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New Born Pup
Long story short, I have had two guinea pigs that have been quarantined from the herd since last September.
First it was pneumonia, then psuedomonas, then it came back as two weak bacteria. We've done X-Rays, multiple culture and sensitivity tests.
We've done chloramphenicol, doxcycline, baytril (multiple courses of each, rotating through them).
The vet has said we kill one thing, but due to the damage done by the various bacteria, they keep catching something different that isn't cured by the antibiotic they were just on. One thing gets cured, another pops up.
This has been expensive, but we signed up for that when we bought them, and this hasn't put us in dire straights. The hard part is really the ups and downs of being almost cured and then going to crap again, not just for me, but for my wife and child.
For the most part the pigs have handled this very well. They are sisters, and very close. They mostly stay active, with the exception of bad weeks here and there.
That is until recently. Ix Chel seemed fine with the exception of diarrhea. We've had her on pedialyte, and she seemed to be getting better in that regard, but not putting on much weight. We keep fresh hay and fresh crit care with her at all times and she's often seen eating it, but I figured that the weight gain would take time. Currently she is having a hypoglycemic episode. She went from not being able to move at all, to now being able to eat a carrot, crit care, and hay.
Tldr; these girls have been fighters and have gone through hell for close to a year. Recently, things have taken a turn for the worse for one pig, Ix Chel.
So my question is, with the 2nd pig, Poli'ahu (nicknamed Popo), being super attached to Ix Chel and the likelihood she will have to be quarantined for the rest of her natural life, is it best to put her down if/when Ix Chel passes? I just want to do the humane thing, even if it hurts like hell for me.
Edit: They are right at 5 years old, now.
First it was pneumonia, then psuedomonas, then it came back as two weak bacteria. We've done X-Rays, multiple culture and sensitivity tests.
We've done chloramphenicol, doxcycline, baytril (multiple courses of each, rotating through them).
The vet has said we kill one thing, but due to the damage done by the various bacteria, they keep catching something different that isn't cured by the antibiotic they were just on. One thing gets cured, another pops up.
This has been expensive, but we signed up for that when we bought them, and this hasn't put us in dire straights. The hard part is really the ups and downs of being almost cured and then going to crap again, not just for me, but for my wife and child.
For the most part the pigs have handled this very well. They are sisters, and very close. They mostly stay active, with the exception of bad weeks here and there.
That is until recently. Ix Chel seemed fine with the exception of diarrhea. We've had her on pedialyte, and she seemed to be getting better in that regard, but not putting on much weight. We keep fresh hay and fresh crit care with her at all times and she's often seen eating it, but I figured that the weight gain would take time. Currently she is having a hypoglycemic episode. She went from not being able to move at all, to now being able to eat a carrot, crit care, and hay.
Tldr; these girls have been fighters and have gone through hell for close to a year. Recently, things have taken a turn for the worse for one pig, Ix Chel.
So my question is, with the 2nd pig, Poli'ahu (nicknamed Popo), being super attached to Ix Chel and the likelihood she will have to be quarantined for the rest of her natural life, is it best to put her down if/when Ix Chel passes? I just want to do the humane thing, even if it hurts like hell for me.
Edit: They are right at 5 years old, now.
