My three year old guinea pig Leo is on his second round of antibiotics for a URI. He was doing better but wasn't breathing perfectly, so I took him back to the vet and she decided to put him back on the anibiotics. If these do not work she will be sending me to another vet who also handles piggies. He has been on the second round of antibiotics since the 2nd of August and he started the fisrt round on the 26th of July. I have been syringe feeding him critical care when he hasn't been eating or has been eating very little and steaming him when his breathing is particularly bad.
Today he is not doing so well. He hasn't eaten solid food today and when I syringe fed him he wasn't as willing to be fed as normal. His nose is running more and his breathing is weaker than normal. He has much less energy. I'm going to syringe feed him for the night, and give him water from the syringe because I think that he may be dehydrated. I'm going to call the vet in the morning.
I'm not sure what else to do at this point. Does anyone have any advice?
Today he is not doing so well. He hasn't eaten solid food today and when I syringe fed him he wasn't as willing to be fed as normal. His nose is running more and his breathing is weaker than normal. He has much less energy. I'm going to syringe feed him for the night, and give him water from the syringe because I think that he may be dehydrated. I'm going to call the vet in the morning.
I'm not sure what else to do at this point. Does anyone have any advice?