My Guinia pig is sick and I tried google but cannot find anything. Last night she started sneezing and coughing alot her hole nose and under her neck was wet. This morning she doesnt cough but sneeze not eating or drinking she making a funny noise and looks like she is struggeling moving it like it hurts when she moves and when i pick her up also I gave her n fruit last night and thats when it all starts she looks lump on her one side if she is trying to lay on that side also
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Help please!
- Thread starter Inke
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You need to get her to a vet urgently.
I have added some links in below on how to help between now and when you get her to the vet. If she isn’t eating, then she needs to be syringe fed mushed up pellets but do call a vet now and arrange for her to be seen
Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
Not Eating, Weight Loss And The Importance Of Syringe Feeding Fibre
I have added some links in below on how to help between now and when you get her to the vet. If she isn’t eating, then she needs to be syringe fed mushed up pellets but do call a vet now and arrange for her to be seen
Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
Not Eating, Weight Loss And The Importance Of Syringe Feeding Fibre
I am afraid there is not much an online forum can do - as she is struggling to breathe then this is an emergency, she sounds very poorly. I am afraid I don’t know anything about SA vets - in the uk we have constant access to vets even during the night and weekends.
If she isn’t eating for herself then you need to syringe feed her if she is able to swallow food.
MimiCreamie18
Junior Guinea Pig
Please get her to the vets as soon as possible. Syringe feed her as @Piggies&buns said, keep a very close eye on her.
Hi!
Please read the green links that @Piggies&buns has given you; it is VERY important if you want to have chance at keeping your piggy alive until you can see a vet!
They contain all the practical emergency care support information that you can give your piggy until you can see a vet at the soonest, including how to support a dying piggy if the wait is too long.
Unfortunately, we can't diagnose without a hands-on diagnosis but it sounds like an abscess, cyst or tumour has blown up. From your description it is unclear whether it is connected with a blockage in the nose or not (if it is not connected, perhaps a piece of hay become stuck in one nostril or something else has got into the nose). Heavy sneezing is usually the normal reaction to something getting into the nose, but it sounds rather congested now. Unlike humans, guinea pigs can't breathe through their mouths.
You can try and see whether a bowl of steaming water near her can help ease the breathing a little.
If your piggy is struggling to breathe, it won't have the energy to drink or eat as the need to breathe comes before the need to drink and only thirdly the need to eat. You will have to support feed her, little but often (about every 2 hours during the day and every 3 hours during the night) with mushed up pellets, ideally as close as you can come to 40-60 ml in 24 hours. Keep in mind that around 80% of what a guinea pig should eat in a day is unlimited hay and not veg and pellets, a little piece of fruit (not the healthiest of foods) won't go far.
I am very sorry that this emergency is happening at the most inconvenient of times.
Fingers very firmly crossed!
Please read the green links that @Piggies&buns has given you; it is VERY important if you want to have chance at keeping your piggy alive until you can see a vet!
They contain all the practical emergency care support information that you can give your piggy until you can see a vet at the soonest, including how to support a dying piggy if the wait is too long.
Unfortunately, we can't diagnose without a hands-on diagnosis but it sounds like an abscess, cyst or tumour has blown up. From your description it is unclear whether it is connected with a blockage in the nose or not (if it is not connected, perhaps a piece of hay become stuck in one nostril or something else has got into the nose). Heavy sneezing is usually the normal reaction to something getting into the nose, but it sounds rather congested now. Unlike humans, guinea pigs can't breathe through their mouths.
You can try and see whether a bowl of steaming water near her can help ease the breathing a little.
If your piggy is struggling to breathe, it won't have the energy to drink or eat as the need to breathe comes before the need to drink and only thirdly the need to eat. You will have to support feed her, little but often (about every 2 hours during the day and every 3 hours during the night) with mushed up pellets, ideally as close as you can come to 40-60 ml in 24 hours. Keep in mind that around 80% of what a guinea pig should eat in a day is unlimited hay and not veg and pellets, a little piece of fruit (not the healthiest of foods) won't go far.
I am very sorry that this emergency is happening at the most inconvenient of times.
Fingers very firmly crossed!