Hi all,
Just yesterday my 6 month old guinea pig passed away very suddenly. I noticed she had been acting off for a few days, starting with pained wheeks, which at first I thought she was just fighting with her cage mate, and eventually evolved to barely eating and sitting around puffed up. I took her to the vet yesterday morning after I noticed the puffing up. After checking they said she was perfectly healthy but gave painkillers to give her just in case she had gotten injuired somewhere, they said it may have been a fracture.
Only a few hours after getting home and having the medicine, she went into cardiac arrest, i rushed her to the vet but they couldn't save her and she passed away.
Does anybody know what this could have been? I just can't believe she was taken from me so young after she was acting perfectly normal just a week ago. I now have one older guinea pig who has gone through two deaths within a few months and I don't want to experience this anymore, is it fine to just leave her alone and give her plently of attention until her time comes?
Thank you in advance
Just yesterday my 6 month old guinea pig passed away very suddenly. I noticed she had been acting off for a few days, starting with pained wheeks, which at first I thought she was just fighting with her cage mate, and eventually evolved to barely eating and sitting around puffed up. I took her to the vet yesterday morning after I noticed the puffing up. After checking they said she was perfectly healthy but gave painkillers to give her just in case she had gotten injuired somewhere, they said it may have been a fracture.
Only a few hours after getting home and having the medicine, she went into cardiac arrest, i rushed her to the vet but they couldn't save her and she passed away.
Does anybody know what this could have been? I just can't believe she was taken from me so young after she was acting perfectly normal just a week ago. I now have one older guinea pig who has gone through two deaths within a few months and I don't want to experience this anymore, is it fine to just leave her alone and give her plently of attention until her time comes?
Thank you in advance