Pat Shields
Adult Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2011
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- Location
- USA MO, Ft. Leonard Wood area
Hi all, I just now got back from St. Louis; they didn't hospitalize me, MS is not worse, my vision is clinically better even though I still think that I'm not seeing so well, and life goes on, thank goodness.
I need to go to bed, but before I do I want to clarify - - - it is not the pet supply shop's fault that Salvatore was in such awful condition; I thought I mentioned that all the piggies they had there that day had been surrendered by other "owners", so it is the fault of whoever had custody of Sal and the big bully piggies, not the pet supply shop. The pet shop was taking good care of them, it seemed, with clean water and food and enclosures. They got Sal and the other two pigs he was in with the way they were.
With Sal's quick response to the vitamin C, I'll bet he was being fed rabbit pellets by an ignorant or uncaring owner when he could get to food at all, and I think the big pigs were keeping him from the food.
Salvatore tonight was bright and vibrant when I got home, so I do believe the crisis has passed! My friend who watched the animals was even carrying Sal around the house and watching TV with him on his chest to boost the little pig's energy. Now how's THAT for encouragement, especially from someone who never handled guinea pigs before?? Can't beat that. I went to some chain pet stores in Saint Louis looking for the Critical Care and they don't have it, so tonight it was more strained carrots, and you never saw such nomming in your life! All the veg's in the cage had chew marks on them, and my friend said that at one time Sal had eaten everything in the cage (There wasn't too much, just samples of everything, but I still doubt that report).
Oh - one comment - in one of the urine spots on the paper in the cage (yes, he's finally urinating), it had dried white and chalky. I am not alarmed, as many things are probably out of balance with Sal, and I have read of this before, but I still don't quite understand what it is, so I will keep an eye on it and tell the vet when we get in.
I need to go to bed, but before I do I want to clarify - - - it is not the pet supply shop's fault that Salvatore was in such awful condition; I thought I mentioned that all the piggies they had there that day had been surrendered by other "owners", so it is the fault of whoever had custody of Sal and the big bully piggies, not the pet supply shop. The pet shop was taking good care of them, it seemed, with clean water and food and enclosures. They got Sal and the other two pigs he was in with the way they were.
With Sal's quick response to the vitamin C, I'll bet he was being fed rabbit pellets by an ignorant or uncaring owner when he could get to food at all, and I think the big pigs were keeping him from the food.
Salvatore tonight was bright and vibrant when I got home, so I do believe the crisis has passed! My friend who watched the animals was even carrying Sal around the house and watching TV with him on his chest to boost the little pig's energy. Now how's THAT for encouragement, especially from someone who never handled guinea pigs before?? Can't beat that. I went to some chain pet stores in Saint Louis looking for the Critical Care and they don't have it, so tonight it was more strained carrots, and you never saw such nomming in your life! All the veg's in the cage had chew marks on them, and my friend said that at one time Sal had eaten everything in the cage (There wasn't too much, just samples of everything, but I still doubt that report).
Oh - one comment - in one of the urine spots on the paper in the cage (yes, he's finally urinating), it had dried white and chalky. I am not alarmed, as many things are probably out of balance with Sal, and I have read of this before, but I still don't quite understand what it is, so I will keep an eye on it and tell the vet when we get in.
