quietone
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello,
I adopted three rescue piggies about two months ago. For the first few weeks they were absolutely fine, then after a month the smallest girl, Wispa, developed very loose stools. She was already noticeably smaller than the other two, so we were concerned. The other two are still absolutely fine.
At our first trip to the vet they gave us 2 sachets of recovery plus probiotic and said to give half a sachet per day. Wisp loved this, but her loose stool continued. After a few days it firmed up, and then things got worse. Wispa is obviously in pain when she poos, and she's quite bloated. We took her back to the vets who gave us antibiotics and fibreplex. The vet also said that she was no expert in small animals and has given us another vet to try if things don't improve.
We are only just on day 2 of the antibiotics, and although Wispa isn't noticeably worse, she's still unhappy and suffering from loose stool. It isn't constant. She's still eating and drinking, but losing weight. I don't want to rush into giving her anything that makes it worse, and my reading up on bloat, etc, has only made me more confused. How long do we give the antibiotics chance to work before moving onto the next vet? Is there anything else I can be giving her? She's been on just hay and pellets for about two weeks now. Is infacol something to try or will that make her diarrhoea worse?
Apologies for all the questions. I really don't know what is the best way to proceed.
I adopted three rescue piggies about two months ago. For the first few weeks they were absolutely fine, then after a month the smallest girl, Wispa, developed very loose stools. She was already noticeably smaller than the other two, so we were concerned. The other two are still absolutely fine.
At our first trip to the vet they gave us 2 sachets of recovery plus probiotic and said to give half a sachet per day. Wisp loved this, but her loose stool continued. After a few days it firmed up, and then things got worse. Wispa is obviously in pain when she poos, and she's quite bloated. We took her back to the vets who gave us antibiotics and fibreplex. The vet also said that she was no expert in small animals and has given us another vet to try if things don't improve.
We are only just on day 2 of the antibiotics, and although Wispa isn't noticeably worse, she's still unhappy and suffering from loose stool. It isn't constant. She's still eating and drinking, but losing weight. I don't want to rush into giving her anything that makes it worse, and my reading up on bloat, etc, has only made me more confused. How long do we give the antibiotics chance to work before moving onto the next vet? Is there anything else I can be giving her? She's been on just hay and pellets for about two weeks now. Is infacol something to try or will that make her diarrhoea worse?
Apologies for all the questions. I really don't know what is the best way to proceed.