I tried calling vets to preface but there are no nearby exotic vets available at 3am, she broke out and got in a fight with another guinea pig and i can see a scar across her eye, she was whimpering and twitching now shes just twitching, with her head leaning to the side, and I'm wondering what i can do?
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Guinea pig got bit in the eye need help asap
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I’m sorry to hear this.
Please do see a vet urgently. She sounds to be in pain (head tilt).
You do not have to see an exotic vet given eyes are the same across all species - any vet can deal with it today (as an emergency at any time of day or night in the UK - all UK vets have out of hours cover).
As far as home care, all you can do is switch to weighing her each morning and step in with syringe feeding (she is likely to stop eating hay or reduce the amount she eats in response to the injury and pain) to prevent stasis.
Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
List Of Life And Death Out-of-hours Emergencies
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency
I hope she is ok
Please do see a vet urgently. She sounds to be in pain (head tilt).
You do not have to see an exotic vet given eyes are the same across all species - any vet can deal with it today (as an emergency at any time of day or night in the UK - all UK vets have out of hours cover).
As far as home care, all you can do is switch to weighing her each morning and step in with syringe feeding (she is likely to stop eating hay or reduce the amount she eats in response to the injury and pain) to prevent stasis.
Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
List Of Life And Death Out-of-hours Emergencies
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency
I hope she is ok
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Poor girl.
Hope you have managed to see a vet and her eye heals quickly
Hope you have managed to see a vet and her eye heals quickly