Hi! I’m new to this forum and I thought I’d join and ask a question as I’ve been trying to get an answer everywhere!
I’ve got 2 guinea pigs they’re both roughly 4 years old. They’re indoor guinea pigs but about 3 weeks ago I’ve let them outside and I believe they’ve eaten too much grass because when I took them home they both had very big bellies. At first I thought they’ve over eaten and didn’t think much about it, but after a week of nothing happening I called the VET. They booked me an appointment for the following Saturday which was a week later. When I went to the appointment I was told they don’t specialise in Guinea pigs and I shouldn’t have been booked an appointment. I’ve called several different vets but all I get is as long as their bellies are soft they’re eating fine drinking fine and pooping just observe.
Now at first I thought it was a bloat with their bellies getting so big. However their bellies are very soft and squishy they’ve expanded on both sides it’s like they have little balls attaches to their sides. They don’t seem to be in pain they let me touch them and squeeze them and massage them and they’re not bothered. They’re only eating hay and some nuggets at the moment. I’ve been giving them gripe water since Monday and yesterday evening I’ve started giving them simeticone as well, but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Because I am worried sick about them, vets won’t really see them because they’re not emergency and they don’t specialise in Guinea pigs (the only thing a vet prescribed me was emeprid but that is also finished). They’re eating, drinking and pooping normal and have been for the past 3 weeks. I don’t really know what to do or even if I should be doing anything at all. Does anyone have any clue what this could be?
Thank you in advance for response and sorry for the long message
I’ve got 2 guinea pigs they’re both roughly 4 years old. They’re indoor guinea pigs but about 3 weeks ago I’ve let them outside and I believe they’ve eaten too much grass because when I took them home they both had very big bellies. At first I thought they’ve over eaten and didn’t think much about it, but after a week of nothing happening I called the VET. They booked me an appointment for the following Saturday which was a week later. When I went to the appointment I was told they don’t specialise in Guinea pigs and I shouldn’t have been booked an appointment. I’ve called several different vets but all I get is as long as their bellies are soft they’re eating fine drinking fine and pooping just observe.
Now at first I thought it was a bloat with their bellies getting so big. However their bellies are very soft and squishy they’ve expanded on both sides it’s like they have little balls attaches to their sides. They don’t seem to be in pain they let me touch them and squeeze them and massage them and they’re not bothered. They’re only eating hay and some nuggets at the moment. I’ve been giving them gripe water since Monday and yesterday evening I’ve started giving them simeticone as well, but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Because I am worried sick about them, vets won’t really see them because they’re not emergency and they don’t specialise in Guinea pigs (the only thing a vet prescribed me was emeprid but that is also finished). They’re eating, drinking and pooping normal and have been for the past 3 weeks. I don’t really know what to do or even if I should be doing anything at all. Does anyone have any clue what this could be?
Thank you in advance for response and sorry for the long message
