Maisy and Poppy
Adult Guinea Pig
All the best - grunting is a sign of pain, so it is good that you have had her seen. Has your vet considered a diuretic in case it there is a fluid build up in her chest or lungs, which can cause the heavy breathing?
Please try your very best to get 60 ml or more syringe feed into her in 24 hours by feeding ever 2-3 hours, including feeds throughout the night. She's run out of energy now, so you have to supply it.
Yes, she has stopped grunting (it sounded like snoring) since we left to go to the vets, the vet didn't consider that as she's lost quite a bit of weight and is weak so even if there was something we don't think it would be fair to put her through it, we've gone for the antibiotics as all (hopefully) points to URI or a more sinister problem. She did offer taking conscious x rays etc when we went before but as we thought she was too weak to survive and go through with any procedure or anaesthetic.
I will attempt to get my parents to help me feed her through the night, I've kissed 2 days of school to syringe her, but the vet thinks she doesn't stand much chance of surviving but we will keep her as comfortable as possible, and syringe feed her as much as she can swallow, as she is quite weak so we don't want it going into her lungs as it comes out suddenly if she cannot swallow it.