Just been out to feed my pigs and one of my girls, Custard, semed fine, she ran from one end of the hutch to the other into the igloo. She had squashed Gerri in so i lited the igloo up to let her out and when i went to put it back I geve Custard a little nudge for her to move so i didnt squash her and she just sat and then she let me pick her up which she never ever does. She seemed floppy and not herself. So i put her back down so i culd assess her and she just sat there and could hardly move. She chewed on some spinach but she was salivating a lot. she is making little whinging noises when she moves or i move her. She is showing the same symptoms as my girl Crumble did last Feb. Crumble was Custards baby, she died a few days before she was 2. Custard is approx 4. The vets said it was something neurological and she had lost the ability to swallow. I'm hoping this isn't what is wrong with Custard. At the moment she is in an igloo wrapped in a towel, she has hay in there and i have given her a small amount of science recovery and some water. I didnt want to stress her too much. I've also given her 0.4 ml of panacur because after i lost Crumble i heard of a friends guinea pig who had had similar symptoms and it had been intestinal parasites. her guinea pig surived but was left blind and he cant walk properly. Custard had an upset tummy at the end of december, which i know is a symptom of worms, she had 0.4ml of panacur then and was on fibreplex for a few days and seemed fine after that, i wonder if it was worms and they havent gone compleyely with her only having one dose..can anyone suggest anything...i'm so upset!!
Thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed for apple.
