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Emergency! Lost 150grams in week/not eating on own. Choking-like behaviour
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Yes, molar scaling under anesthesia, and if any other dental (ie tooth removal due to abcess, though hopefully that's not likely). The risk seems very great for someone 6 3/4 yrs and only in the 800's (grams) for weight. With the front tooth trimmed and possibly a fractured front tooth as she mentioned, am not sure if molar overgrowth would be the only reason he isn't eating on his own, but who knows.
She also stated that we would not be able to have him eat before his surgery, due to possibility of aspiration pneumonia (she said while they technically do not vomit, piggies who have been syringe-fed before visits have extra fluid in stomach which can go into lungs while under procedure, though piggies eating on their own can eat up until the surgery). That's good to know, though my main concern all along has been gut shut-down and bloat due to not having enough in the stomach/intestines consistently or over a period of time.
She also stated that we would not be able to have him eat before his surgery, due to possibility of aspiration pneumonia (she said while they technically do not vomit, piggies who have been syringe-fed before visits have extra fluid in stomach which can go into lungs while under procedure, though piggies eating on their own can eat up until the surgery). That's good to know, though my main concern all along has been gut shut-down and bloat due to not having enough in the stomach/intestines consistently or over a period of time.
Also, she looked at the areas of hair loss below eyes and thought perhaps due to eye fluids sticking to hair and him pulling hairs out while cleaning himself. i'd mentioned, though, that i've watched him clean and have not seen sticky drainage, so didn't feel was the case, but that i've seen the hair/skin attached seem to come off in patches (and you can look at the skin and usually see one or two tiny patches that appear to be scaling off in little clumps...that wouldn't be the case if it were fluids stuck to hair, i don't think, am i correct? it sounds more like something affecting the skin tissue?).
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Oh, this poor guinea pig, I hope he is much better soon. My first thought about the eyes after seeing the pix is that he has rubbed them while he has been rubbing his mouth trying to ease his problem. I feel so bad for him; I will pray for him to recover quickly. "All creatures great and small. . . ."
You know, I've been watching him closely, nearly every moment while he's awake, and I've not seen him pay any particular attn to his eyes for some reason, other than his usual wash session which lasts all of 1-2mins or so and covers head, chest, sides a bit. Also, there hadn't been any significant drainage, otherwise looking normal (though within the right eyelid there was a line of surface blood toward the part of lid that meets the white of the eye...that was unusual, and not sure if related to the hair loss outside the eye.
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