dearbarbie
Junior Guinea Pig
Hey guys - more advice please!
After his painful pooping problem which I detailed here, the vet put Burt on cisapride, metacam and baytril (he's had ultrasound, xray, poo test and urine test and she thought it might be a prostrate problem) for 10 days (cisapride for 7) as well as a bit of psyllium husk powder.
He's still squeaking when he goes, but not everytime, usually when he does a lot at once. Overnight in his catch he'll do about poos. He runs around fine when its floor time, and was popcorning around the living room - and when heruns about he tends to poo a lot more (26 in half an hour yesterday, its as if it gets his system going!), his poos are bigger again and more solid, got powdery, so at least that's sorted, yay.
The past few days as he got to the end of his medicine course, he's really not been eating much - his brother will have an empty hay rank, Burt will look like he's not touched his, and hides away all day - so i put hay next to where he sits as well. He was getting back to his normal self at the end of last week - sat on me for 30 mins just being relaxed and stroked and licking me (he's not done this for a few weeks - when he'd bite me and tug on my top straight away, really hurting me, used to be so cuddly before he got ill), seems he's uncomfortable for 10-15 mins before he needs to go to the toilet.
Then he got bitey again and went off food - wondering if the baytril has caused some bloat?
On Fri, vet said to try him on critical care (I added some bran and a bit of psyllium) and he'd take it from the syringe without being force-fed, 5-6 mls at a time but today, nada. He runs around fine and was popcorning around the living room - and when heruns about he tends to poo a lot more, its as if it gets his system going!
I wondered it it was bloat and tapping his belly, it does sound a bit hollow so we're going back to the vet in a few minutes - he's lost 70g - not much but still lower than his usual fluctuation.
Any other ideas on why his hay isn't vanishing from its rack? What else should I look for to hint at what's wrong? @Pebble do you have any ideas?
After his painful pooping problem which I detailed here, the vet put Burt on cisapride, metacam and baytril (he's had ultrasound, xray, poo test and urine test and she thought it might be a prostrate problem) for 10 days (cisapride for 7) as well as a bit of psyllium husk powder.
He's still squeaking when he goes, but not everytime, usually when he does a lot at once. Overnight in his catch he'll do about poos. He runs around fine when its floor time, and was popcorning around the living room - and when heruns about he tends to poo a lot more (26 in half an hour yesterday, its as if it gets his system going!), his poos are bigger again and more solid, got powdery, so at least that's sorted, yay.
The past few days as he got to the end of his medicine course, he's really not been eating much - his brother will have an empty hay rank, Burt will look like he's not touched his, and hides away all day - so i put hay next to where he sits as well. He was getting back to his normal self at the end of last week - sat on me for 30 mins just being relaxed and stroked and licking me (he's not done this for a few weeks - when he'd bite me and tug on my top straight away, really hurting me, used to be so cuddly before he got ill), seems he's uncomfortable for 10-15 mins before he needs to go to the toilet.
Then he got bitey again and went off food - wondering if the baytril has caused some bloat?
On Fri, vet said to try him on critical care (I added some bran and a bit of psyllium) and he'd take it from the syringe without being force-fed, 5-6 mls at a time but today, nada. He runs around fine and was popcorning around the living room - and when heruns about he tends to poo a lot more, its as if it gets his system going!
I wondered it it was bloat and tapping his belly, it does sound a bit hollow so we're going back to the vet in a few minutes - he's lost 70g - not much but still lower than his usual fluctuation.
Any other ideas on why his hay isn't vanishing from its rack? What else should I look for to hint at what's wrong? @Pebble do you have any ideas?
