Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
As most of you will know Lottie lost a lot of weight & hasn't been eating her dry food or hay. I've been syringe feeding her for just over 2 weeks.
Debbie (furryfriends) suggested i try her with Metatone Tonic, for anyone who doesn't know it's a pick-me-up for humans & it tastes revolting but Lottie seems to like it. It's given by syringe 0.5ml per day for 7 days then 0.3ml for 7 days.
Lottie had her first dose Tuesday & yesterday ate from both her hay & dry food bowl & today she's eaten even more. ;D
At first i thought i was imagining it so i rearranged both bowls & again they'd both been disturbed.
She's also drinking more water (i've been syringing water into her) & she's taking more of an interest in her surroundings as there are poops dotted here & there & these poops are huge in comparison to what they have been - i'm becoming a piggy poop expert! ;D
Yesterday she made a brrrr or a r r r r r r noise at me inbetween feeds. I hope this was a happy noise but i'm not bothered if she was telling me to bu**er off cos she was saying something.
Today i got teeth chattering, then she hid her head in the towel & proceeded to eat the food from the towel.
I've had her in a run in the computer room with me for most of the day where she munched on a pile of hay, ate dry food & drank water - she's definitely the happiest she has been for the past 2 weeks.
I want to say a big THANK YOU to Debbie for telling me about this
I'm so happy, i can hardly contain myself O0
Niki
Debbie (furryfriends) suggested i try her with Metatone Tonic, for anyone who doesn't know it's a pick-me-up for humans & it tastes revolting but Lottie seems to like it. It's given by syringe 0.5ml per day for 7 days then 0.3ml for 7 days.
Lottie had her first dose Tuesday & yesterday ate from both her hay & dry food bowl & today she's eaten even more. ;D
At first i thought i was imagining it so i rearranged both bowls & again they'd both been disturbed.
She's also drinking more water (i've been syringing water into her) & she's taking more of an interest in her surroundings as there are poops dotted here & there & these poops are huge in comparison to what they have been - i'm becoming a piggy poop expert! ;D
Yesterday she made a brrrr or a r r r r r r noise at me inbetween feeds. I hope this was a happy noise but i'm not bothered if she was telling me to bu**er off cos she was saying something.
Today i got teeth chattering, then she hid her head in the towel & proceeded to eat the food from the towel.
I've had her in a run in the computer room with me for most of the day where she munched on a pile of hay, ate dry food & drank water - she's definitely the happiest she has been for the past 2 weeks.
I want to say a big THANK YOU to Debbie for telling me about this
I'm so happy, i can hardly contain myself O0
Niki