valsie
Junior Guinea Pig
My 5yr old male guinea pig Treacle had dental treatment under GA on Tuesday this week. He has a few mouth/teeth problems but the vet is very good and trying his best for him. He is very underweight and weighs in today at 725g, he has lost a lot of weight over the last few months.
Anyway, he was sent home with Loxicom (painkiller) and Co-Trimoxazole (antibiotic). He’s been doing well, eating veggies, hay and I’m supplementing him with Critical Care several times a day. I have been mixing oats and grated sweet potato in with the CC to try and get him to put some weight on and he has put on 25g since Tuesday.
Today he’s got diarrhea, and I wondered if it could be the antibiotic causing it and whether I should stop giving it to him. He’s been eating quite a bit of veg (lettuce, parsley, spinach, tomato, carrot, celery, cucumber). I won’t give him any more veg today and until the diarrhea clears up. I’m not too sure how much hay he’s eating and I have seen him in the hay box but he shares the room (indoor piggies) with another piggy so it’s difficult to gauge who’s eating the hay.
I’ve rang the vets this afternoon but unfortunately Treacle’s vet is not working until Monday now.
Any thought/advice would be greatly appreciated....I’m worried that having the diarrhea will make him drop weight again .
Anyway, he was sent home with Loxicom (painkiller) and Co-Trimoxazole (antibiotic). He’s been doing well, eating veggies, hay and I’m supplementing him with Critical Care several times a day. I have been mixing oats and grated sweet potato in with the CC to try and get him to put some weight on and he has put on 25g since Tuesday.
Today he’s got diarrhea, and I wondered if it could be the antibiotic causing it and whether I should stop giving it to him. He’s been eating quite a bit of veg (lettuce, parsley, spinach, tomato, carrot, celery, cucumber). I won’t give him any more veg today and until the diarrhea clears up. I’m not too sure how much hay he’s eating and I have seen him in the hay box but he shares the room (indoor piggies) with another piggy so it’s difficult to gauge who’s eating the hay.
I’ve rang the vets this afternoon but unfortunately Treacle’s vet is not working until Monday now.
Any thought/advice would be greatly appreciated....I’m worried that having the diarrhea will make him drop weight again .