pain managment

Hi all, hoping someone can help me with a Metacam dose calculation for my guinea pig. She's an unspayed female, almost 3 years old and weighing 962g, and presented on Saturday (11/04/2026) with sudden onset hind limb paresis and back spasm. Seen out of hours by our vet who has documented...

Last night I attended a UK Vets webinar about caring for elderly guinea pigs and there was some information that could prove very helpful when taking your pigs to see a vet so I thought I would share on here, it explains there are as many guinea pigs kept as pets in the UK as there are horses...

I hope it’s ok if I skip the usual care rundown since he’s terminal and I’ve done everything I can, I have been struggling so horribly with this because my grandma is also dying and one of our dogs has cancer as well. Going to start by saying Pumba is 7 1/2 years old and had a massive bladder...

Hello everyone, My wife and I's precious little girl (lovingly named Mouse), has developed a serious issue this past week. Starting two Sundays ago, we noticed that she had some pained vocalizing while peeing and pooping. She was also leaving behind an awful lot of bladder sludge out of...

Hello all, My guinea pig fluffy was just diagnosed with Arthritis two days ago 😭He is about 5.5 years old. He has it in his spine and knees and it’s painful enough that he’s not walking. The vet prescribed Meloxicam for pain relief but he’s still crying when I pick him up to clean his poop. I...