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I also forgot to say that we are following this treatment plan for a month: altough the Carprodyl tablets are only for 12 days of this month.

I forgot to add that to the 'Oxbow Critical Care' we add a teaspoon of apple or carrot baby food per batch.

Hello again, Sir Thomas of Pig is still going from strength to strength, something we'd never thought we'd see and wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for you guys on this brilliant forum and Vedra from the Cambridge Cavy Trust. Now I have time, I thought I'd post his full treatment plan in the...

Tommy pig update Thank you so much SpacePig. Tom has just spent a few days with Vedra at the cavy trust in Cambridge and she has established that he has swollen stiffle joints (knee joints). He is now on a combination of treatments, including massage and medicines and I hope he will be...

Hi. Thanks I know about the problems with long nails and how keeping them short helps with the quick receding. He was quite distressed at the time he was first ill and there was no way we could pull him about too much. I have been in the process of cutting off a tiny bit at a time bacause I...

Hi again, Sorry, didn't realise the thread had gone to page 2 so only replied to the end of the posts on page 1. Thankyou - Yes they are mighty cute piggies and we love them very much... much to the amusement of our non-piggie-owner friends and relatives!! We are encouraging him to move about...

Thank you. Yes I know they are. They needed cutting just as he became ill and we didn't want to handle him too much in case he was in pain. That was almost 3 weeks ago now. I'm worried now about cutting too much off as they are quite long and the quick of the nail will also be long now, will it...

Thank you. I have just posted on the GuineaLynx forum.

Hey again. Further update on Tommy Pig. Vet thinks Sir-Thomas' illness is due to a lesion on his spine.... no apparent cause, just one one those things. Piggy is doing a little better, but not hugely. The vet says he may recover further or may not. So now we're faced with what to do if his...

I have tried to attach a picture, re: what breed is he... Not very good at all this though... Brown piggy is the poorly Sir Thomas of Pig.

Ummm. He's just a regular pig I think. His brother is long haired and has pink eyes, although is not an albino. Tommy the poorly pig has black eyes and brown fur. At the back his fur can get quite long. Today I have wondered weather it might be something to do with his eyesight. However I'm...

Hi again. Small update on Sir Thomas Of Pig. Thanks to Space Pig I have been in touch with the Rodentologists people, but so far no response. Tommy seems a little better, though still no rhyme nor reason to his illness. He is now moving a little more and seems a little more mobile. Today he came...

I forgot to say he's 1 year old.

Thanks for the diet tips. I'll change from gertie guinea pig asap. Yes I do feed leafy lettuces, although not the iceburg type varieties. They also get fresh organic veg from my garden at work when it's in season! I'm miles away from you guys by the look of it... oxfordshire in the uk, so don't...

Guinea is fed on gurtie guinea pig complete food. Also has a variety of fresh food, such as peppers, carrots, cucumber, apple etc. The x-ray showed no tumors and there is no obvious cause. It almost seems neurological becuase at times he does use his legs to prop himeslf up when we get him out...