Olivitree
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello all, it's been a very long time since I've been on here, but wasn't feeling too chirpy after Jack had died and it was a bit hard seeing other people talking about their piggies.
However, I have my sisters two guinea pigs now, as she has two kids, she was struggling to look after them, both of them were pet store bought, but in the adoption section as Tilly had an ear infection which lead to her being very eccentric and more than a little lopsided, she was put together with Tabby and they were adopted out as a pair. So, I have now inherited this odd piggy and her rather frustrated cage mate, unfortunately, Tilly's problem had not been dealt with fully and it recurred.
She is now permanently on antibiotics (Septrin) for fear that the infection may start again. I'm highly dubious of the effectiveness of this, surely the bacteria would have built a resistance to these antibiotics? She has been on them for a good number of months, perhaps a year, I BELIEVE she's 2 years oldish, but I'm not entirely certain.
Basically, I'm not sure that the antibiotics would work this long and I'd like opinions on that.
Also, I have been told I can take her off if I observe her closely, but I also don't want to cause her more upset than is necessary, while we both hate the routine of giving her the antibiotics daily I can imagine having to take her for a more serious vet trip could be more upsetting.
So I'm not entirely sure what to do and any further information and opinions would be great!
However, I have my sisters two guinea pigs now, as she has two kids, she was struggling to look after them, both of them were pet store bought, but in the adoption section as Tilly had an ear infection which lead to her being very eccentric and more than a little lopsided, she was put together with Tabby and they were adopted out as a pair. So, I have now inherited this odd piggy and her rather frustrated cage mate, unfortunately, Tilly's problem had not been dealt with fully and it recurred.
She is now permanently on antibiotics (Septrin) for fear that the infection may start again. I'm highly dubious of the effectiveness of this, surely the bacteria would have built a resistance to these antibiotics? She has been on them for a good number of months, perhaps a year, I BELIEVE she's 2 years oldish, but I'm not entirely certain.
Basically, I'm not sure that the antibiotics would work this long and I'd like opinions on that.
Also, I have been told I can take her off if I observe her closely, but I also don't want to cause her more upset than is necessary, while we both hate the routine of giving her the antibiotics daily I can imagine having to take her for a more serious vet trip could be more upsetting.
So I'm not entirely sure what to do and any further information and opinions would be great!
