Incredipigs
Teenage Guinea Pig
So had a bad week,
Last weekend I lost one of my piggies, Lacey. She was absolutely fine in the evening and the next morning she was almost lifeless and had very bad diarrhea, which she didn't have the night before. We brought her inside and kept her warm, syringe fed her mushy pellets and water, booked her in at the vets. But she suddenly passed away about 15 mins before her appointment. I was heartbroken.
Then yesterday I was at a party til about 9pm, I got home and went out to feed the pigs, I put there food in and my oldest piggie Maddie was sitting with her feet on my knee, I stroked her head, slightly unusual but I didn't think anything of it so I put her next to the food and she was eating fine, I did a quick pig count and noticed one was missing (usually one of the babies hides in the run so again, thought nothing of it) Went into the run and I could see this white thing in the middle of the run, at first I though it was this guinea pig teddy that for some reason ended up in the run, I was looking at it for a minute and picked it up only to realise it was one of my little white fluffy rescue babies, Petal. I rushed her inside and put her on a heat pad because she was cold but she was already doing the running thing. I sat up till 1 in the morning massaging her little heart but eventually I had to stop. I have absolutely no idea what happened, she was fine in the morning when I checked them. She had no diarrhea or anything. I was again heartbroken and couldn't believe I'd lost two piggies very unexpectedly in a week.
Went out this morning to check them and Maddie had died. It was so sad cause I feel like she was trying to tell me last night. Like Petal she had no diarrhea, they both looked healthy, were both a healthy weight. No idea what happened. 3 piggies in a week.
Gave them all a health check and with today and noticed baby Disney has ringworm so brought her inside away from the other guineas and going to give them all a bath tomorrow. Really hoping it doesn't spread through the whole herd like it did last summer.
A very bad week
Last weekend I lost one of my piggies, Lacey. She was absolutely fine in the evening and the next morning she was almost lifeless and had very bad diarrhea, which she didn't have the night before. We brought her inside and kept her warm, syringe fed her mushy pellets and water, booked her in at the vets. But she suddenly passed away about 15 mins before her appointment. I was heartbroken.
Then yesterday I was at a party til about 9pm, I got home and went out to feed the pigs, I put there food in and my oldest piggie Maddie was sitting with her feet on my knee, I stroked her head, slightly unusual but I didn't think anything of it so I put her next to the food and she was eating fine, I did a quick pig count and noticed one was missing (usually one of the babies hides in the run so again, thought nothing of it) Went into the run and I could see this white thing in the middle of the run, at first I though it was this guinea pig teddy that for some reason ended up in the run, I was looking at it for a minute and picked it up only to realise it was one of my little white fluffy rescue babies, Petal. I rushed her inside and put her on a heat pad because she was cold but she was already doing the running thing. I sat up till 1 in the morning massaging her little heart but eventually I had to stop. I have absolutely no idea what happened, she was fine in the morning when I checked them. She had no diarrhea or anything. I was again heartbroken and couldn't believe I'd lost two piggies very unexpectedly in a week.
Went out this morning to check them and Maddie had died. It was so sad cause I feel like she was trying to tell me last night. Like Petal she had no diarrhea, they both looked healthy, were both a healthy weight. No idea what happened. 3 piggies in a week.
Gave them all a health check and with today and noticed baby Disney has ringworm so brought her inside away from the other guineas and going to give them all a bath tomorrow. Really hoping it doesn't spread through the whole herd like it did last summer.
A very bad week
