Xojulialeeox
Junior Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2017
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- 26
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On April 9th (a little over 3 weeks ago), the weather was nice so i took my two boys, who are about 5-6 months, out to play in the grass. On the way back inside, while i held them both in my arms, the loud squeak of our front door scared one of them (Piggy). Before I could catch him, he pushed off of me with his back legs and leapt off our porch onto the concrete. He made a horrible sound, and his front paw was bleeding. I rushed him inside to stop the bleeding, and when i put him down, i realized he couldn't move his back legs at all. He dragged himself into his hidey and just laid there, limp. I rushed him to the vet, who gave him acupuncture and even tried electrodes. She said she couldn't feel any broken bones, but his spine was off-centered which may be causing the paralysis. She said he will most likely never walk again, and said i should put him down. However, he moved his foot slightly when she squeezed it, so she gave us Prednisone to try for a week. After giving him the steroid orally for a week, he still couldn't walk, but he gained some reflexes back in his feet. Fast forward two more weeks, and it's still the same. He is dragging himself around, seemingly with ease, and he is back to wheeking for veggies, eating his pellets, and drinking his water (the week after his accident, he wouldn't drink or eat his pellets at all). I give him bum baths every few days to avoid urine scald. I've tried making him some sort of wheelchair like a Roxy Roller, but he slips out of it. I feel horribly guilty, and i hate seeing him drag himself around, but i just can't seem to put him down knowing he is still happily eating, drinking, and playing with his toys. But, i don't want to be selfish and keep him here because of false hope. I am hoping with time and exercises, he may gain some movement back. I was thinking of trying hydrotherapy too. Am i making the right decision? I just don't want my boy to be miserable. 
