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SarahCavie
hey there,
it's been a while since I posted on this forum. Last time I posted it was two years ago and my new piggy was making strange noises which turned out not to be strange at all. Now its today and my guinea pig Robbie appears to be finally giving in.
He got a bladder stone about a month ago, though we didn't realise until he's been on antibiotics for two weeks. We took him in for surgery, and my heroic stepfather has been syringe feeding him every three hours for weeks now because he won't eat, but although he perked up a bit he's been going downhill this week quite badly. This evening he refused to get up, or fend off our other guinea pig, and he started twitching a few hours ago. We think he has kidney problems.
We're pretty sure that he's not going to live through this one, as once you start twitching it is the beginning of the end, and he's in pain, so if he makes it through the night he'll be taking a one-way trip to the vet's in the morning.
I just wanted to ask if anyone had any advice on how to make him as comfortable as possible.
it's been a while since I posted on this forum. Last time I posted it was two years ago and my new piggy was making strange noises which turned out not to be strange at all. Now its today and my guinea pig Robbie appears to be finally giving in.
He got a bladder stone about a month ago, though we didn't realise until he's been on antibiotics for two weeks. We took him in for surgery, and my heroic stepfather has been syringe feeding him every three hours for weeks now because he won't eat, but although he perked up a bit he's been going downhill this week quite badly. This evening he refused to get up, or fend off our other guinea pig, and he started twitching a few hours ago. We think he has kidney problems.
We're pretty sure that he's not going to live through this one, as once you start twitching it is the beginning of the end, and he's in pain, so if he makes it through the night he'll be taking a one-way trip to the vet's in the morning.
I just wanted to ask if anyone had any advice on how to make him as comfortable as possible.