Sarah Beckett
Junior Guinea Pig
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My brother has a pig which has back,leg paralysis for approx 4 weeks . The pig was examined by a vet a few days after the onset , nil found and advised euthanasia . Today I dropped off some osteocare for starting tomorrow but I had some time on my hands and was able to check the piggy over . I noticed that she seems to squeal when her back legs are manipulated , especially the left one .Both legs are paralysed .She appears to lie on the left side more , there is hair loss and dryish looking skin over the entire right thigh area . There is slight discharge from both eyes with slight crusting .I syringed some water into the side of her mouth and she drank it but soon after started hicupping before resuming scoffing her pile of veg . She has not been seen drinking from the bottle since this all started so she has been getting loads of juicier veg to make up for it . Pooing and peeing ok and appetite great . She manages to get about by dragging herself on her front legs but tends to stay in one place most of the time .I have thought it could be scurvy but she has daily fresh veg . At the very least should she be on metacam ? It is possible she fell from the upper part of the cage to the lower but no injury seen by the vet .Could the swelling be due to lack of activity / water retention from the paralysis ? Or could it be an injury missed by the vet? Or does this set of symptoms point to an illness ?I am wondering if anyone here has had similar symptoms in their piggies ?