Lenny&henry
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I have recently seen a lot of people posting about URIs in babies and as I've been dealing with 2 (2x 3week antibiotic treatments!) I thought I'd share some tips I've learned to help my piggies cope.
1) Try to administer antibiotics every 12 hours and if possible give piggie a cuddle after to say sorry for what you just put him through lol!
2) with a snotty nose piggies sometimes find certain things harder to eat; kale and parsley have been amazing hits with my guineas while poorly and they are both high in vit C. I always try to hand feed a bit just to give my piggie a good look at and also to build trust
3) weigh them every couple of days - this is just useful so you know what their weight pattern should be. The parsley, kale and hay mix got my guineas up 2 ounces each when they weren't feeling too good.
4) something cosy - normally I would think this is silly, but my guinea pigs have absolutely adored their cosy tunnel that I bought for them when they first got ill. It's a comfort to know they have somewhere to relax to get better
5) Pro C probiotic is a good addition to the diet both to aid friendly bacteria after antibiotics and also to keep vit C up. I find mine don't enjoy it in their water, no one likes their water tasting funny! Mine will actually lick it off my hands but they will also eat kale that has been sprinkled with it.
6) every couple of days just go and quietly listen to your pig in its hutch/cage - how is it breathing? Is wheezing improving, less sneezing?
All of the above have got both my babies popcorning for their food in the mornings and racing round together again. I hope anyone who has a baby guinea recently diagnosed finds this somewhat helpful!
1) Try to administer antibiotics every 12 hours and if possible give piggie a cuddle after to say sorry for what you just put him through lol!
2) with a snotty nose piggies sometimes find certain things harder to eat; kale and parsley have been amazing hits with my guineas while poorly and they are both high in vit C. I always try to hand feed a bit just to give my piggie a good look at and also to build trust
3) weigh them every couple of days - this is just useful so you know what their weight pattern should be. The parsley, kale and hay mix got my guineas up 2 ounces each when they weren't feeling too good.
4) something cosy - normally I would think this is silly, but my guinea pigs have absolutely adored their cosy tunnel that I bought for them when they first got ill. It's a comfort to know they have somewhere to relax to get better
5) Pro C probiotic is a good addition to the diet both to aid friendly bacteria after antibiotics and also to keep vit C up. I find mine don't enjoy it in their water, no one likes their water tasting funny! Mine will actually lick it off my hands but they will also eat kale that has been sprinkled with it.
6) every couple of days just go and quietly listen to your pig in its hutch/cage - how is it breathing? Is wheezing improving, less sneezing?
All of the above have got both my babies popcorning for their food in the mornings and racing round together again. I hope anyone who has a baby guinea recently diagnosed finds this somewhat helpful!
