has anyoen any experience of this?
rolo started to go down hill yesterday afternoon, he was rather lathargic, and wasnt coming over to try get my attention for food. his eyes were half closed, and i suspected a respiritory infection.
i spoke to out of hours who werent much use atall just said to check pooping (which he was) and taking fluids.
i spent teh night up with him giving ensuring he was taking wtaer every few hours. and found a vet 60 miel from us who opens on a sunday.
so we are just back from Barnsley, where spent £58 on two injections, some ferplex (or name similar to taht its a paste with nutrients in) and five days worth of baytril which he starts on tommorrow (his jabs contained antibiotics today to get it straight into his blood stream).
it turns out he had a respiritory infection as i'd figured, and that as he isnt eating he's just starting with stasis (having rabbits i was already aware of teh risk of thsi which is why i wanted to get him toa good vet asap rather than wait to see mine Monday).thankfully duie to my preceverence he isnt dehydrated.
anyway i now have to give him thsi paste three times a day until i have got him eating again. just wondered if anyones used it before, and how they tempted their guinea back onto food?
i've been told that i should see a big improvement in teh next 24-48 horus and if not to contacted my own vet to take him in. fingers crossed we do. if he is fine after his five days baytril i can take him off it and he shoudl be alright from there.
rolo started to go down hill yesterday afternoon, he was rather lathargic, and wasnt coming over to try get my attention for food. his eyes were half closed, and i suspected a respiritory infection.
i spoke to out of hours who werent much use atall just said to check pooping (which he was) and taking fluids.
i spent teh night up with him giving ensuring he was taking wtaer every few hours. and found a vet 60 miel from us who opens on a sunday.
so we are just back from Barnsley, where spent £58 on two injections, some ferplex (or name similar to taht its a paste with nutrients in) and five days worth of baytril which he starts on tommorrow (his jabs contained antibiotics today to get it straight into his blood stream).
it turns out he had a respiritory infection as i'd figured, and that as he isnt eating he's just starting with stasis (having rabbits i was already aware of teh risk of thsi which is why i wanted to get him toa good vet asap rather than wait to see mine Monday).thankfully duie to my preceverence he isnt dehydrated.
anyway i now have to give him thsi paste three times a day until i have got him eating again. just wondered if anyones used it before, and how they tempted their guinea back onto food?
i've been told that i should see a big improvement in teh next 24-48 horus and if not to contacted my own vet to take him in. fingers crossed we do. if he is fine after his five days baytril i can take him off it and he shoudl be alright from there.