***UPDATE***
So we've been back from the vet for quite some time (homework and non-piggy stuff, sorry) and the prognosis is mostly good. The vet said that they most likely suffered from an inner ear or upper respiratory infection, which caused the head tilt. I didn't know what they had been treated with at petsmart, so they called them and the staff said that they had been treated very aggressively with Baytril. However, Baytril is usually only for adult animals and they were not adults when they received it, and the vet says that there may be some bone damage as a side effect, but that's certainly better than dying from a URI.
The head tilt appears to be residual, and that they could very well keep a normal lifestyle, but they'll just be dizzy . He said to come back in a month and if they start to look sick or stop eating, then they will do an x-ray to see if there is any inner-ear infection.
Now, on the negative side. They cannot move in with my other piggy just yet. He said to give them a month of quarantine just to be safe. I have to wash my hands and change shirts and all that after handling them and clean their cage very often so the pee smell doesn't upset any infection they may have. I'm looking to invest in an air purifier, as they unfortunately have to be in the same room.
I was also scolded for their vitamin C intake, so I'm going to start pushing the veggies a bit more hehe.
So we've been back from the vet for quite some time (homework and non-piggy stuff, sorry) and the prognosis is mostly good. The vet said that they most likely suffered from an inner ear or upper respiratory infection, which caused the head tilt. I didn't know what they had been treated with at petsmart, so they called them and the staff said that they had been treated very aggressively with Baytril. However, Baytril is usually only for adult animals and they were not adults when they received it, and the vet says that there may be some bone damage as a side effect, but that's certainly better than dying from a URI.
The head tilt appears to be residual, and that they could very well keep a normal lifestyle, but they'll just be dizzy . He said to come back in a month and if they start to look sick or stop eating, then they will do an x-ray to see if there is any inner-ear infection.
Now, on the negative side. They cannot move in with my other piggy just yet. He said to give them a month of quarantine just to be safe. I have to wash my hands and change shirts and all that after handling them and clean their cage very often so the pee smell doesn't upset any infection they may have. I'm looking to invest in an air purifier, as they unfortunately have to be in the same room.
I was also scolded for their vitamin C intake, so I'm going to start pushing the veggies a bit more hehe.