Wilwong
Junior Guinea Pig
Amiee, my abyssinian, around 7-8 years of age, always spritely and active for her age, suddenly took a turn 48 hours ago
1) She didnt reach for her food in the morning, was laying still in the cage and didnt want to move
2) When she did it looked like her back leg was tucked in and hopping like a rabbit when she did move
3) lost her appetite
I took her to our vet within hours, and the vet said that she's seems a bit underweight but down to old age, and she could be suffering arthritis, we were given some Metacam and told to come back in 5 days if Aimee showed no improvement.
The following day, she was still very inactive and no appetite, and worryingly had diahoerra, I quickly took her off any veggies and tried to get her to eat hay, which she does but very slowly.. I also tried to syringe her water to keep her hydrated, ordered emergency feed for her from Amazon
Her Diahorra seemed an isolated incident since her stools are now wet but fairly solid, shes alert if I attract her attention, but mostly she sits still, puffed up .. the feed has arrived and we started recovery feed for her
I'm very anxious as to what to do next, my vet is good but one is never sure whether they are cavy savvy.. I'm worried her gut will seize up if she doesnt eat more soon...
Here's my little piggie right now, I wish I can take her pain away ...
1) She didnt reach for her food in the morning, was laying still in the cage and didnt want to move
2) When she did it looked like her back leg was tucked in and hopping like a rabbit when she did move
3) lost her appetite
I took her to our vet within hours, and the vet said that she's seems a bit underweight but down to old age, and she could be suffering arthritis, we were given some Metacam and told to come back in 5 days if Aimee showed no improvement.
The following day, she was still very inactive and no appetite, and worryingly had diahoerra, I quickly took her off any veggies and tried to get her to eat hay, which she does but very slowly.. I also tried to syringe her water to keep her hydrated, ordered emergency feed for her from Amazon
Her Diahorra seemed an isolated incident since her stools are now wet but fairly solid, shes alert if I attract her attention, but mostly she sits still, puffed up .. the feed has arrived and we started recovery feed for her
I'm very anxious as to what to do next, my vet is good but one is never sure whether they are cavy savvy.. I'm worried her gut will seize up if she doesnt eat more soon...
Here's my little piggie right now, I wish I can take her pain away ...