Amy Barton
Junior Guinea Pig
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Hi, a week ago today our guinea pig Peppa who is 6 had a stroke which left her paralysed in her back legs and blind in both eyes. We immediately phoned our vet (who is very good with guinea pigs) and when we took her in the vet agreed that she had had a stroke but due to her age was unsure if she would recover. She gave us a herbal remedy which she said might help with the paralysis and advised us that we would have to wash her as she was unable to wash herself. Peppa stopped eating everything other than vegetables and dandelion forage. She refused to eat hay and pellets. Unfortunately, we didn’t realise we had run out of critical care and due to the current circumstances it took us two day’s to get a hold of some so in the meantime she was only eating vegetables and forage. When the critical care arrived we started syringe feeding straight away which she loved - we didn’t even have to take her out of the cage as she dragged herself over to the cage bars. Over the past few days she has improved significantly. She has regained nearly full use of her back legs and had started to get back to her normal self despite being blind. As of yesterday she has got her full appetite back and is now munching on lots of hay. However, peppa’s poo has been very soft and it is getting stuck to her fur as she still a bit wobbly and isn’t cleaning herself properly. Despite us giving her clean every night, her hair always gets poo stuck in it as they are soft and she has become quite smelly. Hopefully she will start to clean herself properly soon and since she has started eating hay again I’m hoping this will help sort out her soft poo but we have also been giving her a probiotic with vitamin C. I was wondering if we should stop giving her veg? We have reduced the amount she is having , however, I was skeptical to remove it completely since she has only just got her appetite back.
Sorry this is so long!
Sorry this is so long!