Guinea Pig Spinal Cord Trauma

I'm so sorry!!

Thank you!

I dont know how much help this will be because I've only had this experience with a rabbit but I thought I would tell you my story anyway. About 4 years ago I rescued a rabbit from a friend who never took care or her. To make a long story short.. I dropped her on a tile floor and she started twitching and then just stopped moving. I scooped her up (hysterical of course) and took her to the vet. On the way she woke up but was miserable and couldnt move. He kept her overnight giving her steroids and pain medication as well as an IV. I took her home the next day and continued to give her steriods. She would eat and go to the bathroom but did not move. The vet told me she would never walk again but she might have a chance of surviving. She didnt seem to be in pain due to the medication so I decided not to put her down. So everyday I fed her and cleaned her up (she couldnt move while going to the bathroom so everything just collected in her fur). About a month later after she had been off the steroids for awhile we took her back to the vet who confirmed spinal cord injury and said that if we thought her quality of life was okay it was not neccessary to put her down. I read up some things online that talked about physical therapy for rabbits who had lost the use of their rear legs and started doing this with her. About 3 months after the accident she could fully use one of her back legs and the other one she could move but not hop on. 4 years later at 8 years old she is still going strong. She does not have any ill effects from the accident but still does drag one leg a bit. The only difference between her care and a 'normal' rabbits is that we have to bath her underside 2-3 times a week so she doesnt get burnt from the urine. We lived in asia at the time so vet care was below par and most of what we did to help her was learnt from the internet. I dont know how similar this is to your piggy but I thought I would let you know that it might be okay. I wish you luck and know how it feels.

I see you have a thread on guinealynx. Follow their advice. They have very medical knowledgable people over there that are better equipped to help you than we are. Just keep us updated on his condition.