jazzabean11
New Born Pup
My guinea pig has been poorly for a week and a half now. Please see the timeline below. What do you think? We are aware seeing an exotics vet would be best but they are very few and far between where we live so we’re looking for some opinions online in the meantime before we can get him to one.
26/6 - on general weigh in he was low weight and we watched him eat. He was eating funnily - only on the right side of his mouth and when we looked at his teeth they were wonky. (See photo 2)
Later in the day we also noticed he was looking wonky when standing as well but it wasn’t for long so we didn’t think much of it initially. (See photo 1)
Took him to our local vets and they couldn’t see anything in his mouth that would obviously have caused the wonky teeth. Said to do 3 days of Metacam and to see if he improves. To syringe feed as well and to get his teeth shaved as well as they wouldn’t even out on their own naturally.
2/7 - got his teeth shaved (see photo 3)
Continued syringe feeding. He was eating vegetables during the whole syringe feeding period and a little dry food but no water or hay that we saw.
7/7 - we tried giving him a day to see what he’d eat on his own as he was showing more energy. He ate hay for the first time in a while. Maintained weight.
8/7 - noticed he was wonky the other way, and much worse. He can straighten his head but it slowly swings back to the wonky position. This time it is to his right. (See photos 4-6) He is more unstable on his feet and if scrambling when being put back in the cage he falls to his side. He is not walking in circles though.
His right eye looks bulgy but he has always looked more “bug eyed” than our other guinea pigs so it’s hard to say to what extent it is worse. But we have not noticed any eye flickering.
He is currently eating grass we picked for the cage but not much else.
26/6 - on general weigh in he was low weight and we watched him eat. He was eating funnily - only on the right side of his mouth and when we looked at his teeth they were wonky. (See photo 2)
Later in the day we also noticed he was looking wonky when standing as well but it wasn’t for long so we didn’t think much of it initially. (See photo 1)
Took him to our local vets and they couldn’t see anything in his mouth that would obviously have caused the wonky teeth. Said to do 3 days of Metacam and to see if he improves. To syringe feed as well and to get his teeth shaved as well as they wouldn’t even out on their own naturally.
2/7 - got his teeth shaved (see photo 3)
Continued syringe feeding. He was eating vegetables during the whole syringe feeding period and a little dry food but no water or hay that we saw.
7/7 - we tried giving him a day to see what he’d eat on his own as he was showing more energy. He ate hay for the first time in a while. Maintained weight.
8/7 - noticed he was wonky the other way, and much worse. He can straighten his head but it slowly swings back to the wonky position. This time it is to his right. (See photos 4-6) He is more unstable on his feet and if scrambling when being put back in the cage he falls to his side. He is not walking in circles though.
His right eye looks bulgy but he has always looked more “bug eyed” than our other guinea pigs so it’s hard to say to what extent it is worse. But we have not noticed any eye flickering.
He is currently eating grass we picked for the cage but not much else.
