This is regarding my guinea pig snowy, 6.5 year old male. He initially had trouble eating with drooling and tearing while chewing. This all started around 20 days back.
The vet got her xrays and cbc done. She said the teeth dint look too bad as would be expected. His upper incisor was of a diferent brown colour with another incisor growing in front of it which was was pointy and tpuching his lower lip, so she trimmed that. His cbc showed hight counts, so was started him on antibiotics. Xray abdo showed minor bloat, mostly secondary to his eating less.
He dint improve at all after that, so she suggested molar evaluatuon under anesthesia which was done 5 days back. She said the molars looked okay, one or two spurs which she cut. He is still not eating at all. Nothing.
All this while i have been syringe feeding him. He had lost a lot of weight, but now it is stable.
All this has been going on while i just lost his sister piigie pebbles a day ago. And now i am feeling helpless with this guy too.
There are no gp dentists around here. Getting a decent exotic vet who is willing to do these procedures is itself a big deal.
Now what should i do? I dont want to lose my piggie due to dental issues, which are solvable. I am enclosing his xray too. Would be grateful for any suggestions.
The vet got her xrays and cbc done. She said the teeth dint look too bad as would be expected. His upper incisor was of a diferent brown colour with another incisor growing in front of it which was was pointy and tpuching his lower lip, so she trimmed that. His cbc showed hight counts, so was started him on antibiotics. Xray abdo showed minor bloat, mostly secondary to his eating less.
He dint improve at all after that, so she suggested molar evaluatuon under anesthesia which was done 5 days back. She said the molars looked okay, one or two spurs which she cut. He is still not eating at all. Nothing.
All this while i have been syringe feeding him. He had lost a lot of weight, but now it is stable.
All this has been going on while i just lost his sister piigie pebbles a day ago. And now i am feeling helpless with this guy too.
There are no gp dentists around here. Getting a decent exotic vet who is willing to do these procedures is itself a big deal.
Now what should i do? I dont want to lose my piggie due to dental issues, which are solvable. I am enclosing his xray too. Would be grateful for any suggestions.
