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Painful poo and won’t move !

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Thecamic112

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Hi my Guinea pig is about 4-5 years old and all of a sudden he won’t eat or drink and I think he is in pain when he poops. His poop isn’t actually diarrhea but his poop is pretty soft and dark. He won’t move from his spot because I think he’s in too much pain to move. I took him to the emergency clinic, and overall he’s healthy but they didn’t take any poop samples or an xray. I was given critical care food, so I’ll feed him that and his water because I know he won’t eat it himself. Please help! I don’t want to lose my baby!
 
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Hi my Guinea pig is about 4-5 years old and all of a sudden he won’t eat or drink and I think he is in pain when he poops. His poop isn’t actually diarrhea but his poop is pretty soft and dark. He won’t move from his spot because I think he’s in too much pain to move. I took him to the emergency clinic, and overall he’s healthy but they didn’t take any poop samples or an xray. I was given critical care food, so I’ll feed him that and his water because I know he won’t eat it himself. Please help! I don’t want to lose my baby!
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Hi! Please have him vet checked by a regular vet tomorrow - pooping pain is usually down to a urinary tract problem (UTI or stone).

The consistency of the poops is pointing towards your boy not eating enough hay, which is making over 80% of the daily food intake but is often the first food group that is dropped when a piggy is in severe pain. Please be aware that the poo output usually lags 1-2 days behind the input.

Your syringe feeding support care is vital if your piggy is in pain and off its appetite. Please switch from the regular weekly weigh-in to weighing daily at the same time in order to monitor the food intake. Take the time to read our illustrated step-by-step syringe feeding guide. It has been written specifically for inexperienced owners.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide
Administering Medications And Syringe Feed
 
Sorry to hear this, please get them to a cavy savy vet tomorrow

We have a vets locator for the UK on the top bar of forum and guinea Lynx have a US one here Guinea Lynx :: GL's Vet List
 
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