Tigger&Eeyore
Junior Guinea Pig
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Hi all,
Looking for some advice re my 1 year old boar. About to finish 10 day spell of antibiotics after being diagnosed with ear infection. I got a second opinion after 4 days as didn’t see any improvement. Symptoms were loss of appetite, head tilt, shaking head, walking in circles and withdrawn. Started syringe feeding at same time started on antibiotics and he was initially really keen but after a few days had no interest in syringe food. He continued to lose weight and over the course of 1-2 weeks went from 1.35 to 1.04.
Anyway, so got second opinion on Thursday and the vet thought it was more likely parasites deep in ear. Gave me worming paste to give him every day for 1 month and anti inflammatory for 1 month. I stepped up the anti with syringe feeding and he seemed to find his appetite again. From 1pm on Friday I no longer had to syringe feed, he was eating regularly and a good amount.
Popped back to vet yesterday and he was happy with him. I mentioned that he didn’t seem to pooing but he couldn’t feel any cause for concern in his stomach although noted it was a bit empty. Despite eating and drinking a lot between Thursday to Saturday he had gone from 1.06 to 1.04 which I wasn’t so concerned about as was confident the weight would creep back on. He went from strength to strength yesterday and was eating and drinking a lot and this continued through the night. I was so pleased.
Something then changed this morning and it is like he has gone backwards. Very withdrawn and not had any dried food or water, just munched on some carrot and spinach for breakfast. Still no sign of any droppings. Seems a little lifeless.
Going to go back to the vet tomorrow but thought I would see if there any suggestions from the group?
Looking for some advice re my 1 year old boar. About to finish 10 day spell of antibiotics after being diagnosed with ear infection. I got a second opinion after 4 days as didn’t see any improvement. Symptoms were loss of appetite, head tilt, shaking head, walking in circles and withdrawn. Started syringe feeding at same time started on antibiotics and he was initially really keen but after a few days had no interest in syringe food. He continued to lose weight and over the course of 1-2 weeks went from 1.35 to 1.04.
Anyway, so got second opinion on Thursday and the vet thought it was more likely parasites deep in ear. Gave me worming paste to give him every day for 1 month and anti inflammatory for 1 month. I stepped up the anti with syringe feeding and he seemed to find his appetite again. From 1pm on Friday I no longer had to syringe feed, he was eating regularly and a good amount.
Popped back to vet yesterday and he was happy with him. I mentioned that he didn’t seem to pooing but he couldn’t feel any cause for concern in his stomach although noted it was a bit empty. Despite eating and drinking a lot between Thursday to Saturday he had gone from 1.06 to 1.04 which I wasn’t so concerned about as was confident the weight would creep back on. He went from strength to strength yesterday and was eating and drinking a lot and this continued through the night. I was so pleased.
Something then changed this morning and it is like he has gone backwards. Very withdrawn and not had any dried food or water, just munched on some carrot and spinach for breakfast. Still no sign of any droppings. Seems a little lifeless.
Going to go back to the vet tomorrow but thought I would see if there any suggestions from the group?
