Something is very wrong.
My Ava girl is about 6 months old and has not had any problems until recently. I took her in to a small animals vet because she was coughing and then wheezing. They Took an x-ray but said that it was inconclusive. The doctors best guess was that she was suffering from pneumonia. I left her there overnight for some diuretic shots, nebulization with antibiotics, And various other treatments. They released her to me the next day with the nebulizer and said to do it for 30 minutes twice a day and gave me some pain medicine to give her twice a day as well. When I first took her home she seemed OK she seemed better she seem to have more energy but now she has stopped eating and stop drinking completely and she’s so lethargic she is barely moving around. Thank God that I had some critical care laying around to give her. That got her G.I. track going a little bit this morning I noticed a few very very small Poos and two very concentrated puddles of Pee. This morning she didn’t even get up to come get her vitamin C tab which usually jumps up and down for. She look like she was in pain and didn’t even wanna get up to come sniff out what I had in my hand. I held her after her nebulizer this morning and petted her for a good 30 minutes and she just looks miserable. It’s Sunday and all of my vet options are closed and the only option is an emergency service for bigger animals but they have no specialist and I just feel like that would be a waste of time and money since I don’t trust them to be able to handle my guinea pig with the true care that she needs. She is only about six months old like I said before and hasn’t had any other problems but I just have this feeling like maybe something else is wrong. she is losing a lot of hair and she’s just not herself at all. Does this sound familiar to anyone or does anybody have any advice on what I can do for her? The antibiotic they prescribed her is Gentocin. I have read about antibiotic and tolerance but I’m not sure if that’s the case or the pneumonia infection was just an underlying cause of something bigger . Please help me with any advice and keep Baby in your prayers she has a cage mate that is very worried along with me .
I’ve posted a picture of her that was taken a few weeks ago. She was healthy (to my knowledge) then. She is very lethargic and droopy looking now. I can even tell her ears aren’t perked their very low looking.
Please help!
My Ava girl is about 6 months old and has not had any problems until recently. I took her in to a small animals vet because she was coughing and then wheezing. They Took an x-ray but said that it was inconclusive. The doctors best guess was that she was suffering from pneumonia. I left her there overnight for some diuretic shots, nebulization with antibiotics, And various other treatments. They released her to me the next day with the nebulizer and said to do it for 30 minutes twice a day and gave me some pain medicine to give her twice a day as well. When I first took her home she seemed OK she seemed better she seem to have more energy but now she has stopped eating and stop drinking completely and she’s so lethargic she is barely moving around. Thank God that I had some critical care laying around to give her. That got her G.I. track going a little bit this morning I noticed a few very very small Poos and two very concentrated puddles of Pee. This morning she didn’t even get up to come get her vitamin C tab which usually jumps up and down for. She look like she was in pain and didn’t even wanna get up to come sniff out what I had in my hand. I held her after her nebulizer this morning and petted her for a good 30 minutes and she just looks miserable. It’s Sunday and all of my vet options are closed and the only option is an emergency service for bigger animals but they have no specialist and I just feel like that would be a waste of time and money since I don’t trust them to be able to handle my guinea pig with the true care that she needs. She is only about six months old like I said before and hasn’t had any other problems but I just have this feeling like maybe something else is wrong. she is losing a lot of hair and she’s just not herself at all. Does this sound familiar to anyone or does anybody have any advice on what I can do for her? The antibiotic they prescribed her is Gentocin. I have read about antibiotic and tolerance but I’m not sure if that’s the case or the pneumonia infection was just an underlying cause of something bigger . Please help me with any advice and keep Baby in your prayers she has a cage mate that is very worried along with me .
I’ve posted a picture of her that was taken a few weeks ago. She was healthy (to my knowledge) then. She is very lethargic and droopy looking now. I can even tell her ears aren’t perked their very low looking.
Please help!
