Signs Of Improvement?

[Mandy28]

I have a 7 month old male guinea pig who lives with another boar. I noticed that Marley, my ill boar, was looking thin so scooped him up and started feeding him critical care last night. I noticed that last night he wasn't making any bowel movement and about his second feeding was passing stool. It's smaller then usual but isn't mucus or stringy just smaller in size. He wasn't eating at all and today saw he was actually trying to eat. I'm still hand feeding him critical care and water and also gave him some infant gas x. His bowel movements are more often now and as I said he tries eating his hay on his own but not much. He also sleeps a lot or just hunches and sits in his hut. The other guinea pig he was housed with is just fine. Sadly at the moment can't afford to go to the vet and was curious am I approaching this the right way? Is what he's doing now with pooping more but they are smaller then normal and trying to eat signs of good improvement?

 

[Caviequeen]

I would say so, going from no stool to stool even a small amount of it defs sounds like an improvement to me.

 

[helen105281]

It is good that he is pooing again, and the syringe feeding does seem to have helped but I really do think he needs a vet. I know it can be difficult in the US as the vets don't take payment plans but he needs to see a vet to find out what caused the gut stasis in the first place and to check he doesn't have a blockage. If there is no blockage then he is likely to need gut stimulants and massage. I also recommend Dioralyte to increase he electrolytes but I am not sure if this is available in the US.