Sarahsazzle
Junior Guinea Pig
I posted a could of weeks ago I had 2 guinea pigs one died before Christmas so about 3 weeks ago I decided to get a friend for my current guinea pig. The friend was quiet slim and once she arrived here things got worse and worse she had an eye infection which turned into a uri and infected my other guinea pig who started with the eye thing. Had a week of baytril and probiotics for both and hand feeding recovery food to the New Guinea pig. We where doing so well symptoms gone antibiotics finished and the new piggy was more interested in food, then on Thursday night she had dreadful diarrhoea even though she had the probiotic and had finished the antibiotics. Unfortunately Friday she was completely off all food before when I syringe fed her she would eat wot I out in her mouth Friday she wouldn't and I was scared to put stuff in incase she choked or aspirated, then very sadly, 3 weeks after we got her, yesterday afternoon, she died on my lap! It's too sad I felt like I did everything. My poor other guinea pig was squeaking madly when she died this is twice in a short time we have been through the death of a guinea pig. Not my other guinea pig is starting with the symptoms of sore eyes again.
I still have some baytril left should I start giving her this again, it seems to work before have some pro c as well as I have ran out of biolapis. I also have fucithalmic eye drops left which I have out in her eye.
Cannot understand how this has happened I'm obviously doing something wrong with these guinea pigs, I've had 2 for over 3 years with no problems! I definitely can't bring myself to get another guinea pig for ginger biscuit it's too stressful. I also work 12 hour shifts so it's not been easy fitting in feeding and medication etc! This is such a shame I wanted to help by adopting a rescue pig but just made it worse!
I still have some baytril left should I start giving her this again, it seems to work before have some pro c as well as I have ran out of biolapis. I also have fucithalmic eye drops left which I have out in her eye.
Cannot understand how this has happened I'm obviously doing something wrong with these guinea pigs, I've had 2 for over 3 years with no problems! I definitely can't bring myself to get another guinea pig for ginger biscuit it's too stressful. I also work 12 hour shifts so it's not been easy fitting in feeding and medication etc! This is such a shame I wanted to help by adopting a rescue pig but just made it worse!
