Hi looking for some advice after what has been a terrible week. Last Wednesday we noticed one of our girls bloated. We quickly took her to our local vet who prescribed emeprid and the bloat slowly subsided. By Saturday we were noticing some strange behaviour and she was obviously in pain. Pressing herself into the corner and chewing the bars. We took her back to the vet on Sunday who prescribed pain med and tried to send her home saying she was brighter. Much to our dismay she clearly wasn't right so she stayed in the vets Sunday and we got a referral to an exotic vet Monday. We just got her home tonight and whilst the exotic vet said it was touch and go that she was looking a lot brighter. She had a seizure whilst in care and whilst she doesn't seem in pain she has taken herself of to a corner and isn't interested in much right now. Should I just be grateful she seems comfortable and how long before I worry. Its she likely out of sorts due to being away? Her companion seems happy to see her but she isn't bothered. Worried.
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I can’t offer any advice but wanted to assure you of my support.
I’m sorry to hear this.
Is she still on any meds?
If so, what and what dosages?
Is she eating?
Please do switch from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weigh her daily. Step in with syringe feeding if she is not eating and therefore not maintaining her weight.
Digestive Disorders: Not Eating - Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement)
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Is she still on any meds?
If so, what and what dosages?
Is she eating?
Please do switch from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weigh her daily. Step in with syringe feeding if she is not eating and therefore not maintaining her weight.
Digestive Disorders: Not Eating - Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement)
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
Hi she's got tons of meds. The vet said she was eating but she's not interested at home yet. She's on metacam 0.95mls x2 daily. Baytril .38mls x1 daily. Vetmedin 0.16mls x2 daily and frusol 0.4mls x2 daily.
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That’s a good idea. Offer her regularly and see if you can get 60ml into her in a 24 hour period (you do need to sleep). I hope she starts to perk up soon. Keep going
Wheekallweek
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Glad to hear she is eating a bit on her own 
Free Ranger
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This is Louise:
This time last year Louise got bloat. It's the first time any of my pigs have had it so it caught us by surprise. She's a mighty floof with a big fat appetite and I blamed gorging on the new turf I'd laid in the back garden. This year I've not gotten round to it yet (we're shady so it dies off) and she was having the same meadow grass everyone has had every day and what do you know - last weekend she bloated up again. She also got a sharp little thorn in her eye so we had to see the vet for both things at once, poor girl. Now I think for her it must be the spring weather making the grass rich. My other two pigs were fine but she felt like a gassy barrel. The rest of the year she's been absolutely fine.
I treated the bloat the same way both times. Removing veg and grass from her diet so she only got pellets and hay. Using metacam to control the pain twice a day. Using emeprid twice a day to keep the gut moving. Giving syringe food to push that gas through (they don't burp it up like we might) and mixing in a little poop soup from my boy who's impaction at least means we get caecotrophs on demand(!) Louise fortunately likes the Critical Care food we buy in so despite her belly ache she's been hungry for that. Giving her warm surfaces to lie on/next to and gentle massage with an electric toothbrush handle if she'd take it. Trying to encourage a bit of movement by not putting her back in the cage but nearby so she had to walk to it. Last year she stopped eating completely and it was touch and go but by the third day she was well on the mend. This year it's not been so bad as she still has her appetite but it's taken all week for her sides to soften up and we're not out of the woods yet. Partly my fault for not picking through the cage every time the others had veggies (she was removed to another room so she didn't cry) so although she's bottom pig she's found scraps to hoover up, and this may well have prolonged things.
Sometimes bloat is a symptom of some other illness but in our case it's just been rich spring grass and a sensitive tum. I'd be making poop soup from my boy again but he's on antibiotics so it'd be no good. If your girl has some other health issue it at least helps if you can keep an eye on her bloating as painful trapped wind is no fun for anyone. I hope you can identify any underlying issues x
This time last year Louise got bloat. It's the first time any of my pigs have had it so it caught us by surprise. She's a mighty floof with a big fat appetite and I blamed gorging on the new turf I'd laid in the back garden. This year I've not gotten round to it yet (we're shady so it dies off) and she was having the same meadow grass everyone has had every day and what do you know - last weekend she bloated up again. She also got a sharp little thorn in her eye so we had to see the vet for both things at once, poor girl. Now I think for her it must be the spring weather making the grass rich. My other two pigs were fine but she felt like a gassy barrel. The rest of the year she's been absolutely fine.
I treated the bloat the same way both times. Removing veg and grass from her diet so she only got pellets and hay. Using metacam to control the pain twice a day. Using emeprid twice a day to keep the gut moving. Giving syringe food to push that gas through (they don't burp it up like we might) and mixing in a little poop soup from my boy who's impaction at least means we get caecotrophs on demand(!) Louise fortunately likes the Critical Care food we buy in so despite her belly ache she's been hungry for that. Giving her warm surfaces to lie on/next to and gentle massage with an electric toothbrush handle if she'd take it. Trying to encourage a bit of movement by not putting her back in the cage but nearby so she had to walk to it. Last year she stopped eating completely and it was touch and go but by the third day she was well on the mend. This year it's not been so bad as she still has her appetite but it's taken all week for her sides to soften up and we're not out of the woods yet. Partly my fault for not picking through the cage every time the others had veggies (she was removed to another room so she didn't cry) so although she's bottom pig she's found scraps to hoover up, and this may well have prolonged things.
Sometimes bloat is a symptom of some other illness but in our case it's just been rich spring grass and a sensitive tum. I'd be making poop soup from my boy again but he's on antibiotics so it'd be no good. If your girl has some other health issue it at least helps if you can keep an eye on her bloating as painful trapped wind is no fun for anyone. I hope you can identify any underlying issues x
I think there has been some underlying problems and not just bloat. Fingers crossed she's on the mend. I don't think she can see but that won't matter to me. She has a good friend to help guide. Winnie (Ginger) is the poorly one Willie is her companion. She's been trying some hay today for the first time in days.
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Sorry you're having troubles, my fingers are crossed too she gets better soon.
They are absolutely gorgeous
