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Limping Piggy

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I have a 9 week old piggy who we have had since she was 6 weeks old, she is very small only 210g at the moment but is slowlky putting on weight. We also have a bigger piggy who is slightly older and therefore bigger.

The little one known as Titch started limping on Saturday, she is holding her back leg up and not putting any weight on it.

I have looked at her and she is not squeaking as if in pain when I touch it. But I have noticed that the foot on the poorly leg has a whiteness to the skin that the healthy leg does not have.

I wondered if it could be a fungal infection, when we got her she had running lice that I treated with Hamster spot on because of her size.

If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it?/

Thanks
 
Hello and welcome to the forum!

I don't have any advice to offer, but I hope that this bump will let someone more experienced see your post and send a response.

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Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear your little one has a poorly leg.

Are you sure she's 9 weeks old? She seems very, very tiny for that age - 210g is more the weight of a 2-3 week old piggie!

I would recommend having the vet look at her leg, a physical examination is important to determine the cause and consider what treatment to undertake.
 
Find a Cavy savvy vet and go there, piggies are prey animals and thus hide illness.

We have used liceandeasy on baby piggies for lice which is a gorgeous guinea product at the rescue i volunteer at.

But i think a vet visit is required
 
Thanks everyone, we have had her 3 weeks now and when we got her she only weighed 150g! We were told that she was 6 weeks old but I am beginning to think she may have been younger, poor little mite.:...

I have got an appointment at our local vets tomorrow evening. I have given her 0.5ml calprofen this morning to help her with the pain and inflamation.

She is quite bright this morning but last night she was very withdrawn.

She is in a cage with the bigger guinea pig who is a little crazy, crazee by name also! She likes running around the indoor cage like a looney so we have now brought a bigger cage to give them both more space. I wonder if the bigger one has run into her and injured her.

Anyway thanks for everyones advice will keep you all posted.
 
It does sound like she is much, much younger than you were told. Some babies are as much as 130g when born, someone may have been economical with the truth when they handed her over to you.

I do have to warn about the pain relief dosage, it reduces significantly for such young/small piggies. 0.2ml twice daily is the usual for adult piggies, highest being 0.4ml twice daily. For such a tiny guinea I'd have to say 0.05ml once daily at a push, preferably don't give any until you've spoken to the vet at least.

I really hope she's ok, great that she is bright this morning, I hope she stays that way and the vet appointment goes well. xx
 
been to vets this afternoon and Titch is off to hospital tomorrow for an xray. Vet thinks it could be dislocated or broken but she has been scratching herself so hoping it isn't broken.

She has had some pain relief via injection but she is very quiet and keeping herself to one corner of the cage.

Not sure what the options will be if it is broken/dislocated...any ideas?
 
Titch went off to the vets this morning and her buddy is very quiet today without, she is usually very vocal when I get home from teh school run and she hasn't ventured out from her house yet.

Titch is currently being x ray'd so waiting for the call from the vets.
 
Just got back from vets and Titch has a broken thigh bone, clean break but all the muscles are holding it so we have to keep her quiet for two weeks and it should repair itself, vet say operating will cause more problems in the long run

So we have pain releif for her with anti inflamatory in it.
 
Ouch, poor Titch! I really hope it mends itself well and quickly. Do you just need to restrict her movement by putting her in a much smaller than usual cage or separating off part of her usual cage?

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery x
 
Vet suggested a smaller cage, luckily I have two gp cages one is about 50cm long and the other is a nero 3. I have put titch in the smaler cage with a shoe box turned upsode down so she has somewhere to hide. I am going to get some vetbed when I finish work this evening so she is warm as well with not moving so much.

Crazee is most put out that she can't see her and keeps calling her, wish I could have them together because Crazee is like Mum to titch. When I got her home his afternoon she was nuzzling her and it was so sweet to watch. But crazee also thinks she is a kangaroo and likes to jump around the cage so not good for Titch and may be what caused the injury in the 1st place.

I am abit worried what two weeks apart may do to them so may let them have some time together each day so they don't end up getting used to their own company.

any ideas from the more expert GP owners would be gratefully received.
 
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