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disorenitation and not eating

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Hi i'm posting this out of curiosity for myself. my MIL had to p.t.s her guinea pig there last week. he was just over 6 years of age. thing is i wished she had contacted me before hand so i could have researched for her, as vets over here can be pretty clueless.
cooper looked disoreintated, unable to walk properly and wouldn't eat. i'm curious to see what you's think. all the vets did was clip is teeth even though they where okay. what could have happened to him?

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Lindsay
 
Welcome to the forum, Lindsay. I am sorry your MIL lost her piggie, 6 was a good age.

Just based on what you describe, his symptoms sound fairly typical of a stroke, although at his age his body may have been slowing down for some time. Looking further into things, there may be other possible explanations.

Do you know if your MIL noticed any problems prior to the onset of these symptoms? When did the vet clip his teeth - and was he given a general anesthetic for the procedure? Could you list a timsescale of when his symptoms began, when his teeth were clipped and when he was PTS?

I lived in Northern Ireland for a while, the vets weren't terrible (the same as the majority of vets seem to be) but only one single vet was actually fairly good with piggies and willing to try and to learn. Sadly I never got his name, but he worked at Glenburn Surgery in Crumlin.
 
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thankyou laura for your reply. she couldn't talk about it much but from what i gathered it was all of a sudden his syptoms as cooper lived in with them and she had a daily routine with him, she just came in and found him wobbly and couldn't find his food and wasn't interested in the food. i think thats when they took him to the vets. i really don't think he was giving anthestic for the clipping of the teeth and wasn't given any pain relief. i'm really not sure how long they kept him till they took him back to the vets to pts. this was all within the week and i only found out on the friday. it's a real shame as she declared she wasn't having any more after him, he was just that special to her.
 
Bless her, I can understand how difficult it must be for her. Everyone deals with their grief differently, maybe she will change her mind as times goes on and she will feel able to continue keeping guineas.

One of my own pigs developed very much the same symptoms. He had been ill for nine months with a kidney tumour, but one day at the end of March 2008 he appeared very unstable on his legs, disorientated and, despite trying to tempt him with his favourite foods and to syringe-feed him, he was unable to swallow. It was suspected to be a stroke as the onset of his symptoms was very sudden, overnight.
 
aw thats so sad. she misses him greatly, the house will be empty for them both. thankyou very much for your advice again for greatly appreciated.
 
Aw, thats such a shame, I remember you telling me about your MIL Piggy poor wee sole, I really do hate when our wee friends leave us, but 6 is a very good age!

She may change her mind about piggies once she comes to terms with her loss xx.
 
I am so sorry for your MIL's loss - I don't think there was a lot that could have been done (although I think that the vet didn't have much of a clue).

Your MIL did all the right things; I hope that she will find it in her heart to give a special rescue piggy a loving home again at some point in the future!
 
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