Goldie
Adult Guinea Pig
I have owned Holly since December 2002 when I adopted her from Cottontails Rescue aged approx 6/8 weeks. She lives on her own as I couldn't bond her with either a boar or sow but she has always been a very happy piggy.
She has been a healthy and robust girl with a big tummy and I have never had to take her to the vet.
This is Holly a few weeks ago ....
Anyway, when I went to tuck her in for the night on Friday, she was huddled in her bedroom with a weird look in her eyes and her limbs were quivering and her tummy seemed really really big. I spent time gently massaging her belly, wrapped her in a towel and kept her indoors overnight.
Yesterday morning she seemed to have perked up and the size of her tummy had gone down a little, but today she isn't eating or drinking and won't come out of her bedroom. She is passing firm poos and is weeing.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated!
I am having a bad time here ... I lost Fizz in April, Rikkyboy in July, then the little dead baby and Joey is really poorly also. I know it is really that I had owned these for a long time and they were old, but it all seems to be coming at once!
Thanks.
She has been a healthy and robust girl with a big tummy and I have never had to take her to the vet.
This is Holly a few weeks ago ....
Anyway, when I went to tuck her in for the night on Friday, she was huddled in her bedroom with a weird look in her eyes and her limbs were quivering and her tummy seemed really really big. I spent time gently massaging her belly, wrapped her in a towel and kept her indoors overnight.
Yesterday morning she seemed to have perked up and the size of her tummy had gone down a little, but today she isn't eating or drinking and won't come out of her bedroom. She is passing firm poos and is weeing.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated!
I am having a bad time here ... I lost Fizz in April, Rikkyboy in July, then the little dead baby and Joey is really poorly also. I know it is really that I had owned these for a long time and they were old, but it all seems to be coming at once!
Thanks.