Sick Piggy not Eating

Pikachu25 · Mar 26, 2015

I can home from work late last night to find Mia hunched over in her tunnel breathing heavily, and not eating at all. She's usually the first to wheek and run up to me when I refill her hay and pellets. I thought I would give her a night and check for improvement today but there is none. It looks like she tried to eat her pellets, there are lots of crumbs in her dish. I had to go to work today, but I can try to get her to our exotic vet tomorrow. What can I do to make sure she is okay until then? I have some Meloxocam on hand, can I give her that? I am familiar with how to dose properly.

Also she is on pregnancy watch and starting to think she is likely pregnant.

bpatters · Mar 26, 2015

No, don't give her Meloxicam. You don't have a clue what's the matter with her, and the meloxicam could make some conditions worse.

But failure to eat is an emergency in a guinea pig, and you should get her to the vet today if you can. Guinea pigs go downhill in a BIG hurry, and 24 hours can make the difference between life and death.

Pikachu25 · Mar 26, 2015

Thanks for your help. She's started eating again, I was able to entice her with some veggies. I couldn't make it to the vet today but she has an appointment scheduled for tomorrow with the best cavy vet I know of. I am thinking it may be dental issues, because she her previous owner never fed her hay. I'll be keeping a very close watch on her, until then keeping my fingers crossed.

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