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My guinea pig won't eat or stand up

I’m so sorry, you must also feel as bad as I do.
 
I’m trying to feed her every 30-60 minutes. I fed her some carrot liquid with vitamin c she ate a small bit. I had hope it’s just my mom keeps saying not to have to much hope and I just feel very emotional when she says that. It’s mostly me and my dad that are trying to feed her but he’s not home right now. I’m letting her rest but she just seems so lifeless. Any suggestions what I should try to feed her next? I don’t have critical care and no pet shops are open. My other guinea pig tried licking her mouth but I don’t know if I should let her disturb the sick guinea pig.
 
Gab221 said:
I’m trying to feed her every 30-60 minutes. I fed her some carrot liquid with vitamin c she ate a small bit. I had hope it’s just my mom keeps saying not to have to much hope and I just feel very emotional when she says that. It’s mostly me and my dad that are trying to feed her but he’s not home right now. I’m letting her rest but she just seems so lifeless. Any suggestions what I should try to feed her next? I don’t have critical care and no pet shops are open. My other guinea pig tried licking her mouth but I don’t know if I should let her disturb the sick guinea pig.
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She needs to be being syringe fed mushed up pellets (as you don’t have any critical care). Feeding liquid bell peppers and carrot is not really the way to go about this - fibre is essential to keep the system going. Take some of her normal pellets, add some boiling water until the pellets go mushy, let it cool and then syringe feed that to her. It is very important that she has the fibre

Had you read the guides which have been linked in previously (I will put it below again) . You are aiming to get 40-60ml of mushed up pellets into her in a 24 hour period.

Not Eating, Weight Loss And The Importance Of Syringe Feeding Fibre
 
we tried but she wouldn’t eat them no matter what
 
Gab221 said:
we tried but she wouldn’t eat them no matter what
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Even if you mush them up so they are liquid form and syringe feed them to her? You said above that you got 5ml of food into her - do you mean she ate 5ml of veg purées?
 
Piggies&buns said:
Even if you mush them up so they are liquid form and syringe feed them to her? You said above that you got 5ml of food into her - do you mean she ate 5ml of veg purées?
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Yes I made another one of those with the pellets and some probiotics but she isn’t eating anything anymore I think these are her last moments
 
Was the pellet mush thick or watery? You can perhaps try putting it on a spoon and let her lick it off. No harm in trying.
 
We tried both watery and mushy. She can’t eat by herself only from a syringe.
 
What's her favorite fruit or veggies? U could mush them up and when u fill your your 1 ml syringe with critical care at the end try filling only 5-10% of it with her favorite fruit or veggie mixture so she tastes it and maybe she ll like it and then they ll eat the whole syringe of critical care but do remember don't feed her too much veg and fruits. No harm in trying I saw saskia from lagpr do it
 
Do you have access to any grass? Sometimes this can get them eating again. try a few strands if you can. Sending you hugs at this difficult time x
 
She can’t chew hard foods not even grass or hay
 
Did the vet check her teeth? If she’s accepting syringe feeds then do the mushed pellets.
 
She doesn’t move only her feet and non stop twitching. She can only eat very liquidy stuff not even mushy
 
Gab221 said:
She passed away this night.💔
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I'm so sorry for your loss. You really did everything you could and I'm just sorry that where you are you don't have the 24hour vet care offered in the UK
 
So sorry to hear this news. You did everything you could and she is at peace now. Happily munching and playing at the rainbow 🌈bridge.
Sending you massive hugs.xx
 
I’m so sorry you lost her, sending you hugs, you did everything you could have done for her x
Sleep tight little lady x
 
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