Emilylin123
New Born Pup
My guinea pig Newton (2) has not been eating hay, lettuce, barely any pellets and barely any water. He lost his friend about a month ago to old age. They were both bonded like family together. They slept together, ate together, and were always playing together. The first few weeks without him, my Newton was as normal. Squeaking, eating, popcorning.
Now suddenly, he won’t touch his hay, water bottle or eat much pellets. He won’t even squeak or popcorn. It started on Sunday and today is Wednesday. On sunday, I noticed he had a little discharge like substance on his eye but it has since been gone.
I’ve been weighing him daily and he hasn’t lost much weight. However, he has been pooping less and they’re small poops. He sniffs the hay, noses through it but never eats it. He eats the pellets sometimes but the bowl is always almost full at the end of the day. He opens his mouth at the water bottle but I never see him drink any. The weird part is he still eats treats. He eats forage, carrots, berries, etc.
Obviously this is a very big deal so we took him to the vet but she said no teeth problems and everything looks good. We even got an X-ray and nothing popped up. I’m wondering if it’s depression or could it be another underlying issue? I wash the water bottles every other day too. I’ve attached a photo of his poops from this morning. I’m not sure what the white stuff is or if it is just dust from somewhere.
He has also been put on pain medication and Emeraid Emergency. Thank you.
Now suddenly, he won’t touch his hay, water bottle or eat much pellets. He won’t even squeak or popcorn. It started on Sunday and today is Wednesday. On sunday, I noticed he had a little discharge like substance on his eye but it has since been gone.
I’ve been weighing him daily and he hasn’t lost much weight. However, he has been pooping less and they’re small poops. He sniffs the hay, noses through it but never eats it. He eats the pellets sometimes but the bowl is always almost full at the end of the day. He opens his mouth at the water bottle but I never see him drink any. The weird part is he still eats treats. He eats forage, carrots, berries, etc.
Obviously this is a very big deal so we took him to the vet but she said no teeth problems and everything looks good. We even got an X-ray and nothing popped up. I’m wondering if it’s depression or could it be another underlying issue? I wash the water bottles every other day too. I’ve attached a photo of his poops from this morning. I’m not sure what the white stuff is or if it is just dust from somewhere.
He has also been put on pain medication and Emeraid Emergency. Thank you.