Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
Lottie still isn't eating much. 2wks ago, on the vets scales she was 697g on 1st March she was 666g. Today on mine she's 644g.
I was syringe feeding her up until the 1st but have stopped incase i'm filling her up, leaving her not wanting her veggies etc.
She will eat some but not it all & will now eat forage exel & does eat a tiny bit of dry food but not enough.
The vet suspects it is her teeth & thinks they're growing down into her jawbone. She said i cannot syringe feed her forever & that she
could do an x-ray but because Lottie's weight's fluctuating so much she's more at risk. She said if her suspicions are right Lottie will have to be pts because nothing can be done. I told the vet i wanted to wait to see how she was when she had a friend (praying her lack of appetite is because she's lonely) & have an app Monday to give my decision; to have the x-ray or not.
Can piggy teeth grow downwards? Can her teeth be removed if they are? Would she be visibly in pain if this were the case?
She's on metatone still & has half of a 60mg Vitamin C tablet a day.
The only difference i've noticed is that she now eats with a side to side motion of her bottom jaw.
She shows no symptoms of anything else.
I really don't know what to do, have the x-ray & pray she comes thru the anaesthetic (anaesthetics scare me) or just leave her & see how she does but i'm scared she'll starve to death.
I was syringe feeding her up until the 1st but have stopped incase i'm filling her up, leaving her not wanting her veggies etc.
She will eat some but not it all & will now eat forage exel & does eat a tiny bit of dry food but not enough.
The vet suspects it is her teeth & thinks they're growing down into her jawbone. She said i cannot syringe feed her forever & that she
could do an x-ray but because Lottie's weight's fluctuating so much she's more at risk. She said if her suspicions are right Lottie will have to be pts because nothing can be done. I told the vet i wanted to wait to see how she was when she had a friend (praying her lack of appetite is because she's lonely) & have an app Monday to give my decision; to have the x-ray or not.
Can piggy teeth grow downwards? Can her teeth be removed if they are? Would she be visibly in pain if this were the case?
She's on metatone still & has half of a 60mg Vitamin C tablet a day.
The only difference i've noticed is that she now eats with a side to side motion of her bottom jaw.
She shows no symptoms of anything else.
I really don't know what to do, have the x-ray & pray she comes thru the anaesthetic (anaesthetics scare me) or just leave her & see how she does but i'm scared she'll starve to death.