vet said the kindest thing to do would be PTS because there is nothing that can be done and she would expect a major hepatic infection to come.
He is eating his critical care from me but I am his sole source of food. He isn’t eating or drinking on his own (he’ll have the odd bits of hay). His poops have turned very soft light brown clumps and there’s no where near as many as a Guinea pig should have. He is still moving about his cage but it’s solely to move sleeping spots. He also has 6 different kinds of medicine - 0.94ml emeprid, 0.09ml cisapride, 0.23ml Tagamet, 1ml infacol, 0.28ml paracetamol and 0.12ml gapbapentin. The vet is a cavy savvy vet.
I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with liver disease and what happened?
I would be devastated to PTS but I understand if that’s what’s best for him then I will do it for him.
My wee Guinea pig Thor for the past week has haven to be syringe fed and watered (he was 1.2kg). He was doing huge clumpy poops (I made a previous post). We went to the vet and he had bloat. They thought they felt a mass so he got an ultrasound and X-ray.
When the results came back it showed that the bloat had caused his stomach to push up into his body (that was the mass). They found that his kidneys had shrunk and were sending bloods away to confirm if it was kidney disease. (His weight went down to 972g)
We got the results back today and the vet had said that his liver is very badly damaged. His count should be 53 and he is almost 4500, so it's hepatic failure and he's lost another 100g in weight (he’s now 883g). The vet said the kindest thing to do would be PTS because there is nothing that can be done and she would expect a major hepatic infection to come.
He is eating his critical care from me but I am his sole source of food. He isn’t eating or drinking on his own (he’ll have the odd bits of hay). His poops have turned very soft light brown clumps and there’s no where near as many as a Guinea pig should have. He is still moving about his cage but it’s solely to move sleeping spots. He also has 6 different kinds of medicine - 0.94ml emeprid, 0.09ml cisapride, 0.23ml Tagamet, 1ml infacol, 0.28ml paracetamol and 0.12ml gapbapentin. The vet is a cavy savvy vet.
I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with liver disease and what happened?
I would be devastated to PTS but I understand if that’s what’s best for him then I will do it for him.
