lucysguineas
New Born Pup
Hi, my guinea pig is getting on a bit now at about 4/5 years old, I'm worried she's sick or dying as she isn't her normal squeaky self, she has tried to eat but didn't manage to eat much. She has drunk a bit of water too. I put her on the floor and she did have a bit of a run around but no where near as much as usual. I haven't seen her go to the toilet at all today but have only been paying attention for a couple of hours, at 5pm today she was fine and acting normal but by 6pm she was very quiet. I'm worried she could have got too cold out on the lawn today as we're getting colder weather. She's inside now in a small hutch (normally lives in an outside hutch) and I'm staying with her. There are several things that could be wrong with her, my other guinea pig died a couple of months ago so she could be stressed out or lonely. She does have a few lumps and bumps but they don't seem to have grown and the vet said they were harmless, she's had them tested. She was losing a bit of weight for a while which the vet said could be due to kidney/liver? problems but she seemed to be on a more stable weight recently. She does have mites but they're being treated. And of course as she's getting old she probably doesn't have much time.
As I'm not sure if she is just sick or if she is on her way out, I don't know what I should do. When my other guinea died, it was clear she wasn't going to last the night as she felt very heavy, was barley moving and her heart and breathing were weak. But with my guinea now I just can't tell. Should I get her out of her hutch and cuddle her in case she is dying? Or should I just leave her be? I want to cuddle her while she's dying but I don't want to keep her up all night if this is a false alarm. :/
As I'm not sure if she is just sick or if she is on her way out, I don't know what I should do. When my other guinea died, it was clear she wasn't going to last the night as she felt very heavy, was barley moving and her heart and breathing were weak. But with my guinea now I just can't tell. Should I get her out of her hutch and cuddle her in case she is dying? Or should I just leave her be? I want to cuddle her while she's dying but I don't want to keep her up all night if this is a false alarm. :/