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hi,
I took in a guinea pig in dec. He was very underweight at 1lb 8oz hes been seen by my vet who couldnt find anything wrong with him and wanted me to get some weight on him before he would do any tests because the vet felt he was quite week and didnt want to put him under any stress and i couldnt really tell him what the pigs symptoms were because id only had him a day. I have also spoke to vedra at the cct and got some advice. When he first arrived he would sit in the corner of his cage balled up and rocking alot of the time his coat didnt look good and his nails were very weak they would split and bleed. He is now alot brighter and runs up to the cage to greet you when you walk in the room makes a racket for veg and will eat out of my hand his coat is looking good and his nails are alot stronger but I'm really struggling to get weight on him. Hes 1lb 12oz at the moment and has been for a week. Apart from being underweight he seems very healthy, he has no trouble eating and running around with his brother and he looks so much better to what he did a few weeks ago. Will it just take time for him to put weight on or could the fact hes eating but stopped putting weight on be a sign of illness?
thanks joe
I took in a guinea pig in dec. He was very underweight at 1lb 8oz hes been seen by my vet who couldnt find anything wrong with him and wanted me to get some weight on him before he would do any tests because the vet felt he was quite week and didnt want to put him under any stress and i couldnt really tell him what the pigs symptoms were because id only had him a day. I have also spoke to vedra at the cct and got some advice. When he first arrived he would sit in the corner of his cage balled up and rocking alot of the time his coat didnt look good and his nails were very weak they would split and bleed. He is now alot brighter and runs up to the cage to greet you when you walk in the room makes a racket for veg and will eat out of my hand his coat is looking good and his nails are alot stronger but I'm really struggling to get weight on him. Hes 1lb 12oz at the moment and has been for a week. Apart from being underweight he seems very healthy, he has no trouble eating and running around with his brother and he looks so much better to what he did a few weeks ago. Will it just take time for him to put weight on or could the fact hes eating but stopped putting weight on be a sign of illness?
thanks joe