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Apoorva

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My guinea pig is making weird noises from last 5-10 days, I don't know what to do. I have also seen blood in her cage.
Does it means something critical? should I take her to the vet?
But due to Covid-19 lockdown it seems difficult, what should I do? Please help? 😢
 
Apoorva said:
My guinea pig is making weird noises from last 5-10 days, I don't know what to do. I have also seen blood in her cage.
Does it means something critical? should I take her to the vet?
But due to Covid-19 lockdown it seems difficult, what should I do? Please help? 😢
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Hi and welcome!

Unfortunately 'weird noises' without context doesn't give us much to work on. Could you please take a video, upload it on a public setting elsewhere and copy/paste it into your next post.

Is your piggy making these noises when peeing or pooing? In connection with the red pees this would point towards a urinary tract infection (UTI), which requires an antibiotic with the active ingredient Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) (better known as bactrim, septrin or sulfatrim) or enroflaxacin (better known as baytril). An analgesic like metacam is also prescribed by piggy savvy vets in order to reduce the discomfort.

However, this is just a wild guess without any more information from you and can certainly not serve as a diagnosis or basis for treatment.

You may find these information links here helpful:
How Soon Should My Guinea Pig See A Vet? - A Quick Guide

Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
(includes tips for seeing not piggy savvy vets, links to safe and unsafe medications, a non-medical first aid kit and care tips for an ill guinea pig while waiting to see a vet and for any medication to kick in).

Please ring around to see whether any vet is willing to do a phone diagnosis or is willing to see your pet with precautions like currently in place in the UK: COVID-19 - Vet visits/emergencies during coronavirus/Covid-19 lockdown
 
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