Hello all, I am new to using this so I'm not sure on where to e posting but I'm assuming I'm in the right topic!
I got two piggies for my birthday - September 2014, up until late December they've been absolutely fine, no problems whatsoever. Just over two weeks ago we realised they weren't eating properly, just picking at their pellets every now and then, but they were eating weird too, asif they had no teeth! They haven't really took a fancy to their hay either, which is bad...they always don't seem to be walking properly, it's as if they hop rather than scatter.
We took them to the vets last Saturday / January 10th and the vet wasn't sure on what the problem was either, she said it was a mystery.. Everything else was fine. No problems appearance wise, she sent us home with some metacam and a sachet of critical care, they've been having 0.1ml of metacam every evening since the 10th, and a little bit of critical care aswell as pellets and a different fruit/vegetable alongside, nothing has changed with them..still exactly the same problem, still barely eating and walking weird, a couple hours ago when I gave them their medicine I noticed one of them had a wet chin which went down to his chest, but the other one is fine. I've wiped the wetness with warm water and it seemed to turn the cloth a browny/green sort of colour, not sure what it is :S
Their mouths don't close completely but not sure if that's just guinea pigs in general? And whether or not you can feel where their jaws end under their ears.
They were born September 12th but I got them late October so they're still little babies:/
If anyone knows what it sounds like or could be or had this problem yourself please help, thank you
I got two piggies for my birthday - September 2014, up until late December they've been absolutely fine, no problems whatsoever. Just over two weeks ago we realised they weren't eating properly, just picking at their pellets every now and then, but they were eating weird too, asif they had no teeth! They haven't really took a fancy to their hay either, which is bad...they always don't seem to be walking properly, it's as if they hop rather than scatter.
We took them to the vets last Saturday / January 10th and the vet wasn't sure on what the problem was either, she said it was a mystery.. Everything else was fine. No problems appearance wise, she sent us home with some metacam and a sachet of critical care, they've been having 0.1ml of metacam every evening since the 10th, and a little bit of critical care aswell as pellets and a different fruit/vegetable alongside, nothing has changed with them..still exactly the same problem, still barely eating and walking weird, a couple hours ago when I gave them their medicine I noticed one of them had a wet chin which went down to his chest, but the other one is fine. I've wiped the wetness with warm water and it seemed to turn the cloth a browny/green sort of colour, not sure what it is :S
Their mouths don't close completely but not sure if that's just guinea pigs in general? And whether or not you can feel where their jaws end under their ears.
They were born September 12th but I got them late October so they're still little babies:/
If anyone knows what it sounds like or could be or had this problem yourself please help, thank you