Hello,
Myself and my housemate bought a 3 year old guinea pig from an elderly lady who couldnt keep him anymore. We have had him for 1 year now, never any health problems, he was totally his usual self up until today, now he has no interest in celery (his fav) or musili and I have not seen him drink. And then he seemed to be drooling but it is almost like he is being sick, the drool seems to come after he heaves, almost like if you could imagine a person heaving. We went straight to the vet who looked in his mouth, no teeth problems seemed to be apparent, nothing stuck in his throat. he felt about his stomach/intestine area and said he could feel a mass which he could move from one side to the other, it seemed to be golf ball sized and just floating around in him. The vet said he would only know what it was if he opened him up but didnt seem to be promoting this as an option and said we could give him a pain killer tonight and take him home and if we didnt see an improvement then put him to sleep. It just seems very sudden as he was totally himself just yesterday! I'm wondering has anyone experienced such a quick decline?? The vet gave him an injection with morphine in it and we took him home.
Myself and my housemate bought a 3 year old guinea pig from an elderly lady who couldnt keep him anymore. We have had him for 1 year now, never any health problems, he was totally his usual self up until today, now he has no interest in celery (his fav) or musili and I have not seen him drink. And then he seemed to be drooling but it is almost like he is being sick, the drool seems to come after he heaves, almost like if you could imagine a person heaving. We went straight to the vet who looked in his mouth, no teeth problems seemed to be apparent, nothing stuck in his throat. he felt about his stomach/intestine area and said he could feel a mass which he could move from one side to the other, it seemed to be golf ball sized and just floating around in him. The vet said he would only know what it was if he opened him up but didnt seem to be promoting this as an option and said we could give him a pain killer tonight and take him home and if we didnt see an improvement then put him to sleep. It just seems very sudden as he was totally himself just yesterday! I'm wondering has anyone experienced such a quick decline?? The vet gave him an injection with morphine in it and we took him home.