Hello everyone and happy holidays!
I would really love some advice for my 2 year old piggie.
He has not been interested in his hay lately - it's orchard hay and he normally loves it.
A few weeks ago, I took him to the vet, first time ever, because he was drooling, not eating, had loose stools, and was puffed up. The vet performed many tests on him like blood work, looked into his mouth, and he even went under anesthesia to get a deeper look in his mouth and the Vet told me that everything looked fine: even the full lab results showed nothing abnormal.
We went home with some antibiotics, pain meds, medicine to control gas build up and to help regulate stools, vitamin c liquids, and critical care.
Well, after several weeks of monitoring and giving regular vitamin c, he's much better than he was weeks ago but hes still not interested in his hay and I'm not sure what to think.
He only eats the critical care, pellets, and the veggies I give him .
It's possible he no longer likes the hay, so I've gone ahead and ordered another batch which should come this weekend. If that doesn't work, I will try Timothy hay.
I guess my question is: Can guinea pigs get too used to the critical care and should I keep feeding it to him and wait for him to gain back his appetite to the hay?
Has anyone else had similar cases like mine?
Thank you for your time and help!
I would really love some advice for my 2 year old piggie.
He has not been interested in his hay lately - it's orchard hay and he normally loves it.
A few weeks ago, I took him to the vet, first time ever, because he was drooling, not eating, had loose stools, and was puffed up. The vet performed many tests on him like blood work, looked into his mouth, and he even went under anesthesia to get a deeper look in his mouth and the Vet told me that everything looked fine: even the full lab results showed nothing abnormal.
We went home with some antibiotics, pain meds, medicine to control gas build up and to help regulate stools, vitamin c liquids, and critical care.
Well, after several weeks of monitoring and giving regular vitamin c, he's much better than he was weeks ago but hes still not interested in his hay and I'm not sure what to think.
He only eats the critical care, pellets, and the veggies I give him .
It's possible he no longer likes the hay, so I've gone ahead and ordered another batch which should come this weekend. If that doesn't work, I will try Timothy hay.
I guess my question is: Can guinea pigs get too used to the critical care and should I keep feeding it to him and wait for him to gain back his appetite to the hay?
Has anyone else had similar cases like mine?
Thank you for your time and help!