ailedo
New Born Pup
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Two days ago, my guinea pig's (F) foot got stuck in between the cage bars. Now she's limping and holding it up whenever she lies down. I think it's a sprain because she can still put some weight on it without crying out and when I checked it, it didn't seem to have any broken bones nor looked broken/bent in a painful angle.
We can't visit a vet because of the quarantine here in the Philippines, plus we're in a remote area. One forum said they gave their piggie Calpol(?), which we don't have here. Instead, we gave her the generic version—paracetamol oral drops for infants. We give her 0.2ml every 12 hours, as said by other forums. We also placed her in a small cage so she wouldn't move around as much.
But I'm really worried because she's always fluffed up and lying down. She hasn't touched her water since yesterday, even if we adjusted it. I even rubbed some mango on it in the hopes it could keep her interested. She's been eating her hay though and ate some of her food. She hasn't finished her dinner though, which is why I got worried.
I am weighing her everday. So far, she's at her normal weight (around 700g).
Is it normal for them to be lethargic and fluffed up? Should I give her other medications? It's just been a day or so since her foot got stuck, so maybe I shouldn't be so worried? It's just that before this she was so active and happy and now it hurts to see her lying down and in pain.
Please help us and reccomend other options to help her heal. Thanks so much![sad :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f622.png)
We can't visit a vet because of the quarantine here in the Philippines, plus we're in a remote area. One forum said they gave their piggie Calpol(?), which we don't have here. Instead, we gave her the generic version—paracetamol oral drops for infants. We give her 0.2ml every 12 hours, as said by other forums. We also placed her in a small cage so she wouldn't move around as much.
But I'm really worried because she's always fluffed up and lying down. She hasn't touched her water since yesterday, even if we adjusted it. I even rubbed some mango on it in the hopes it could keep her interested. She's been eating her hay though and ate some of her food. She hasn't finished her dinner though, which is why I got worried.
I am weighing her everday. So far, she's at her normal weight (around 700g).
Is it normal for them to be lethargic and fluffed up? Should I give her other medications? It's just been a day or so since her foot got stuck, so maybe I shouldn't be so worried? It's just that before this she was so active and happy and now it hurts to see her lying down and in pain.
Please help us and reccomend other options to help her heal. Thanks so much
![sad :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f622.png)