Sarah from Chucklebunnies
Adult Guinea Pig
Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but Supreme Science Recovery are now doing a syringe to help with force feeding and it is a good one. I had to take Carmilla to the vets earlier (bloody runs, suspected uti) and she is on antibiotics now but I am having to make sure her gut keeps working by getting fluids and recovery into her every few hours. The vet gave me a syringe which they had been sent by the manufacturer and I can recommend it. I know this looks like a plug for a company but here it is...
The end is wide and long, both useful traits. I hope you can see it clearly. I have been using a wide syringe with the end mostly cut away to get the recovery through the nozzle - but this is easily rejected by a piggy who really doesn't want to know.
Carmilla is already showing good signs by the way, she is more relaxed in her posture and has produced some closer to solid poos. She has managed mouthfuls of grass and little bits of veg, but she is still refusing to eat properly though so we will have to have another session soon. Poor girl. She really doesn't enjoy it much. But this syringe has definitely helped as it has made a very troublesome time much less stressful. All much quicker and easier.
Here she is earlier today, isolated from the rest of the herd and feeling very tired and unhappy.
Hope this is helpful, Sarah
The end is wide and long, both useful traits. I hope you can see it clearly. I have been using a wide syringe with the end mostly cut away to get the recovery through the nozzle - but this is easily rejected by a piggy who really doesn't want to know.
Carmilla is already showing good signs by the way, she is more relaxed in her posture and has produced some closer to solid poos. She has managed mouthfuls of grass and little bits of veg, but she is still refusing to eat properly though so we will have to have another session soon. Poor girl. She really doesn't enjoy it much. But this syringe has definitely helped as it has made a very troublesome time much less stressful. All much quicker and easier.
Here she is earlier today, isolated from the rest of the herd and feeling very tired and unhappy.
Hope this is helpful, Sarah
