Doragon
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi guys; I need some advice for my oldest Guinea Pig, Cookie. She's about 3. Long haired.
Cookie got sick at the start of this year, the vets never g
found out what it was but they thought it was a urine infection; as Cookie stopped eating and her back end was all sore. That cleared up; but Cookie lost a lot of weight and has never really been able to get it back.
I was away over the bank holiday weekend and left the guineas in the care of my nan; who has always done an outstanding job. However, went out to see Cookie this morning (didn't have a chance last night to see them as we got home very late) and Cookie's fur seems...well, greasy and matted in places; I picked her up to feel her a lot skinnier than she was when I left. She's still really squeaky and no sign of bum trouble! She was demanding food and gobbling down the second I set it down.
Asked my nan what they had been fed while I was away and she fed them their usual hay and nuggets; carrots, parsnips and cauliflower
I was was going to try and get her to the vet tomorrow; I had to leave to go to college but I was going to give her a bath later to see if I could work out what was wrong and maybe start her on some critical care I have; just to give her a boost until I could get her to the vet.
Any ideas on what this might be? I did have another Guinea Pig called Cream from Cookie's litter; they were mixed breed and had something wrong; as Cream died suddenly last year; so I'm wondering if part of this could be down to poor breeding? Smudge; the other Guinea Pig with Cookie seems completely fine; but I'm keeping a really close eye on her too.
Thanks.
Cookie got sick at the start of this year, the vets never g
found out what it was but they thought it was a urine infection; as Cookie stopped eating and her back end was all sore. That cleared up; but Cookie lost a lot of weight and has never really been able to get it back.
I was away over the bank holiday weekend and left the guineas in the care of my nan; who has always done an outstanding job. However, went out to see Cookie this morning (didn't have a chance last night to see them as we got home very late) and Cookie's fur seems...well, greasy and matted in places; I picked her up to feel her a lot skinnier than she was when I left. She's still really squeaky and no sign of bum trouble! She was demanding food and gobbling down the second I set it down.
Asked my nan what they had been fed while I was away and she fed them their usual hay and nuggets; carrots, parsnips and cauliflower
I was was going to try and get her to the vet tomorrow; I had to leave to go to college but I was going to give her a bath later to see if I could work out what was wrong and maybe start her on some critical care I have; just to give her a boost until I could get her to the vet.
Any ideas on what this might be? I did have another Guinea Pig called Cream from Cookie's litter; they were mixed breed and had something wrong; as Cream died suddenly last year; so I'm wondering if part of this could be down to poor breeding? Smudge; the other Guinea Pig with Cookie seems completely fine; but I'm keeping a really close eye on her too.
Thanks.
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