longtimelurker51
Junior Guinea Pig
hi all, it’s me again. the last time i posted on here, i was in completely different state than i am now - pipi had about three or four dentals done by june, has not ate hay from february to june, but then we got an entirely different kind of hay and he went crazy over it. i almost cried out of joy every time i looked at him and he was nibbling on his hay.
well, five weeks passed and it was beginning of july and i mistakenly thought his drop in appetite was due to the heat. it was his teeth again and he got another trim but didn’t start eating hay after that one. after two weeks have passed, he started being more selective again with his pellets but ate dandelions and clover just fine. i called the vet that thursday but they could only take us in on monday. he remained vocal, ate on his own and i was support feeding him with the syringe. on monday, he had a bunch of ulcers and left side was particularly bad.
the vet said she fears how this will progress. well, tomorrow it will be two weeks since that trim and yesterday he again stopped eating as many pellets.
on friday i went out, and he didn’t eat much pellets throughout the day while i was gone but when i came back, his hay pile was smaller. within two hours he ate half of his pellet bowl. and then yesterday he became selective again and his chin was slightly wet although that could be from him drinking water because it dried up.
anyway, he was 749 grams in late june. and then a day before his trim he was 884 grams. the vet weighed him in at 849 grams two weeks ago. he stayed at around that weight, i weighed him four days ago and it was the same weight but yesterday he was 808 grams. i immediately began syringe feeding.
i know pellets are not ideal but they are science selective hay based pellets. he is otherwise healthy. it’s just that the trims are becoming closer and closer together and we haven’t done an x-ray yet. he poops well, he eats well and a lot for a period of time, he is social and incredibly vocal - on friday when i came home, i heard him wheeking from across the house.
he is 2 and a half years old. as i mentioned we lost his brother last july due to overgrown teeth and complications because we haven’t noticed quickly enough. pipi was perfectly fine until february of this year. my vet is not optimistic at all. i was holding myself together until that trim two weeks ago, where i just broke down and sobbed for two hours. same thing happened yesterday night and this morning. it’s absolutely destroying me mentally and i don’t know what to do and when to do it.
should i consider euthanasia considering he doesn’t get back to eating hay usually after the trim? also we went from three or four weeks down to barely two weeks
. he is my darling boy but he is so incredibly shy, he is petrified at the vet. he is otherwise healthy so the anaesthesia isn’t an issue (it’s how the vets do it here in slovenia). he had an ulcer or even multiple for the past three or four trims. i hate seeing him in pain and being distressed and me and my vet both lost hope that this would resolve. she started writing “the next trim should be done in no more than 4 weeks” on his medical bills under the diagnosis and it may sound silly but i feel like death each time i read that.
any and all advice or thoughts would be appreciated </3 here is a pic of my gorgeous boy
well, five weeks passed and it was beginning of july and i mistakenly thought his drop in appetite was due to the heat. it was his teeth again and he got another trim but didn’t start eating hay after that one. after two weeks have passed, he started being more selective again with his pellets but ate dandelions and clover just fine. i called the vet that thursday but they could only take us in on monday. he remained vocal, ate on his own and i was support feeding him with the syringe. on monday, he had a bunch of ulcers and left side was particularly bad.
the vet said she fears how this will progress. well, tomorrow it will be two weeks since that trim and yesterday he again stopped eating as many pellets.
on friday i went out, and he didn’t eat much pellets throughout the day while i was gone but when i came back, his hay pile was smaller. within two hours he ate half of his pellet bowl. and then yesterday he became selective again and his chin was slightly wet although that could be from him drinking water because it dried up.
anyway, he was 749 grams in late june. and then a day before his trim he was 884 grams. the vet weighed him in at 849 grams two weeks ago. he stayed at around that weight, i weighed him four days ago and it was the same weight but yesterday he was 808 grams. i immediately began syringe feeding.
i know pellets are not ideal but they are science selective hay based pellets. he is otherwise healthy. it’s just that the trims are becoming closer and closer together and we haven’t done an x-ray yet. he poops well, he eats well and a lot for a period of time, he is social and incredibly vocal - on friday when i came home, i heard him wheeking from across the house.
he is 2 and a half years old. as i mentioned we lost his brother last july due to overgrown teeth and complications because we haven’t noticed quickly enough. pipi was perfectly fine until february of this year. my vet is not optimistic at all. i was holding myself together until that trim two weeks ago, where i just broke down and sobbed for two hours. same thing happened yesterday night and this morning. it’s absolutely destroying me mentally and i don’t know what to do and when to do it.
should i consider euthanasia considering he doesn’t get back to eating hay usually after the trim? also we went from three or four weeks down to barely two weeks
. he is my darling boy but he is so incredibly shy, he is petrified at the vet. he is otherwise healthy so the anaesthesia isn’t an issue (it’s how the vets do it here in slovenia). he had an ulcer or even multiple for the past three or four trims. i hate seeing him in pain and being distressed and me and my vet both lost hope that this would resolve. she started writing “the next trim should be done in no more than 4 weeks” on his medical bills under the diagnosis and it may sound silly but i feel like death each time i read that.any and all advice or thoughts would be appreciated
</3 here is a pic of my gorgeous boy
i can’t remember when was the last time i felt like this or if i ever felt like this, i’ve chosen to let a few animals go but it was always something that clearly gave us a sign it’s the end. i still partially cling onto hope that if we do one more trim, maybe he’d magically start eating hay again. even if we got to the point of having to do a trim every four weeks, i’d be ecstatic.
But how lovely that you have new piggies to help mend your broken heart 