Being off baytril hasn't seemed to make a difference. I'm going to try and talk everything out here and bounce it off everyone to see what you think....any opinions are appreciated!!!
Friar Tuck lost a little weight again, dropping from 1186 yesterday 1174 this morning. We always weigh him at the same time each day. He's lost only small amounts of weight each time, and his weight had stabilized a little Friday, Saturday, Sunday, only to continue dropping yesterday and today. He was roughly 1270 when all this started last Tuesday, so he's lost 100 g in total.
He hasn't had baytril since 8:30 am yesterday. Even on baytril he was interested in and excited for food, would take it in his mouth, and then let it fall back out and refuse to eat. It's still the same story today after being off baytril for 24+ hours. I'll give it the rest of today before giving a verdict. He was interested, chewing on the bars at veggie time, still strong and fairly active, but still won't eat on his own. He ate a handful of cilantro and picked at hay/lettuce twice before getting on baytril. Once on baytril he seemed to get slightly better,and Friday ate a big handful of corn husks. But the last 3 days he's eaten nothing on his own. Even chews on some things a little, but doesn't eat them.
He's gotten really close to GI Stasis a couple times when this first started. I read in the GI sticky thread that it can take 2-3 weeks to recover from it.
***(broken link removed) could he simply not be recovered yet? Is it normal for him not to be farther along?
He had an non anesthetic oral exam Tuesday and a full sedated exam Thursday. They were two different exotic vets and neither found anything.
***(broken link removed) EVERYTHING seems to point to this being a tooth issue--- what do you think are the odds it could still be this?
***(broken link removed) I read about a person who's guinea pig didn't have a visible molar issue, but he wouldn't eat, they filed his molars anyway, and now as long as he has it done once a year he eats again. It keeps floating around in my head. Possible? How risky would it be to file molars that don't seem to have an issue, IF it comes to that?
His x rays Tuesday didn't show any bloat, tumors, stones, anything abnormal. He had pink urine at the vet Thursday but hasn't since.
One more thing I wanted to put out there is I don't know Friar Tuck's exact age for sure. I always thought he was about 4-6 months old when I got him, because he had the straight, shiny, sharp young guinea pig nails, and he grew a little bit. But when I got Robin Hood, who I know for a fact was 3-4 weeks old, he had the tiny nails until he was a solid 10 months and grew until he was 12 months old. So it's possible Friar Tuck was closer to a year old when I got him, which would make him a solid 3 years old now vs the 2 years, 3 months if my original guess is accurate.
I just worry it's something more fixable we aren't fixing, because he seems so close to getting better and eating on his own but just hasn't got there.