hysteria82
New Born Pup
About two weeks ago I bought 2 piggies from petco. Two days later they showed signs of an eye infections so I took them back so they could take them to the vet. They kept and treated them for 10 days. Other then the eye problem, at the time they both seemed fine (they were running around their cage pop corning, chasing each other, drinking water, eating their hay and food, etc).
Two days ago I got them back. The one was fully of piggie power, running around and playing, but the other one basically just wanted to hide in her cuddle sack. Having just gotten them back, I thought she was just scared (since she was drinking and eating normally) and decided to leave her alone for the day, but the next day I took them out to let them run around, and noticed that she seemed rather lethargic, especially compared to the other one who was running around like crazy. So I looked her over and her eyes seemed clear but there was a tiny bit of dried crust around her nose, so I decided that I would take her back to petco in the morning to have her checked out again by the vet, just to be safe.
This morning when I woke up, she was laying against the cage and she didn't respond when I poked her. She let me pick her up without any complaint. Her eyes were still clear and bright, but her nose had wet snot in the nostrils and when held her to my ear I could hear a slight rattling in her chest. I took her back to petco who promised they'd drive her to the vet within the hour.
My question is, based on the fact that she showed no signs of breathing problems two weeks ago and she's getting treatment today, will she probably be okay, or do colds his guinea pigs hard and fast? They said they'll call and tell me the results, but I just want to know what I should expect....
Two days ago I got them back. The one was fully of piggie power, running around and playing, but the other one basically just wanted to hide in her cuddle sack. Having just gotten them back, I thought she was just scared (since she was drinking and eating normally) and decided to leave her alone for the day, but the next day I took them out to let them run around, and noticed that she seemed rather lethargic, especially compared to the other one who was running around like crazy. So I looked her over and her eyes seemed clear but there was a tiny bit of dried crust around her nose, so I decided that I would take her back to petco in the morning to have her checked out again by the vet, just to be safe.
This morning when I woke up, she was laying against the cage and she didn't respond when I poked her. She let me pick her up without any complaint. Her eyes were still clear and bright, but her nose had wet snot in the nostrils and when held her to my ear I could hear a slight rattling in her chest. I took her back to petco who promised they'd drive her to the vet within the hour.
My question is, based on the fact that she showed no signs of breathing problems two weeks ago and she's getting treatment today, will she probably be okay, or do colds his guinea pigs hard and fast? They said they'll call and tell me the results, but I just want to know what I should expect....