beccalovar
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all. My piggie is nearly 7. For about 2 months he had a bad chest infection, he was given baytril and metacam. It didnt work so we switched to Sulfatrim. That didnt work.
2 weeks ago it turned to pneumonia. He was out on furusomide and switched to Baytril again. The furusomide got upped to half a tablet twice a day. He got better, and put weight back on. He was also put on gabapentin 1ml x2 a day.
I noticed the last 2 days he's wheezing a lot again. So I took him to the vet and the pneumonia is back and he lost all the weight he gained.
She told me she's so sorry, and that there's no other antibiotic she thinks would be ethical to give him cause the side effects can be severe. She charged me nothing and told me to just go home and enjoy the weekend with him. I'm heart broken.
Is there ANYTHING I can do? I've fed him critical care, he's eating and drinking perfectly fine. He hates the critical care so I'm gonna try a teaspoon of oats a day to see if that helps him get chunky again cause I know the more weight the more likely he can fight this.
I also was wondering, when should I get him put to sleep cause I know it'll come to that. What should I look out for to know it's time? He's not wheezing 24/7, but he's tired. Doesn't do much in his cage but eat. He's very clingy and just wants snuggles. I know his time is coming, I just don't want regrets of putting him to sleep too early, or thinking he suffered more than he should of.
Any advice is welcome. Thank you x
2 weeks ago it turned to pneumonia. He was out on furusomide and switched to Baytril again. The furusomide got upped to half a tablet twice a day. He got better, and put weight back on. He was also put on gabapentin 1ml x2 a day.
I noticed the last 2 days he's wheezing a lot again. So I took him to the vet and the pneumonia is back and he lost all the weight he gained.
She told me she's so sorry, and that there's no other antibiotic she thinks would be ethical to give him cause the side effects can be severe. She charged me nothing and told me to just go home and enjoy the weekend with him. I'm heart broken.
Is there ANYTHING I can do? I've fed him critical care, he's eating and drinking perfectly fine. He hates the critical care so I'm gonna try a teaspoon of oats a day to see if that helps him get chunky again cause I know the more weight the more likely he can fight this.
I also was wondering, when should I get him put to sleep cause I know it'll come to that. What should I look out for to know it's time? He's not wheezing 24/7, but he's tired. Doesn't do much in his cage but eat. He's very clingy and just wants snuggles. I know his time is coming, I just don't want regrets of putting him to sleep too early, or thinking he suffered more than he should of.
Any advice is welcome. Thank you x