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Poor Fred, thats gotta be sore. What a place to get it :( Hope it heals up soon. Lots of love to him x
 
Fred seriously?

I think Fred would really like to have a never ending medical thread bless him. Last night, he didn't seem to want to eat his Coriander. I watched him eat some hay and some green leaf vegetables, I've put video's of Fred on this weekend he didn't appear to have any eating problem's.

Fred has been the humping the girl's a lot and this does tend to be a warning that all is not as it seems, Fred hasn't lost any weight but he did refuse his veggies this morning, although he is still eating tiny amount's of hay not enough, his tummy felt quite bloated and his back end gave the impression his output is runny. I didn't have much time to check him over as I had to leave for work, I've never felt so guilty for just leaving him. I called the vet and explained I'm at work so unable to give any supportive care, thankfully my vet are very good and I have arranged for him to stay with them all day and I will pick him up in the evening. I always panic when they get unwell, as I know time can be very limited with illnesses.
 
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Oh gosh poor Fred. Lets hope the vets can get to the bottom of this and he will be able to eat again.
 
Oh no Fred! Hope you can find out what is causing it Jo. Love to your little man x x
 
He's very bloated, he's coming home soon. His stool's are sloppy, the vet says he has very mild spur's but he doesn't think that's the problem and can't give him seatives as his guts aren't working to great. Fred can't have his teeth done without sedatives as he's to highly stung and puts up a huge struggle even when towel wrapped. We're going with TLC and gut stimulant's for the next few days, if he doesn't improve we'll need to do further test's.

No idea, what's going on. It came on so quickly but Fred has been known to have a very sensitive gut in the past so hopefully something's just knocked his system.
 
Poor thing. He must be prone to bloat as he is so sensitive. I really hope he improves soon.
 
Fred's certainly heading in the right direction, he's on infacol, metacam and cisapride. I'm feeding him little and often, so glad the vet's looked after him today I doubt he'd be this perky otherwise. X
 
How is fred today Jo? Can't beleive he's bloaty again :(

Love to him x
 
I'm at work just now, he wasn't great. His poo's are tiny but he is still eating hay which is good. I can't understand what's going on with him in my experience with Bloat there has always been a reason however if he manages to get over this quickly, I'll put it down to a 'one off'. Fred had years of being healthy, I guess they can't be healthy forever. He's certainly made up for those blissful 3 years, where he rarely got ill.
 
Poor Fred :( and poor you. You never get a break it seems Jo.

It took us a while to work out Treacy-Bums bloat... We had to go back to the drawing board on food and feed her seperately to Cookie to find out what was causing the issue, there were some strange ones like Coriander in there.... I would suggest a food diary so you can see what he ate the meal before and the day before the episode. It may mean a few days of feeding 2 types of food before trying another to make sure that nothing is setting him off.

Off the top of my head Treacy's bloat foods were: Cabbages, Brocoli, Green Beans, Coriander, Celery Leaves

Maybe worth thinking about long term Metachlopromide and Zantac dosing. This helped Treacle and decreased the episodes.

Hugs to you and love to Fred x
 
That's interesting as the day before his bloat episode, I'd gave him Coriander he never usually gets this, it's an occasional treat. Perhaps that's a trigger. He hasn't been bad with Bloat until this year and I do believe it's necause of all the abs he was on well fighting his last 2 infections.

Did Treacle get sloppy poo's well her guts where returning back to normal? I just hope he doesn't have anything sinister lurking that we aren't aware of.
 
That's interesting as the day before his bloat episode, I'd gave him Coriander he never usually gets this, it's an occasional treat. Perhaps that's a trigger. He hasn't been bad with Bloat until this year and I do believe it's necause of all the abs he was on well fighting his last 2 infections.

Did Treacle get sloppy poo's well her guts where returning back to normal? I just hope he doesn't have anything sinister lurking that we aren't aware of.
 
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That's interesting as the day before his bloat episode, I'd gave him Coriander he never usually gets this, it's an occasional treat. Perhaps that's a trigger. He hasn't been bad with Bloat until this year and I do believe it's necause of all the abs he was on well fighting his last 2 infections.

Did Treacle get sloppy poo's well her guts where returning back to normal? I just hope he doesn't have anything sinister lurking that we aren't aware of.
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Yes, the sloppy poo's where a sign of the gut kicking back in after the bloat Rosie told us....

She was then put on Emeprid x 2 a day up to 3 if needed. This was fine until the other month when we started Zantac as well, but as you know other things where happening to her body by then. I can't praise the metachlopromide and Zantac combination enough though.
 
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Yes, the sloppy poo's where a sign of the gut kicking back in after the bloat Rosie told us....

She was then put on Emeprid x 2 a day up to 3 if needed. This was fine until the other month when we started Zantac as well, but as you know other things where happening to her body by then. I can't praise the metachlopromide and Zantac combination enough though.
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That's really interesting, the day Fred's bloat episode began I fed him Coriander as a treat it's not something he normally gets I wonder if that's the culprit! Bless Fred hasn't suffered from bloat before this year, I think it's because of all the recent infections he's had going on his little guts just completely shot now, and way more sensitive!
 
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Yes, the sloppy poo's where a sign of the gut kicking back in after the bloat Rosie told us....

She was then put on Emeprid x 2 a day up to 3 if needed. This was fine until the other month when we started Zantac as well, but as you know other things where happening to her body by then. I can't praise the metachlopromide and Zantac combination enough though.
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sorry about multiple posts didn't realise the post on my mobile posted. I found Fred lying down which is a very good sign. He's had a small syringe feed I'm continuing to feed him little and often.
 
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sorry about multiple posts didn't realise the post on my mobile posted. I found Fred lying down which is a very good sign. He's had a small syringe feed I'm continuing to feed him little and often.
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C'mon little Fred! Miss Crumble and Moo cow send lots of healing wheeks x
 
Hope fred is feeling better soon?

Toffee was ill a few weeks ago, he had diarrhoea I took him straight to the vets but they couldn't find anything wrong, my vet told me to keep him off fresh food and give him lots of water and critical care, she gave him some vitamin c tablets which seemed to help but he still wasn't himself 5 days later so I took him back, and he was a bit bloated so she gave him some zantac and avipro and now he is back to his normal lazy self,

I was so scared as this is how my other piggy went and I just thought the same was going to happen again it was so stress full but he is so spoilt and such a special little man, he is very happy on his own and gets lots of cuddles,

I cant imagine life without guinea pigs no matter how much stress they cause me
xxxxx

bug hugs to all piggies and their owners
 
Thanks Herbie for the well wishes, glad your little one is much better.

Fred is still massive, I can hear the gas bubbles popping in his abdomen. Last night he had the runs again, his eating is still very selective. Quite concerned that the bloat has not shifted yet but it turns Fred managed to guilt trip someone into giving him veggies, which certainly hasn't help.

This morning though his output appear's much better although he is still massive, another concern is what in fact caused the bloat in the first place.
 
Just caught up with this. Sounds like you're having a rough time. Poor Fred, and poor you! Hope things settle down again soon x
 
How is Fred doing today? Has his bloat reduced any?

Sending healing hugs xxxxxx
 
Thanks for asking after Mr Fred, he's fully recovered now. Bless his little sock's, after 4 days his guts returned to normal he was due to go back to the vets Friday for Xray's which thankfully wasn't necessary, we'll just have to be careful in future to avoid this happening again!
 
Fab News! Well done Fred and Jo x
 
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