Drunk Guinea Pig - Head Tilt

[matthewhassell]

Hi, I adopted my black Guinea Pig about 3 years ago, from day one he had a slight head tilt.

I was away on holiday a few weeks ago and when I came back he was fine then a few days after I noticed he was sleeping a lot

He wasn't drinking much water and had stopped eating his nuggets, I kept a close eye on him and after a few days he was drinking and eating again but only green veg.

I have read up about them getting ear infections which can cause an imbalance but he was always looked slightly off balance from day one so I was used to him looking like that.

I was looking around in my area for a Cavy vet but there doesn't seem to be any around here. I am worried about taking him to my local vet as I had a Pig in the past that had problems and the medicine they gave him turned out to be a cat painkiller which resulted in him having to be put down, they claimed they had no previous experience with Guinea Pigs and worked with what they had.

Its since been a few weeks but when I get him out he looks happy in himself but he's running round as if he is drunk

I also own 4 other male pigs, they all live separately in different hutches as they don't get on and they have all been fine

Here's a link for a video I have just took

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
Matthew

 

[piggyme234]

Whereabouts are you? Perhaps someone could suggest a good vet near you. Loxicom/metacam is a cat painkiller which is regularly used in guinea pigs with no ill effects, was it this that you were given previously? It is definitely best to find a vet who knows what they are on about.