melissasylvain
New Born Pup
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I am a new member, sorry for the long post.
My 9 month old American Guinea (Mr. Pink Ear) developed what I and his vet thought was bumble foot. On 11/1/19 he had one of his toes removed on his front foot. A week later his leg turned blue, was lifeless and they removed his leg. He was having having trouble eating, I syringe feed him Critical Care. Last Friday, we introduced him to his cage mate (his vet tech had recommended keeping them divided x 1 week. We reintroduced them, not even 30 minutes later they had a fight and Mr. Pink Ear had to laceration to his ear. I took him to the emergency vet and they applied internal sutures and Dermabond. Yesterday he saw his regular vet, had his sutures removed (from leg amputation) and was given a "clean bill of health". Today I arrived home from work and lifted up his "igloo" up and knew immediately he was dying. There was a huge poop and I could tell he was basically lifeless. I immediately called his vet whom advised me to bring him ASAP; its a 15 minute drive and he died in my arms on the way to the vet. I became absolutely in love with him, feeding him/giving him his medicine. He was given Reglan about 1 week ago, he was dong very well, now eating on his own...poops were normal. I just don't understand what happened . I am a nurse and always want to "know why"?
My 9 month old American Guinea (Mr. Pink Ear) developed what I and his vet thought was bumble foot. On 11/1/19 he had one of his toes removed on his front foot. A week later his leg turned blue, was lifeless and they removed his leg. He was having having trouble eating, I syringe feed him Critical Care. Last Friday, we introduced him to his cage mate (his vet tech had recommended keeping them divided x 1 week. We reintroduced them, not even 30 minutes later they had a fight and Mr. Pink Ear had to laceration to his ear. I took him to the emergency vet and they applied internal sutures and Dermabond. Yesterday he saw his regular vet, had his sutures removed (from leg amputation) and was given a "clean bill of health". Today I arrived home from work and lifted up his "igloo" up and knew immediately he was dying. There was a huge poop and I could tell he was basically lifeless. I immediately called his vet whom advised me to bring him ASAP; its a 15 minute drive and he died in my arms on the way to the vet. I became absolutely in love with him, feeding him/giving him his medicine. He was given Reglan about 1 week ago, he was dong very well, now eating on his own...poops were normal. I just don't understand what happened . I am a nurse and always want to "know why"?
