biscandmatt
Senior Guinea Pig
wednesday - took ches to the vets because he had a bloated tum and gas. he passed the gas, his tum de-bloated but when i felt it i could feel a lump and all around it was swollen. the vet checked him and said it was in the stomach area, right in the middle of his underneath, but they couldn't be sure what it was as it could be the stomach area, spleen, other things etc. he said it was fairly big and hard rough edges. it wasn't smooth like most non-problematic lumps. ches was eating slower but still eating. he had normal gut sounds and was pooping, weeing and drinking normally. he was booked to have xrays on friday morning. he was put on metacam and marbocyl. the vet wanted him on a high metacam dose which makes me think he knew he would be in alot of pain? the lump was tender to touch for him.
wednesday - he was eating bits but not enough so i began syringe feeding him recovery food and water. and also his meds. he took them fine for the first couple of feeds but through the night he didn't seem to want them. i have syringe fed him before and did it the same this time, and tried to make sure he was swallowing aswell, but i few times it seemed like he was having trouble swallowing anything. he wouldn't eat anything at this point. he refused his favourite foods. once or twice he went to eat them, but when his lips touched the food, he pulled away from it. at this point he was resting alot in the cage, and wouldn't move from the spot he was in, although when i put the carrier in, he ran and got in it so he could move. he seemed a little wheezy almost the last syringe feed, but not alot. like tiny puffs of air out of his nose.
thursday - when i got up i could hear a very loud crackling noise from the cage and got ches out. again, he got into the carrier and on my knee i could hear loud wheezing and loud crackling. when i listened to his chest it was crackling and clicking very loudly. he was unsteady on his feet when back in the cage,. we immediately rang the vets and rushed him in. he sounded quieter by this point and in the vets he looked fairly bright, just sounded a bit wheezy.
the vets said later on that he was taking syringe feeds well and his gut sounds were good, he must have been nibbling bits of food at home and with them aswell. he was still pooping etc. they said he was not maintaining his temperature very well but they had managed to rectify that and he was now nice and warm and snuggled up with maisie. they said he was doing ok. the vet had checked him and he seemed to be doing well, the lump and swelling was still there, but ches was comfortable and they wanted to keep him in overnight for xrays the next morning as already planned. they were hopeful he would begin eating more and more on his own.
not long after the vet rang to say that on his checks he noticed ches was breathing alot louder and the crackling was very loud. he was on the verge of collapse so they gave him pain relief and something to make him comfortable and transferred him to an incubator. he was very cold again. by the time they moved him to the incubator, he had passed away. the vet said he thinks it was a tumour in chesneys stomach region - either the stomach or somewhere else in that area. he thinks this because it had already grown more overnight and he thinks it affected chesneys lungs and breathing etc. he was also doing a choking noise, kind of looking like he was heaving, like pushing his throat forward and his body. that was aswell as the crackling. he passed quickly. he was doing well and then just was gone.
what i want to know is - do you think the vets are right in thinking it was more than likely a tumour? and that is why his breathing was affected?
i am thinking i might have caused him to get fluid in his lungs maybe with syringe feeding. they didn't think so but would they tell me if they did, you know. i don't know if this is my fault 8...8...8...
how does their body normally shut down? i have read that they all seem to get some funny breathing at the end? but i don't know. 8...
wednesday - he was eating bits but not enough so i began syringe feeding him recovery food and water. and also his meds. he took them fine for the first couple of feeds but through the night he didn't seem to want them. i have syringe fed him before and did it the same this time, and tried to make sure he was swallowing aswell, but i few times it seemed like he was having trouble swallowing anything. he wouldn't eat anything at this point. he refused his favourite foods. once or twice he went to eat them, but when his lips touched the food, he pulled away from it. at this point he was resting alot in the cage, and wouldn't move from the spot he was in, although when i put the carrier in, he ran and got in it so he could move. he seemed a little wheezy almost the last syringe feed, but not alot. like tiny puffs of air out of his nose.
thursday - when i got up i could hear a very loud crackling noise from the cage and got ches out. again, he got into the carrier and on my knee i could hear loud wheezing and loud crackling. when i listened to his chest it was crackling and clicking very loudly. he was unsteady on his feet when back in the cage,. we immediately rang the vets and rushed him in. he sounded quieter by this point and in the vets he looked fairly bright, just sounded a bit wheezy.
the vets said later on that he was taking syringe feeds well and his gut sounds were good, he must have been nibbling bits of food at home and with them aswell. he was still pooping etc. they said he was not maintaining his temperature very well but they had managed to rectify that and he was now nice and warm and snuggled up with maisie. they said he was doing ok. the vet had checked him and he seemed to be doing well, the lump and swelling was still there, but ches was comfortable and they wanted to keep him in overnight for xrays the next morning as already planned. they were hopeful he would begin eating more and more on his own.
not long after the vet rang to say that on his checks he noticed ches was breathing alot louder and the crackling was very loud. he was on the verge of collapse so they gave him pain relief and something to make him comfortable and transferred him to an incubator. he was very cold again. by the time they moved him to the incubator, he had passed away. the vet said he thinks it was a tumour in chesneys stomach region - either the stomach or somewhere else in that area. he thinks this because it had already grown more overnight and he thinks it affected chesneys lungs and breathing etc. he was also doing a choking noise, kind of looking like he was heaving, like pushing his throat forward and his body. that was aswell as the crackling. he passed quickly. he was doing well and then just was gone.
what i want to know is - do you think the vets are right in thinking it was more than likely a tumour? and that is why his breathing was affected?
i am thinking i might have caused him to get fluid in his lungs maybe with syringe feeding. they didn't think so but would they tell me if they did, you know. i don't know if this is my fault 8...8...8...
how does their body normally shut down? i have read that they all seem to get some funny breathing at the end? but i don't know. 8...
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