I am DEVISTATED. My baby Kalu died yesterday. She is ONLY 6 months OLD... here is the story, PLEASE tell me what you think.
SO, I got her 6 months ago froma pet store, everything was always fine, she was healthy etc.
She LOVED carrots and cucumber and I gave it to her all the time. In the last I would say month, she didnt really take carrots from me anymore, or cucumber, or she would, but it would take her a ouple hours to eat it, opposed to 5 mins like before... but everything else was the same, I just figured maybe she was boed of veggies.
Kalu I figured was lonely, so I got another female guinea pig from my friend, who was the same age and sex as kalu. They didnt fight, but the new guinea pig rumbled alot at Kalu, and I wasnt too sure if it was eating all the food, so I made sure the food dish was always full and that I put veggies and fresh water in the cage, and hay for them.
Then I noticed that when Kalu was eating her pellets, she would spit them out, and pick them up agaian, chew for a bit, spit it out, and continue.. and thats how she started eating..... I wasnt sure what was up with it, but she didnt seem in pain or anything.
THEN I noticed I could feel her spine, and then her ribs (over a period of a couple days).. I never took her to a vet bc I was thinking that it was just in my head, and that Kalu wasnt getting skinner, she is just ALOT smaller than the new guinea pig, so I figured that maybe I was just getting used to the new guinea pig, and Kalu would obviously seem alot skinner.
The night before she died, I gaveher a bath, and she felt SO small. She wasnt cuddling in her towel after as usual, she was trying to get out of the towel.......... I set her on the floor and she started hopping a bit, it looked like her back legs hurt and she was leaning to both sides.
I put he in her cage and gave her some veggies, bc I read that the "hopping" could be from not having enough vit c.
The next day I saw her lying in her cage on her SIDE! freaked and grabbed her and help her as she gasped for breath in my arms, and then a little blood came from her bum out of nowhere,and sh went limp and passed away.
She was only 6 months old and taken care of, I DID notice that one of her bottom teeth was missing as well, not sure if that has anything to do with it, and also there is nothign wrong with the other guine pig, what could have happened?!?!?!
thanks !
SO, I got her 6 months ago froma pet store, everything was always fine, she was healthy etc.
She LOVED carrots and cucumber and I gave it to her all the time. In the last I would say month, she didnt really take carrots from me anymore, or cucumber, or she would, but it would take her a ouple hours to eat it, opposed to 5 mins like before... but everything else was the same, I just figured maybe she was boed of veggies.
Kalu I figured was lonely, so I got another female guinea pig from my friend, who was the same age and sex as kalu. They didnt fight, but the new guinea pig rumbled alot at Kalu, and I wasnt too sure if it was eating all the food, so I made sure the food dish was always full and that I put veggies and fresh water in the cage, and hay for them.
Then I noticed that when Kalu was eating her pellets, she would spit them out, and pick them up agaian, chew for a bit, spit it out, and continue.. and thats how she started eating..... I wasnt sure what was up with it, but she didnt seem in pain or anything.
THEN I noticed I could feel her spine, and then her ribs (over a period of a couple days).. I never took her to a vet bc I was thinking that it was just in my head, and that Kalu wasnt getting skinner, she is just ALOT smaller than the new guinea pig, so I figured that maybe I was just getting used to the new guinea pig, and Kalu would obviously seem alot skinner.
The night before she died, I gaveher a bath, and she felt SO small. She wasnt cuddling in her towel after as usual, she was trying to get out of the towel.......... I set her on the floor and she started hopping a bit, it looked like her back legs hurt and she was leaning to both sides.
I put he in her cage and gave her some veggies, bc I read that the "hopping" could be from not having enough vit c.
The next day I saw her lying in her cage on her SIDE! freaked and grabbed her and help her as she gasped for breath in my arms, and then a little blood came from her bum out of nowhere,and sh went limp and passed away.
She was only 6 months old and taken care of, I DID notice that one of her bottom teeth was missing as well, not sure if that has anything to do with it, and also there is nothign wrong with the other guine pig, what could have happened?!?!?!
thanks !