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Help please is david ill again?

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Laura-CCC4 said:
Most vets will say not to give anything made for humans, they tend to stick rigidly to what the RCVS states and what is actually licensed or extremely widely used for specific species. Understandable - they don't want to be sued after all - but it severely limits what medical care they can offer to guineas. Luckily, a few vets are more forward-thinking and willing to listen and learn!

0.3ml is not likely to have any adverse effects on him, but for any pig under 6 months old I feel safer advising a lower dose. To be fair, the adult dose is 0.4ml daily so there is some reduction in dose there already. How much does he weigh?
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hi laura thanks for that.

I'm not sure how much david weighs i need to get some scales when he was weighed at 3 month old he was 340g and was small, he has grown much more since then. Craig is much bigger than david but always has been x
 
hi people

just to keep you posted iv taken david to see a rodentologist tonight.

She checked david over and thinks that he has got a sinus problem and its probably an allergy. Every now and then you can hear a little clicking sound when he breathes. Its not consistent and it only happens every now and then and i had picked up on it and she did to. She thinks this could be snot up his nose (like when we have a blocked nose and sometimes it clicks)

shes given me some garlic capsules and given me some readigrass to use for now, I'm not taking him to the vets in the morning because they will only give him antibiotics again and it doesnt help him at all. She was so nice she didnt even charge me, she has got some gorgeous guinea pigs. i am going to see how he gets on for the next week or so and then give her a ring back again. I need to find a supplier of readigrass.do all horse suppliers have it? i have also booked her to mind my guinea pigs when i go on holiday x
 
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