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Teenage Guinea Pig
Apologies for my absence, unfortunately I'm back under sad circumstances. I'm not really sure what to do with my eldest boar Frank (avatar) he lives indoors with us with his cage mate and he has been his normal self but yesterday before I went to work I noticed he looked really lethargic, I was hoping that I'd just caught him waking up from a nap but I had this feeling he wasn't well. When I came home last night I went to see him straightaway, he was very very lethargic, his eyes were sunken and weeping and I honestly thought he was going. I wrapped him up in a towel and took him to bed with me to keep him warm, I gave him some calpol about midnight, he didn't seem in any pain but I thought it might help and about half past he had a handful of spinach leaves (that was all we had in the house) he woke me up about half past one for some more veg and by 3am he had really perked up, the eye discharge had gone and his eyes seemed brighter, he was still sleepy and curling up in the towel under the duvet but much more his normal self. I put him back in his cage and he had some water. This morning he seems fine, he came up to greet me as normal and is drinking however I haven't seen him have any food. I've weighed him this morning and he's 1045g.
I'm just not sure what was wrong with him, I really thought he wouldn't be here this morning by the way he looked last night. Would it be worth a trip to the vets even though there's no outward signs of illness? Could it be dental? Any advice greatly appreciated, I'm going to go and get some cucumber and other veg for him to make sure he's eating a little bit, it's worth mentioning that he was in bed with me for 5 hours last night and I'm fairly sure he didn't wee or poo the whole time, he was wrapped in the towel so unless I missed any I'm pretty sure he didn't go although like I say he's drinking fine and gobbled down the veg last night.
Thanks again in advance.
I'm just not sure what was wrong with him, I really thought he wouldn't be here this morning by the way he looked last night. Would it be worth a trip to the vets even though there's no outward signs of illness? Could it be dental? Any advice greatly appreciated, I'm going to go and get some cucumber and other veg for him to make sure he's eating a little bit, it's worth mentioning that he was in bed with me for 5 hours last night and I'm fairly sure he didn't wee or poo the whole time, he was wrapped in the towel so unless I missed any I'm pretty sure he didn't go although like I say he's drinking fine and gobbled down the veg last night.
Thanks again in advance.