Leilalouise
Junior Guinea Pig
I'm so upset, I've just lost BillyPig. He hadn't been himself for about a week and vet initially thought teeth trouble so he had surgery on Tuesday and had spurs filed off his back teeth. He just didn't seem any better afterwards though, sitting hunched up in his cage, not interested in anything, not eating & not drinking. I had been giving him Metacam and syringe feeding him Science Recovery and water but with no improvement. He went been back to the vet this morning (and saw one of the partners who I trust) and he said that BillyPig was dehydrated and he suspected that it was his kidneys that was the problem. He suggested there were a few things we could try but that it didn't look good and he thought BillyPig was suffering. We made the very difficult decision for him to be PTS. Am sat in work now alternately sniffling & running to the loo for a sob. Poor BillyPig, I'm just guilt-ridden that he may have suffered for longer than I realised. Hopefully I did the right thing for him.