Lumie_
Junior Guinea Pig
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- May 20, 2020
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Hello! I’m here to talk about my guinea pig. There’s nobody to ask about how to know what is going on with her and I just want to find clarity. My guinea pig, well where do I start?
I have a guinea pig named Nickel and I got her and her play mate from a woman. That one died somehow and I woke up to her laying motionless in the cage. After that, I was working on getting Nickel another cage mate because I feared the worst that she was gonna get depressed. Then I started to notice she kind of liked being alone so I decided against getting one. Especially with this virus.
Anywho, a two weeks ago, I discovered her eye was getting very crusty and because that was kind of weird for her and because I worry so much, I brought it up to my mom. I looked online and didn’t find anything accurate about it. A week later her nose started to swell up. It got bigger and bigger on the left side. One night I decided to pick her up and look at her. I inspected her teeth and found a circular type brown spongey looking thing over her left tooth. With concern for her, I went to a vet and he’s the only vet that takes care of guinea pigs in an 100 mile radius.
When he looked over Nickel, he prescribed her two different medicines and a powder because before we were about to leave for the vet, her nose had started to burst open and bleed. Now this was on the top of her nose and not the nostrils. They gave her back to us with the medicine and she had a now big black scab on her nose. They also told me she may have a tooth overgrowth, a tumor, or cancer.
Fast forward to now, after giving her medicine at the specified time every day and night, she was still eating, drinking, pooping, and seeming happy. Last night was the worst night I have ever seen her though. As I was sitting at my computer talking and playing with friends, the big scab had somehow fell off her nose to reveal something nasty. She bled almost everywhere and she was getting weak. We had to clean her wound with peroxide because I had never owned anything for guinea pig’s to clean wounds. I wasn’t even wanting to prepare for something as saddening as this.
Right now, she’s kind of eating and her breathing is really rough. I have to give her her medicine in two hours but I don’t know how long she’s gonna hold on for. The vet isn’t open today either. I don’t know how to keep cleaning the wood and I don’t know how to bandage it. I need help. Please tell me what to do because I want to make sure she won’t suffer if this is her last day.
I have a guinea pig named Nickel and I got her and her play mate from a woman. That one died somehow and I woke up to her laying motionless in the cage. After that, I was working on getting Nickel another cage mate because I feared the worst that she was gonna get depressed. Then I started to notice she kind of liked being alone so I decided against getting one. Especially with this virus.
Anywho, a two weeks ago, I discovered her eye was getting very crusty and because that was kind of weird for her and because I worry so much, I brought it up to my mom. I looked online and didn’t find anything accurate about it. A week later her nose started to swell up. It got bigger and bigger on the left side. One night I decided to pick her up and look at her. I inspected her teeth and found a circular type brown spongey looking thing over her left tooth. With concern for her, I went to a vet and he’s the only vet that takes care of guinea pigs in an 100 mile radius.
When he looked over Nickel, he prescribed her two different medicines and a powder because before we were about to leave for the vet, her nose had started to burst open and bleed. Now this was on the top of her nose and not the nostrils. They gave her back to us with the medicine and she had a now big black scab on her nose. They also told me she may have a tooth overgrowth, a tumor, or cancer.
Fast forward to now, after giving her medicine at the specified time every day and night, she was still eating, drinking, pooping, and seeming happy. Last night was the worst night I have ever seen her though. As I was sitting at my computer talking and playing with friends, the big scab had somehow fell off her nose to reveal something nasty. She bled almost everywhere and she was getting weak. We had to clean her wound with peroxide because I had never owned anything for guinea pig’s to clean wounds. I wasn’t even wanting to prepare for something as saddening as this.
Right now, she’s kind of eating and her breathing is really rough. I have to give her her medicine in two hours but I don’t know how long she’s gonna hold on for. The vet isn’t open today either. I don’t know how to keep cleaning the wood and I don’t know how to bandage it. I need help. Please tell me what to do because I want to make sure she won’t suffer if this is her last day.
