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Mary have you tried her in a neutral area and see if she can negotiate her way? would not like to be cruel to her but thought this might help :-\
all our love to you and our darling little zoe :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

Zoe my little friend i hope you feel good soon, please eat all your food up it will make you big and strong to play with Jessie O0 Enjoy your night sleep well and loves from me your friend Dukey :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
 
am not sure if it is zoe's eyes or ears, it just seems that when we walk past or talk to her it's like she hasn't seen or heard us and she jumps. mind you when candy and frosty chirp she can hear that as she rattles at them :o :o :o have not seen her walk into anything but then her sense of smell might be helping her. with her red eyes it is hard to tell. will keep a close watch on her and see how she goes and glynis will try her as you said somewhere that she is not use too and see how she goes. :smitten: :smitten:
:smitten: thanks again for all your concern. O0 she is in the lounge room and she is currently drinkly 60-80mls of water is this due to the heater or her kidneys? or should i check the bottle? will keep you posted and thanks again :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
Thanks again for all your help with honey, hope Zoe gets better soon, You could try checking your bottle because I no when its hot my water bottles seem to drip more, but then again I could be imagining it 98)

:smitten: Get well soon Zoe :smitten:
 
She might be drinking more because she is in a warm room plus the weather is starting to get warmer.
 
i wrote to the vet in UK as i wasn't happy with a blood test with blood taking from zoe's neck or not giving her water for 24 hours and getting a urine sample. but looks like zoe might be getting a blood test after all as here is the vets reply.
I am sorry to hear that she is again unwell- I usually try to test the kidneys via a blood sample not the easiest in this little species, some people get blood via clipping a claw too short but i dont find this often yields enough, jugular samples are the best , but as they are awkward to position without distress for the animal, I often give a 'little wiff ' of gaseous anaesthetic before attempting it. good luck Anne Taylor
does any one know if there is medication zoe could go on if she were to have kidney's not working properly or if she was a diabetic? thanks again and sending hugs :smitten:
 
I'm sorry but I don't know of any. There is information about a lady who has 2 diabetic guineas on www.guinealynx.com As you can tell I find this site very useful. Hope things go well at the vets and please let us know what happens. Thinking of you xx
 
Poor Zoe - and you! My guinea pig Daisy has drunk loads ever since I had her apparently without causing any problems. Sorry I can't help on the kidney testing front, but I hope all goes well.

Thinking of you all :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
as you know zoe has been drinking a lot of water 60-120mls a day so i asked kirsten about a blood test which she said for piggies gets done from the jugular vein. and because zoe is so laid back kirsten wants to try and get the blood test without sedation as she feels this will hamper the test.
i not worried about the test i am more worried about the pain, stress zoe would be going through to get this blood from her. so i emailed dr taylor in UK who said she always gases her piggies a little to get the blood, i forwarded dr taylor's email to kirsten who wrote back and said she still wants to try it without sedation.
i have booked zoe in for 11.20am south australian time tomorrow and i can tell you i am worried about this test and the affect it will have on zoe to see if she has kidney problems or diabeties.
surely there is someway to convince kirsten for zoe's sake gassing her is best. zoe still has clean bottoms now for 3 months and i am slowly adding things in the last 6 weeks have added cucumber as her poops were yellow and dry, then 2 weeks later stopped cucumber and added silverbeet, and now have added celery leaf and a teeny tiny bit of bok choy.
i won't be adding anything else for a while as i don't want to upset her tummy again. she has put on weight and is now 955grams the heaviest she has been since the surgery in january, she will be getting weighed again tomorrow. will keep you posted.
 
Good news that Zoe is at her heaviest since Janurary. I don't know what to say about the blood test without anesthetic I'm sorry. Hope the vet manages to take blood with too much pain/stress and let us know how you get on xx
 
i am writing this whilst worried about zoe, i don't think she liked the jabs and needles that were used on her. firstly kirsten did sedate zoe who is taking a long time to fully come out of it and she is cold to the touch. :'( :'( :'(
kirsten tried a few times to get blood from zoe's jugular vein but found there was too much soft tissue in zoe's neck, so she tried zoe's hind legs ands managed to get a swab and then she tried zoe's front legs but couldn't get a vein. zoe has also lost 20grams in a month. so no blood was taken except the swab to do a blood count. kirsten believes zoe is over weight at 9.35grams and strongly believes zoe could be diabetic. so she wants me to make zoe forage for her food to help her lose weight. as you know kirsten is doing a course on guinea pigs and rodents so she will ask on the forum there is anyone can help inregards to zoe and how to get a blood test.
so i have put zoe through all this stress for nothing, she wants me to cut down on pellets and hay and to watch zoe's weight. i just want zoe to shake of the affects of ths sedation. will keep you posted, not feeling well with this damn cold so am going to catch so sleep. will keep everyone posted.
 
Hi Mary,

Just wrote a message in reply to your pm,but it would not go through as you inbox is full!.
 
the reason kirsten wants us to put zoe on a diet is because she is not doing any exercise, if we have her out she just sits there and looks at us saying well you put me down you pick me up. i have no idea how active a 4 year old piggy should be, but zoe has never been active. i would hate for kirsten to see jessie as she is over 1100grams little pot belly like her mum. kirsten wants zoe to work for her food, which we have treid in the past and never worked. she is slowly coming round from that sedation, whilst she too ages coming out of the sedation, i am glad she had it as poor little zoe has about 8 needle marks on her where they tried to get blood, even with a catehter (sp) so kirsten is going to check on the forum of the syney uni where she is doing that course on line, also to ask carol a lady who works in the nairne surgery who used to work in the UK, and she is also going to get helen to relook at zoe's scan films she keeps on hard disc and see what kidneys were like in january. she also wants another urine sample but for now zoe is keeping it to herself. kirsten believes zoe is drinking lots of water due to diabeties, liver disease, tumour,hormonal to name some. she is 95% sure it is not kidney disease or renal failure. will have to wait till kirsten has done some research, where they tried to get the blood i have to start massaging tomorrow to stop it was stiffening up.
all in all the vet is happy for zoe to eat what ever she she likes but she wants zoe to be active which the only activity zoe is doing now is eating. even jessie drinks whilst laying down. anyway will keep you posted, sending hugs
mary.
maryh inbox is empty, zoe is now 935grams lost 20grams in 3 weeks.
 
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