danuutka
Junior Guinea Pig
I have a bit of an odd case, and I’m wandering if any of you knowledgeable people might be able to help.
A couple of months ago, my guinea pig Koda went through a couple of days of sore weeing and pooing. She produced some blood for a couple of hours, and then it was gone. We took her to our exotics vet regardless, who couldn’t find any indication of stone/infection. As a precaution, she was put on Metacam and an antibiotic for around a week, just in case the tests had missed anything.
She then went through a period of absolutely SCREAMING whilst pooing, and then she started producing very soft stool with a loft of agonising shrieks. We immediately took her to the vet, who couldn’t see any evidence of bloat or anything, but did give us an anti-parasitic medication just in case she had parasites in her digestive tract. After a few days of no veg and supplementary probiotics and critical care, she was fine.
Now she seems to have very sporadic bouts of pain whilst weeing and pooing, but thankfully no blood. Whenever she gets this, we give her Metacam for a couple of days and she seems fine.
However over the past few days we noticed something weird... when she is in her cage, she pees and poos with absolutely no pain. I know this, because the girls cage is in my bedroom, so I observe them all day. However, as soon as you pick her up onto my bed, either for cuddles, or for a check over, she suddenly starts screaming whilst toileting. It’s almost like the act of picking her up and placing her on the bed set she off her pain...
Is this a thing, what could it mean?
Ever since we’ve got her, she has hated her stomach being touched. She absolutely flips out when you try pick her up and hold her, she wriggles the entire time. Even our most experience exotic vet couldn’t perform a thorough examination because she flipped out so much. Is this in some way linked? Have you ever heard of a pig being in pain whilst toiletingonly once they’ve been handled?!
A couple of months ago, my guinea pig Koda went through a couple of days of sore weeing and pooing. She produced some blood for a couple of hours, and then it was gone. We took her to our exotics vet regardless, who couldn’t find any indication of stone/infection. As a precaution, she was put on Metacam and an antibiotic for around a week, just in case the tests had missed anything.
She then went through a period of absolutely SCREAMING whilst pooing, and then she started producing very soft stool with a loft of agonising shrieks. We immediately took her to the vet, who couldn’t see any evidence of bloat or anything, but did give us an anti-parasitic medication just in case she had parasites in her digestive tract. After a few days of no veg and supplementary probiotics and critical care, she was fine.
Now she seems to have very sporadic bouts of pain whilst weeing and pooing, but thankfully no blood. Whenever she gets this, we give her Metacam for a couple of days and she seems fine.
However over the past few days we noticed something weird... when she is in her cage, she pees and poos with absolutely no pain. I know this, because the girls cage is in my bedroom, so I observe them all day. However, as soon as you pick her up onto my bed, either for cuddles, or for a check over, she suddenly starts screaming whilst toileting. It’s almost like the act of picking her up and placing her on the bed set she off her pain...
Is this a thing, what could it mean?
Ever since we’ve got her, she has hated her stomach being touched. She absolutely flips out when you try pick her up and hold her, she wriggles the entire time. Even our most experience exotic vet couldn’t perform a thorough examination because she flipped out so much. Is this in some way linked? Have you ever heard of a pig being in pain whilst toiletingonly once they’ve been handled?!