Monday, May 24, 2010

What can I do for my guinea pig? I think she is dying.?

She won't eat or drink, the last she ate was some romaine yesterday morning. And she has drank only about 1 or 2 oz of water.
Answers:
There are 2 things that you need to do:
1. Start handfeeding her
2. Get an appointment as soon as possible with your exotic vet
1. Handfeeding -
You will need to grind up the days daily pellets in a coffee machine (or something of the like), 20 grams of the pellets to 5mls of water but you may need to add more water. You will need to feed her about 6 times a day. Then using a syringe with the restrictive top cut off, put the syringe just behind the front teeth and work your way to the back teeth until the teeth start grounding. Information on how much (app) you will need, pictures of the syringes and more can be found on this site:
http://www.guinealynx.info/handfeeding.h...
2. Call the vet -
You should do this before you start handfeeding your guinea pig and you should already know where to go in terms of vets. But if you don't then can use the following site:
http://www.aracnet.com/cgi-usr/seagull/v...
How long have you had her? Could be nerves if you just got her.
I suggest you take her to a vet if you think she's in danger. just to make sure... ^^
u should wait 12 hours and if she is still like that u might want to see a vet :(
if she goes 8-12 hours with eating nothing start syringe feeding her. she might start eating on her own after that. if not, take her to the vet. if you have more then 1 piggie, take her away for a little bit so you can see exactly how much shes eating.
Keep her warm, bring her to the vet.
take her to the vet immeditly something is wrong and u need professinal care
You didn't say how old she is or how long you've had her, which could be heavy factors.
You definitely need to start handfeeding her, so her gut doesn't go into stasis. See the info Buzzare gave you for links to handfeeding. A vet visit is in order.
Wait a couple of hours and if she still does it take her to the vet imedietly!
have you've been giving her fruit? fruit like red or green grapes strwberries or oranges give them their vitamin C which is essential in their diet.

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