wannabepiggymum
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all
My partner and I rehomed two piggies recently. Sambuca and Guinness. Guinness developed ringworm a week after we took them on (no prizes guessing where we got them!) and as a result - our vet advised treating both piggies with griseofulvin tabs.
2 weeks into their course of this, Sambuca was found in his hutch pretty cold and non-responsive ( the vet couldn't read a temperature on the poor piggy). He was admitted and warmed up. I took him home that evening, but noticed his front right foot was looking a little swollen and red. In the morning his foot was completely swollen, purple coloured, with purple quicks and nails falling off. Back to the vet who advised it could be pododermatitis OR some bizarre frost bite?
I began treatment with baytril .4mls per day and he has been getting on great over the weekend, eating and moving around. But when I checked him this morning I noticed that his other foot was now going quite pink and that the skin had started blistering a weeping. AGAIN back to work with me, where the vet has prescribed metacam and suggested a epsom salts bathing (although trying to locate some in this area is a nightmare!).
I'm so upset for the little piggy ( as is my partner - they are his first pets) and can't help wondering if it something we have done? They are on vet bed and sometimes shredded paper, although mainly in their litter tray. They eat plenty of high vit c veg and are pretty active. Have attached some pics for you to see.
My partner and I rehomed two piggies recently. Sambuca and Guinness. Guinness developed ringworm a week after we took them on (no prizes guessing where we got them!) and as a result - our vet advised treating both piggies with griseofulvin tabs.
2 weeks into their course of this, Sambuca was found in his hutch pretty cold and non-responsive ( the vet couldn't read a temperature on the poor piggy). He was admitted and warmed up. I took him home that evening, but noticed his front right foot was looking a little swollen and red. In the morning his foot was completely swollen, purple coloured, with purple quicks and nails falling off. Back to the vet who advised it could be pododermatitis OR some bizarre frost bite?
I began treatment with baytril .4mls per day and he has been getting on great over the weekend, eating and moving around. But when I checked him this morning I noticed that his other foot was now going quite pink and that the skin had started blistering a weeping. AGAIN back to work with me, where the vet has prescribed metacam and suggested a epsom salts bathing (although trying to locate some in this area is a nightmare!).
I'm so upset for the little piggy ( as is my partner - they are his first pets) and can't help wondering if it something we have done? They are on vet bed and sometimes shredded paper, although mainly in their litter tray. They eat plenty of high vit c veg and are pretty active. Have attached some pics for you to see.