MarleysMum
Junior Guinea Pig
My 4 year old male guinea pig, Marley, used to be a healthy 1.2kg. I know I should have been weighing him more frequently but he is eating, drinking and pooping normally, wheeking for food etc so I assumed he was fine. I weighed him a few times in the last months and noticed a slight downward trend - he was 900g a few weeks ago. I put this down to fluctuations and me misremembering his previous weight as higher than it was.
However, he has also been quite inactive and lethargic and I can feel his bones. I weighed him yesterday and he is only 660g. He has a vet's appointment in an hour and a half from now and I feel so unbelievably guilty and worried. If he dies I will be utterly heartbroken and hate myself forever.
I know I'm a terrible and irresponsible owner and I should have taken him before now. I did have a sense that something might be off and asked my mum if I could take him to the vet but she laughed me off and said he was fine. She still doesn't think he needs to go - or know that I am taking him.
I don't need to be told that I'm a bad person who probably doesn't deserve to have this guinea pig but I do love him and need him to be ok. All I am asking for are suggestions for what could be wrong with him? Thank you.
However, he has also been quite inactive and lethargic and I can feel his bones. I weighed him yesterday and he is only 660g. He has a vet's appointment in an hour and a half from now and I feel so unbelievably guilty and worried. If he dies I will be utterly heartbroken and hate myself forever.
I know I'm a terrible and irresponsible owner and I should have taken him before now. I did have a sense that something might be off and asked my mum if I could take him to the vet but she laughed me off and said he was fine. She still doesn't think he needs to go - or know that I am taking him.
I don't need to be told that I'm a bad person who probably doesn't deserve to have this guinea pig but I do love him and need him to be ok. All I am asking for are suggestions for what could be wrong with him? Thank you.