caitlynn
Junior Guinea Pig
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Hi there. My poor pig, Khaleesi, just got her front incisors and back molars trimmed by a vet, who I was told is experienced with this procedure, on Thursday (four days ago). Her molars were overgrown and were causing tongue entrapment and the vet who did the procedure on her told me that they were unable to avoid a few small abrasions on the tongue when trimming down her molars. They sent her home with some metacam pain killer and some antibiotic for both the tongue and for a small amount of parasites that were found in her stool. She is having a lot of trouble eating. She still shows interest in food but has trouble getting it down. Anything I give her I have to cut up into tiny bits and even then half the time she gets it in her mouth and then spits it out after a couple minutes. She was able to get quite a bit of banana today which was great. I've mixed her pellets with water to make them mushier and easier to eat but I don't think she's really interested in that. I've been force feeding her Oxbow Critical Care that she absolutely hates. She's been drinking as much as normal. I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow to see if there's anything that can be done to help. I'm just looking fot feeding suggestions in the mean time and wondering if anyone else's piggies took this long after a surgery like this to eat again.