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Help! Guinea pig unable to move and he is not eating anything either

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JonathanLee

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This afternoon after I came back from work I realize that my guinea pig is having some problems. He is panting heavily, unable to move and he is not eating or drinking anything. The weather has been warm up recently in my country. Is this heatstroke? Please help me he seems to be very weak.
 
tabelmabel said:
Sounds like an emergency vet visit. What country are you in?
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I'm in Vietnam. Before taking him to the vet, what should I do to help him? He is still new to me and doesn't allow me to pick him up. I cannot lure him into travel box either.
 
He will be easy to pick up now as he will be so weak, he wont resist. Soak a towel in cold water and sit him on that. Mist cool water onto him.

Syringe some water into him carefully


But realise this is an emergency and you must get to a vet asap
 
What did they think was wrong with him? And what were they doing treatment wise?
 
Siikibam said:
What did they think was wrong with him? And what were they doing treatment wise?
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He had a heatstroke just as I thought. I don't entirely know what did they do to treat him but they said that he is still doing fine and I should come pick him up this Friday.
 
Okay good. Do read the guide in hot weather as going forward it’s important for him to be able to stay cool etc. Let us know when you’ve picked him up on Friday. That’s quite a time to be away though ☹️
 
JonathanLee said:
He had a heatstroke just as I thought. I don't entirely know what did they do to treat him but they said that he is still doing fine and I should come pick him up this Friday.
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Glad that your piggy is still alive thanks to you rushing your boy to the vets as a life and death emergency.

Heat stroke can cause the gut to stop moving (life-threatening GI stasis) and can also cause heart problems.
Please take the time to read these guides here so you can prevent a repeat as much as possible. Guinea pigs are not engineered for the extremes of hot and cold weather. You may want to bookmark the links so you have them easily available whenever needed again:
Hot Weather Management, Heat Strokes and Fly Strike (with plenty of information and lots of practical tips
Digestive Disorders: Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement) And Not Eating
Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment

Fingers very firmly crossed that he is going to make a full recovery!
 
Update: I have just picked him up from the vet. He is ok now. Poor boy really happy to see me after such long time. Thank you all for the support! Be safe assured that I will not let this happen again.
 
JonathanLee said:
Update: I have just picked him up from the vet. He is ok now. Poor boy really happy to see me after such long time. Thank you all for the support! Be safe assured that I will not let this happen again.
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I am so glad that your boy has pulled through! Thank you for the update.

You may find our New Owners information collection very helpful for bookmarking and reading, especially as you are in a rather different time zone. It is one of the most comprehensive ones around; the guides format allows us to update and add to at need. You will discover lots of practical tips that have stood the test of time, detailed step-by-step how to advice and background information to help you understand more about how guinea pigs work as a species what that means as a species with their own species needs (they are much more complex and fascinating than most people would expect) like companionship of their own kind, understanding their social interactive behaviour to needing a hay based and not veg based diet etc as well as life-long weekly health monitoring and care to how to spot illness early on and what to do in an emergency.
All our experience as long term owners as well as 15 years of being a lively forum with literally tens of thousands of piggies having passed through here have gone into the threads; we have had time to find out what actually works and what not; and learn the different between reality and persistent online cavy myths.
Here is the link: Getting Started - New Owners' Most Helpful Guides
 
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