Cinnamon
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone,
I’m struggling a lot at the moment. My boy, Alvin who’s 8 1/2 is very ill. The vets suspect it is renal failure/disease as this often occurs in elderly piggies but obviously can’t do blood work to rule this out as he is so old etc. He’s been having vitamin c injections as I could see scurvy was starting from him not eating properly and he brightened up a lot after the initial injection. I’ve been syringe feeding him critical care every few hours and trying to keep his gut moving. He’s been eating on his own also, but not enough to sustain him. All of a sudden today he’s start regurgitating his food, I have no idea why but even with water he’s doing it. You hear a gurgle then all of a sudden he’s regurgitating. It’s been going on for a few hours now and I’m worried he’s going to be extremely dehydrated and hungry. He stopped for a few minutes and then I thought okay it’s stopped and tried to give him water but it started again. My vets are closed now and we have to wait till the morning to see anyone. I’m wondering what I can do in the mean time and if there’s anything I can do to help this. His teeth are fine as I know this can cause issues (I’ve had my fair share with my other piggies). Please anyone help.. I’m so desperate and I hate watching him be in so much pain.. the next step could be for him to be put to sleep but I’m just so torn.
I’m struggling a lot at the moment. My boy, Alvin who’s 8 1/2 is very ill. The vets suspect it is renal failure/disease as this often occurs in elderly piggies but obviously can’t do blood work to rule this out as he is so old etc. He’s been having vitamin c injections as I could see scurvy was starting from him not eating properly and he brightened up a lot after the initial injection. I’ve been syringe feeding him critical care every few hours and trying to keep his gut moving. He’s been eating on his own also, but not enough to sustain him. All of a sudden today he’s start regurgitating his food, I have no idea why but even with water he’s doing it. You hear a gurgle then all of a sudden he’s regurgitating. It’s been going on for a few hours now and I’m worried he’s going to be extremely dehydrated and hungry. He stopped for a few minutes and then I thought okay it’s stopped and tried to give him water but it started again. My vets are closed now and we have to wait till the morning to see anyone. I’m wondering what I can do in the mean time and if there’s anything I can do to help this. His teeth are fine as I know this can cause issues (I’ve had my fair share with my other piggies). Please anyone help.. I’m so desperate and I hate watching him be in so much pain.. the next step could be for him to be put to sleep but I’m just so torn.