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richardg
My guinea pig is really sick, I have done a lot of reading on the web,but I will keep looking for as much info and help as I can get.
purchased approx. 5 weeks ago, my pig is female, not eating and only drinking a special drink givin by the vet to stop her getting dehydrated, she has wattery stools, which are really smelly, we went to the vet yesterday as she had not eaten in 24 hours and was sitting all puffed up, some websites have suggested feeding her through a syringe but the vet said not to give her any food, today she seems worse, starting to look a little emaciated, my question really is should I try force feed her, or wait till I see the vet again tomorrow.
At the moment she is getting a drink approx 1-2 mls every hour by syringe into the mouth, this drink is to help her not get dehydrated, but the lack of food really concerns me,
Any advice would be greatly accepted, this is our first guinea pig, apparently the shop we purchased her from had given us hamster food,this must have contributed to her getting sick, we found out 10 days ago and we changed her food to a guinea pig food.
purchased approx. 5 weeks ago, my pig is female, not eating and only drinking a special drink givin by the vet to stop her getting dehydrated, she has wattery stools, which are really smelly, we went to the vet yesterday as she had not eaten in 24 hours and was sitting all puffed up, some websites have suggested feeding her through a syringe but the vet said not to give her any food, today she seems worse, starting to look a little emaciated, my question really is should I try force feed her, or wait till I see the vet again tomorrow.
At the moment she is getting a drink approx 1-2 mls every hour by syringe into the mouth, this drink is to help her not get dehydrated, but the lack of food really concerns me,
Any advice would be greatly accepted, this is our first guinea pig, apparently the shop we purchased her from had given us hamster food,this must have contributed to her getting sick, we found out 10 days ago and we changed her food to a guinea pig food.