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bailey's unresponsive lying in the cage and not moving much but still alive and breathing and warm taking him to the eVet now when bf finally gets here - help help help?!
 
I would suspect, even from that short list of symptoms, a heart problem.
 
thought heart/stroke too, so haven't put anything into him.
Keeping him warm till we can go, body temperature has started to cool (heart failure? woudln't his breathing be more laboured?)

got something to discuss w/ vet when we get there soon. Can't do anything to help him here.
 
Just got back from the vet. Bailey is still there in intensive care.

there isn't an emoticon strong enough to express how sad and worried I am.
 
Oh Emma, what a terrible shock and worry for you. I hope the vets have managed to help him and he's doing ok this morning.
 
Oh Emma, I just saw this and so sorry to hear about Bailey. Warm thoughts from me and healing wheeks from Griff and Celyn. Hugs to you as well.
 
Sending my strongest vibes to Bailey and you! You must be beside yourself with worry and dread!

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He's still alive and they think I'll be able to pick him up about 5; if they call beforehand then it'll be because I have to make a decision.
 
Thinking of you and Bailey. Hope the phone doesn't ring.
 
If he is on his way out just consider letting him die at home in peace and comfort. In the vast majority of deaths the end is a gradual, pain free fading. Any discomfort can be dealt with by a pain-killer.
 
Hope you get your little man back and hope he is feeling better for some tlc, thinking of you!
 
Bailey got home just before 6; the vet said he was showing promising improvement and that it was good he'd survived the night but that she wasn't sure the extend of the damage done from the stroke.

Bailey's been here for around four hours now. I let my pigs out for floor/free range time and kept Bailey near the fire in a "Hospital box" just in case something happened.

I'm not sure if Mimic running in and out of the livingroom has stimulated him into wanting to walk, but after Mimic came toward Bailey then dashed off Bailey began to make an effort to co-ordinate himself and has started walking around by himself.

I followed them to find Bailey sitting in the cage drinking from a water spout.
Bloody guinea pigs.
 
SO PLEASED!!

It's wonderful and so unexpected - it didn't sound good so that's brilliant news.

Give him a big kiss from me
 
I'm so glad Bailey is home & is showing signs of improvement. Fingers crossed for him xx
ps I think Bailey is from the same group of rescue piggies as my Max so he sends healing wheeks too xx
 
Pompy - Bailey may well have beaten your Max up :)

A lot of this is for my future reference as well as to say what happened from what I've been told. A lot of this is Chinese Whispers.

I'm so happy, but now he's out of my sight I keep expecting to go through and find him unwell in the cage again.

I wonder if guinea pigs are more likely to get better with their own around them to encourage them - perhaps we've got it wrong and being with a piggy companion is beneficial?!

It took around 3-4 hours before Bailey did get up, but in that time Mimic was constantly running around and making little Mimic noises... or perhaps now is just the time when he became well enough to get better.

Thankfully Bailey doesn't seem to be showing any signs of permanent damage from his alleged stroke. The vet told me he'd been given antibiotics because they had no idea why he was so limp and thought he was going to die so "seemed to fill him with everything that could make him better" - I wish they hadn't done that and had given him medication with a direction but they don't want to send him away with any medication that isn't necessary.

At the vet he apparently began walking in circles which concerned them but it *seems* to have corrected itself or healed enough that he can co-ordinate himself any better. What the vet seemed certain about is that this is likely to happen again.

Poor old man.
 
So glad Bailey responded to treatment. From my basic (human) first aid training it does sound like a stroke, let's hope the damage is minimal. Only got to say hello to him on the drive up to Glasgow but he is a lovely wee guy! Winks & Pablo sending wheeks of encouragement. xx
 
I'm so glad to hear Bailey is improved - I was ever so worried about him, like he was my own pig. It is a shame the vets just applied a "lets throw everything at him and see what happens" attiude. But something worked (even if it was his own resilience) and thank god for that.

I wonder if it would be worth putting him on something like asprin (or a herbal alternative) as a blood thinner to prevent the risks of stroke? I don't know how this would work. If you like, I can always call up Dan and see what he thinks.
 
Susie, that would be great if you could call Dan to see what he thinks. I have personally never heard anything that could be used as a preventative in guinea pigs. He is on the Potters Tabritis tablets so whatever was prescribed should, preferably, not be affected by them.

BAILEY!
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I'm planning on pestering him tomorrow with the camera... for some reason whenever one of my pigs becomes unwell I seem to want to take pigtures of them, like that'll increase their chances of survival.. maybe I just want more to remember them by.
 
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