Betsy
Anniversary Herd
When I went to get the piggies up this morning, Christian didn't want his dandelion leaves which was very unusual. I went to put him in the run and he was hidden underneath the hay (again unusual) and he also let me pick him up and not play his usual game of "catch me if you can". I thought all this very odd and out of character for him. When I put him in the run, he squealed in pain and was dragging at least one leg behind him. I immediately phoned my vets and got him an emergency appointment. As soon as I got to the vets I saw lovely vet Sarah who gave him a thorough examination and he has somehow damaged the top of his pelvis. He has full range of movement in his legs and his feet can grip. She said she couldn't feel a fracture but it might be there. Hopefully it's just bruised. He was fine yesterday. I have cat metacam for him (not happy about that but since it is now licenced for guinea pigs apparently they can't have dog metacam anymore - believe me I did question this) at 0.41ml today as an initial dose then 0.21ml once a day thereafter for 7 days. He is on the max dose for Emeprid at 1ml 3 times a day and also max dose of Ranitidine at 0.34mls twice a day as she is worried he will go into gut stasis. I have SS Recovery Plus to syringe feed him too and he has just taken 13.5ml of that so I guess he was hungry. He is now in the hospital cage half heartedly munching on hay . There is a bit of Recovery Plus in there as well as pellets and water. I have to take him back tomorrow to and if he is no better it's X Ray time to see if he has a fracture. If he has it'll most probably be forever sleep time.
Well impressed with my vets! From time of phoning to time of being seen by the vet was 25mins and that was mainly travel time!
Well impressed with my vets! From time of phoning to time of being seen by the vet was 25mins and that was mainly travel time!