Dom R
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
Just wanting some advice for my guinea pig, Oscar. I took him to the vets today for his eye (picture below) and he's not eating/drinking or anything. He's had a shot of metacam and has been given some eye gel and Sulfatrim to help. I have to go back tomorrow for a checkup to see if he's more comfortable and if not the vet thinks he should be PTS. He's had the dye on his eye, and she hasn't noticed any damage to his cornea or anything, and she thinks it could be either a tumour or abscess behind his eye, causing it to bulge out.
He has bad lungs/breathing as it is, and is prone to chest infections and what not, so the vet (and I agree) thinks that he wouldn't survive any anaesthetic if he was to have it. My options are pretty limited it seems, I'm just wondering what you guys would do in this situation?
Is there anything I should ask for/try before we go for the worst option?
He's currently sat munching on his pellets in his enclosure, so he's eating something without me having to force feed him mushed pellets; this is a good sign.
Just wanting some advice for my guinea pig, Oscar. I took him to the vets today for his eye (picture below) and he's not eating/drinking or anything. He's had a shot of metacam and has been given some eye gel and Sulfatrim to help. I have to go back tomorrow for a checkup to see if he's more comfortable and if not the vet thinks he should be PTS. He's had the dye on his eye, and she hasn't noticed any damage to his cornea or anything, and she thinks it could be either a tumour or abscess behind his eye, causing it to bulge out.
He has bad lungs/breathing as it is, and is prone to chest infections and what not, so the vet (and I agree) thinks that he wouldn't survive any anaesthetic if he was to have it. My options are pretty limited it seems, I'm just wondering what you guys would do in this situation?
Is there anything I should ask for/try before we go for the worst option?
He's currently sat munching on his pellets in his enclosure, so he's eating something without me having to force feed him mushed pellets; this is a good sign.