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[animalmadlover]

Gosh this is hard to read I really hope that it will work out soon. Poor piggie.

 

[Tarams]

Please, I'm begging you, get that poor pig to a vet or shelter!!!!!!! Please imagine what it must be like to go 48+ hrs with multiple broken limbs and no pain medication!

 

[AmberCalzone]

Your daughter can't do what is really needed for him, unless she is a cavy-savy exotics vet that does house calls :/ Please either bring him to an exotics vet (regular cat and dog vets are not equipped to properly treat guinea pigs.. but I mean, even they can probably put one to sleep) or surrender him to a shelter.

 

[stevelittle9999]

Guys, the force feeding does not work; he just cries and cries when we try. He will lick the water some and he will eat the poop if I put his face close to it. BTW, he has been making huge piles of poop, when he starts they come out continuously for several minutes. We are taking him to a vet today that my daughter knows about.

 

[PeanutnCookie]

Thank you for getting him to a vet today! It has been far too long with out a vet, but at least he will get care today. Is it an exotic vet or just a dog and cat vet?

 

[labgirl5]

You need to crush up some pellets with water and use a needle-less syringe to stick it in the side of his mouth and force him to eat it.

 

[HollysMama]

I'm glad you're daughter is coming over to help. Let us know what the vet says.

 

[animalmadlover]

Yes please keep us informed, we are really worried about him. I wish we knew who those horrible kids are, they make me so angry!!!!

 

[Rywen]

You said he had a lot of mud in his mouth, he probably has an intestinal infection. He may also have a broken or injured jaw.

 

[stevelittle9999]

I guess he could have jaw problems too, he was being tossed in a shallow mud hole with a concrete bottom. I'm sure he had been tossed several times before they ran off. And I'm sure he swallowed the muddy watter.

 

[AmberCalzone]

How did the vet go?

 

[stevelittle9999]

My daughter took him with her and she is taking him in the morning.

 

[Kenna18155]

Are you sure there is no emergency vet near you? This poor pig has been without food for how long, three days? You need to take him to the vet or somehow get some food into him or he'll starve to death. I'm sorry, but it's true.

 

[stevelittle9999]

I tried, but he would not eat anything but poop, weird little guy.

 

[Kenna18155]

You need to get a syringe and force feed him if you can't get him to a vet ASAP. You won't like it, and he won't like it, but it'll keep him alive.

 

[AmberCalzone]

This honestly isn't fair to him. There really is no excuse for not getting him to the vet in a timely manner. He should have gone the day you got him, when you expected he had broken bones. At the very latest, the next day. It's just cruel waiting this long. He's in pain, slowly starving away right now.

 

[HollysMama]

Poor piggie! Please let us know what the vet tells your daughter. I feel so sorry for the helpless piggie. Breaks my heart!

 

[stevelittle9999]

The vet gave pain meds and set and taped the pigs feet and legs, his jaw and teeth seem to be ok. He did not know much about force feeding, but my daughter is on a mission to figure that out.

 

[bpatters]

https://www.guinealynx.info/handfeeding.html has all the information you need to know. But if he's eating on his own, you don't need to handfeed him.

He needs a long strand grass hay (timothy, blue, orchard, meadow or brome) ALL the time -- it will keep his teeth ground down and his gut moving properly. He needs a cup or so of veggies (red or green leaf lettuce and bell peppers are the best to start with), and he needs a plain timothy pellet (no seeds, nuts or colored bits in it). Put everything close to him so he doesn't need to move much to be able to eat and drink, but change the bedding under him frequently so he doesn't get urine scald.

Post back if he does need to be hand fed if you have any questions.

 

[Rywen]

I'm glad he saw the vet and has pain meds now, hopefully with less pain he will be more willing to eat. If you haven't already please ask your daughter to read the guinealynx.com info on hand feeding/force feeding piggies. If the vet didn't give her critical care she can use a Timothy pellet mash. If she needs syringes most pharmacies will let you have a few (or sell you a few for a small amount) if you tell them you don't want any needles and need them to feed a sick/injured animal. https://www.guinealynx.info/handfeeding.html