Hind Legs Are Not Moving

[luciatoribio]

Ive recently adopted two male guinea pigs. They were only a couple of weeks old when I adopted them. Well ive now had them for a month and noticed white stains on their fleece. I looked it up and it seems like that is normal. But today when I was going to put them back in their cage after having them run around outside one of them look immobilized. His hind legs were not moving and he looked very ill. He was moving very slowly and like if he was out of breath. There are no open vet clinics near me and I was trying to see if you guys had any advice on what I could do. I looked up possible things that it could be and I was directed to arthritis but I dont think that it could be that seeing as they are so young and only 2 months old at most. Any advice is appreciated

 

[Jesse's pigs]

Hi i would take the piggy to a vet as soon as possible because if it is something that requires treatment then it's better to get it checked because things can go downhill rather quickly. Is he eating etc normally? Has he fell off a ladder if he has one or been dropped or jumped? Hopefully it's nothing and perhaps he was just having a moment but a vet is still needed.

 

[sport_billy]

The white stains on the fleece are calcium deposits and have nothing to do with the leg issue.

Please get him to an emergency vet asap. Where about are you based? Off your IP address it looks LA here is a link to vets in US Guinea Lynx :: GL's Vet List

 

[Wiebke]

Arthritis doesn't happen in baby piggies, please see a vet as soon as you can if your little boy.

Switch to weighing him daily at the same time in the feeding cycle and step in with syringe feeding and watering as soon as he is losing either 2 oz/50g. The more you can keep the guts going and his strength up, the better his chances. Around 80% of the daily food intake is unlimited hay, which you cannot control, so weighing is an important tool in health monitoring. Our step-by-step guide also contains tips on what you can do with what you have at home or easily available.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

Milky calcium pees are the normal way of excreting excess calcium. they are nothing to worry about in themselves and not connected to back leg paralysis. However, if you have calcium pees on a daily basis, you may want to review their diet and switch to a more low calcium diet for the long term in order to minimise the risk of contributing to the build up of bladder stones.
Recommendations For A Balanced General Guinea Pig Diet

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