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I have a very sick 3.5 year old fixed male guniea pig.
He has been a fat, healthy happy pig untile recently. I have feed him guinea pig pellets, timothy hay, romaine lettuce, banana peelss and green peppers daily. and a few days a week alfalfa.
Approximately, two weeks ago I noticed he had lost some weight but was still a very healthy weight.
The next day I had to leave town for 5 days. (I had my grandmother come over to feed him and my other guniea pig while I was gone and she said they were both eating as much as usual). When I returned home I noticed the he was favoring his back left leg and had lost a tremendous amount of weight.
The next day I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with scurvy. I started the vet recommended vitamin C supplement and bought him red peppers and Parsely to increase his dietary vitamin C intake to approximtelt 50 -75 mg per day. After 3 days of this treatment he lost more weight (although his appetite was good) and got noticeably worse. He got to where he was unable to sit up and he could only lay on his side. I called two vetys and they had no reccommendations.
I search the internet for help and found Peter Gurneys site. My pig's symptoms were similar to sudden paralysis and Anaemia i.e. - He can't sit up, he is very underweight, week, and he can only lay on his side. He still wants to eat and has overall a good appetite. He occasionally shakes or has tremors and has almost no use of his back legs (he can more them - though they appear to be too week or to painful to support him).
Two days ago I started the calcium regiment of 30 mg twice a day and an iron regiment of 1 mg a day to help the paralysis and anaemia, respectively.
In addition in order to combat his weight loss I prepared a slurry of guinea pig pellets, water and a small amount of honey to supplement his diet by force feeding him (he eats the foods he likes but he isn't eating his pellets).
Now he appears to be having a seizure. We have called another vet and they reccommended putting pressure above his eyes in order to help relieve the seizure but has said if the seizure doesn't stop soon he will die.
Please can anyone give me advice.
He has been a fat, healthy happy pig untile recently. I have feed him guinea pig pellets, timothy hay, romaine lettuce, banana peelss and green peppers daily. and a few days a week alfalfa.
Approximately, two weeks ago I noticed he had lost some weight but was still a very healthy weight.
The next day I had to leave town for 5 days. (I had my grandmother come over to feed him and my other guniea pig while I was gone and she said they were both eating as much as usual). When I returned home I noticed the he was favoring his back left leg and had lost a tremendous amount of weight.
The next day I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with scurvy. I started the vet recommended vitamin C supplement and bought him red peppers and Parsely to increase his dietary vitamin C intake to approximtelt 50 -75 mg per day. After 3 days of this treatment he lost more weight (although his appetite was good) and got noticeably worse. He got to where he was unable to sit up and he could only lay on his side. I called two vetys and they had no reccommendations.
I search the internet for help and found Peter Gurneys site. My pig's symptoms were similar to sudden paralysis and Anaemia i.e. - He can't sit up, he is very underweight, week, and he can only lay on his side. He still wants to eat and has overall a good appetite. He occasionally shakes or has tremors and has almost no use of his back legs (he can more them - though they appear to be too week or to painful to support him).
Two days ago I started the calcium regiment of 30 mg twice a day and an iron regiment of 1 mg a day to help the paralysis and anaemia, respectively.
In addition in order to combat his weight loss I prepared a slurry of guinea pig pellets, water and a small amount of honey to supplement his diet by force feeding him (he eats the foods he likes but he isn't eating his pellets).
Now he appears to be having a seizure. We have called another vet and they reccommended putting pressure above his eyes in order to help relieve the seizure but has said if the seizure doesn't stop soon he will die.
Please can anyone give me advice.
