pain relief

  1. M

    end of life palliative care

    In this post I only want suggestions for palliative care. My 6 year old guinea pig, Maddie, is dying of a mammary gland tumor. It's big enough that there is no question of what it is. In Maryland it is illegal to get Metacam/Vivlodex/ Mobic/ Comfort Pac-Meloxicam without a vet seeing the pet...
  2. Lazw

    Senior piggy going bald!

    Hello everyone, My lovely 5 year old piggy bramble had a small (5p coin sized) bald patch on her back and after looking closely I could see the skin was flaking a little, but nothing particularly obvious. I suspected ringworm so I treated both bramble and her cage mate with xeno ivermectin, and...
  3. Beliboskop

    Arthrocam pain relief - confused about dosage

    Hi there, my vet gave me Arthrocam instead of Metacam today (because they had run out of Metacam). He made me sign a form saying I understand that Arthrocam is unlicensed in the UK. This doesn't sit well with me but I did it anyway so that my piggy would have pain relief. I'm concerned about the...
  4. 1011Elizabeth

    Bloat Not eat and poop for 4 days

    Hello, My Elizabeth is a 3.5 years-old girl. She started to have a lower appetite and fewer poops from Sunday and stopped pooping on Monday at noon (later, only two poops during the afternoon). We got medication of meloxicam, metoclopramide syrup, and vitamin C on Tuesday morning and...
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