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Guinea pig dying

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hopedaisymay11

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I'm 100% sure my piggy is dying shifts between slow and very fast breathing rapid Wight lose no squeaking dull dreary eye in reactive can u confirm plz
 
Is she eating? If not do you have any critical care you can give her? Or try to bribe her with her favourite treats.
 
Julesie said:
Is she eating? If not do you have any critical care you can give her? Or try to bribe her with her favourite treats.
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She can't eat grass have to feed her tiny morals of bread and milk syringe giving water do u think she's going to make it plz be honest
 
Julesie said:
Is she eating? If not do you have any critical care you can give her? Or try to bribe her with her favourite treats.
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Not eating much little bread and milk and syringe water do u think she will die honestly
 
Do you have any pellets you can mush up?

What milk are you giving her? Guinea pigs don't drink milk. Try to give her water only.

I can't say if she will die or not, but if you keep her fed with critical care (or mushed pellets) then she may pull through. Try to remain calm as they can sense your distress.

Are you able to get her to a nearby vet today? Which country are you in?
 
Julesie said:
Do you have any pellets you can mush up?

What milk are you giving her? Guinea pigs don't drink milk. Try to give her water only.

I can't say if she will die or not, but if you keep her fed with critical care (or mushed pellets) then she may pull through. Try to remain calm as they can sense your distress.

Are you able to get her to a nearby vet today? Which country are you in?[/QUO
UK cant get her to vet she won't eat anything else and that's a struggle she will have a pinch of it every 2 hour she won't eat
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Ok, do you have any nearby out of hours vets you can call?
If not try and get her booked in for tomorrow.
In the mean time take a look at the syringe feeding guides and try to syringe feed her some mushy pellets every hour. At least 1ml-3ml. If you can, try and tempt her with a vegetable like cucumber, celery, pepper or coriander.
You can get her some critical care from pets at home tomorrow. They sell it at the vet area :)

Good luck xx
 
Won't eat veg thanks for your help anyway been so kind in all honestly I hope she let's go I don't wan her suffering anynore
 
End of life care baring breath fast slow, rain, Wight loss, and dull eyes, lack of energy, not squeaking will she die and end of life care
 
Will she die fast and slow breathing, rapid Wight loss, not squeaking, no pooing weed once, lack of energy, will not eat drinks through syringe, and dull eyes and coat
 
I'm sorry your piggies seems so poorly, I can't say what's wrong with her, only advise that you keep hercomfortable and warm and try to syringe feed her some water and mushed nuggets. How long has she been like this? A vet might be able to help her if you can get to one.
I'm afraid I have to go to bed now, I hope someone else will come along who can help you xx
 
Its definitely hard to see them struggle. Try not to give up on her xx
No problem, hope I helped
 
Try to keep too keep your guinea pig warm and keep trying to feed her water. Maybe hold your guinea pig to your chest with a blanket and comfort her.
 
Eva121 said:
Try to keep too keep your guinea pig warm and keep trying to feed her water. Maybe hold your guinea pig to your chest with a blanket and comfort her.
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It's getting so hard to stay awake with her do u know if there is aburst of energy before they go
 
I have merged all your threads in to one. Please follow the forum rules by keeping all posts on the same problem to one thread. It helps you in that all the advice is in one place and it helps everyone else to follow what has already happened.

You are under a duty of care to seek vetinary care for your piggy. If she is not eating and you don't seek that care you are condemning her to suffer and it is much more likely she will die. Please get her to the vet asap as this is an emergency, the vet will be best placed to advise whether anything can be done or not
 
It is not set in stone that she will die, by not taking her to the vet you are most certainly increasing those chances, and probably making her suffer, please take her to an emergency vet ASAP
 
I really hope you were able to get your piggy to a vet.
If she can be treated that is great, but if not a vet will be able to ensure that her passing is peaceful, and she does not suffer unduly.
While many of us like the idea of our piggies passing slowly and peacefully at home, sadly this doesn't always happen, and somtimes the kindest thing to do is to gently help them on their way.
 
How old is the pig? It could be a upper respiratory infection. I posted on here about my pig about a week ago. He had the same symptoms, rapid breathing and weight loss. Put your ear up close to him, can you hear clicking, or any other noises? Many a stuffy/crusty nose or eyes. If you take pig to the vet they could give him antibiotics, mine seems to be doing well now.
 
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