Hi,
I just read your thread and I hope your little guy is doing better.
Looks like we are dealing with something similar.
Our Misko is on critical care for a month now (feeding him every 3-4 hours), and also almost did not eat at all.
Interested only in veggies, very little hay or pellets.
All caused by baytril after the surgery.
His poops still range from soft almost diarrhea, to small with long tails, etc...
X-rays also showing lots of gas in his stomach, intestines.
He was on high dose of metacam and on bunch of motility drugs metoclopramide, cisapride, zantac, simethicone.
Best I can do is try sharing few tips that helped us.
We did and still do vibration massage on his belly.
I downloaded a vibration app on my phone, wrapped phone in a towel and placed him on it.
Good thing is that app has different vibration patterns you can choose. That helped him a lot to pass gas and to fart.
Misko was always on Oxbow Timothy hay. Now he refused to eat it.
Regarding not eating hay, I went to pet store and purchased all types of oxbow hay ( oat hay, organic meadow hay, orchard hay, botanical hay, timothy hay).
I noticed he is more interested in soft green grass (orchard and meadow).
So I went back to couple of pet stores and searched through oxbow timothy hay bags until I found a Lot # with softer green timothy hay inside.
I learned with time that every hay bag with different lot number has a bit different hay (depending on time of harvest (1st cut, 2nd cut, 3rd cut), location etc...).
I got 1 of these bags and he decided to eat it. That was a few days ago and he still eats it. Not as much as he should, but much much more than almost nothing.
So I bought 6 more right away
Just an idea what you could try.
If you decide to test different types of hay, make sure to separate sick guy from his cage mates.
I didn't and our healthy guinea pig ended up at a vet with severe bloat, for real. Luckily he recovered in a day or two.
He liked all the new hays and overate or something.
I just read your thread and I hope your little guy is doing better.
Looks like we are dealing with something similar.
Our Misko is on critical care for a month now (feeding him every 3-4 hours), and also almost did not eat at all.
Interested only in veggies, very little hay or pellets.
All caused by baytril after the surgery.
His poops still range from soft almost diarrhea, to small with long tails, etc...
X-rays also showing lots of gas in his stomach, intestines.
He was on high dose of metacam and on bunch of motility drugs metoclopramide, cisapride, zantac, simethicone.
Best I can do is try sharing few tips that helped us.
We did and still do vibration massage on his belly.
I downloaded a vibration app on my phone, wrapped phone in a towel and placed him on it.
Good thing is that app has different vibration patterns you can choose. That helped him a lot to pass gas and to fart.
Misko was always on Oxbow Timothy hay. Now he refused to eat it.
Regarding not eating hay, I went to pet store and purchased all types of oxbow hay ( oat hay, organic meadow hay, orchard hay, botanical hay, timothy hay).
I noticed he is more interested in soft green grass (orchard and meadow).
So I went back to couple of pet stores and searched through oxbow timothy hay bags until I found a Lot # with softer green timothy hay inside.
I learned with time that every hay bag with different lot number has a bit different hay (depending on time of harvest (1st cut, 2nd cut, 3rd cut), location etc...).
I got 1 of these bags and he decided to eat it. That was a few days ago and he still eats it. Not as much as he should, but much much more than almost nothing.
So I bought 6 more right away
Just an idea what you could try.
If you decide to test different types of hay, make sure to separate sick guy from his cage mates.
I didn't and our healthy guinea pig ended up at a vet with severe bloat, for real. Luckily he recovered in a day or two.
He liked all the new hays and overate or something.