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Thanks sallyvh, I tried some mushed pellets this morning but she had no interest :( However then we brought her in to the vet and she saw her regular doctor this time. She suggested she may be nauseous so they gave her 2 types of meds for her stomach/nausea. She has seemed to have picked up a...

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences spy9doc and pigmommy89! I'm glad both Chester & Dutchess were able to pull through that long. Unfortunately Mimi isn't eating anything on her own, or drinking although I keep offering everything fresh. She doesn't even open her mouth to attempt to pick...

Thanks so much sallyvh for your input! I called the vet that was 2 hours away and the first thing he said was well since you're in (my city) you should go to the university hospital. I have been there with my other guinea pig Lulu, as well as Mimi and while they are great I'm sure for many pets...

Hi again, just giving an update. Mimi is still not able to eat or drink anything. She is still obviously hungry and looks at her food whenever I put it in the cage. I have also seen her looking at her hay and pellets. However she never even opens her mouth, she just smells them. She doesn't try...

@spy9doc, how did you manage your sleep schedule when Chester needed the force feeding for a whole month? I'm only 4-5 or so days in and the lost sleep is really hard for me, feeling very groggy and having a hard time thinking straight. So far I've been doing the feedings at 1am, 4:30am and then...

I never thought of that spy9doc, I will check with her if that's possible. I'll bring some timothy hay over to her house and see if she has any reaction to it. Thanks! Is it possible Mimi could be not eating because of constipation? She is pooping but they are not frequent or regular, and have...

Thanks so much Iluvmypigs :) The vet today gave her fluids and the long acting/3-day pain med. She also looked in her mouth thoroughly and didn't see any injuries or causes of her not eating and drooling. She wasn't sure why. She mentioned something about maybe kidney disease. We have her back...

Well the vet I spoke with on the phone today didn't sound very optimistic or have any helpful things to say. I got an appointment for tomorrow at 2:30pm anyway so hopefully they can check out her mouth and see maybe why she's drooling etc. and get her some fluids...She's not doing as well today...

Ah okay, I just called the vet this morning to update her with what is going on and I'm waiting for her to give me a call back. I'll take her in again if she doesn't improve, she' been to the vet like 4 times in less than a month now. :(

Poor Mimi :( Yes there is kind of a faint odor, I thought it was just general mouth smell. Should there be no odor at all?

I do have the pain meds for her and have been splitting the dose into the twice a day like you guys recommended :) So far I've tried flavoring the cc with different flavors of baby food...I tried apple, pumpkin, strawberry banana, pear, carrot...I have a bottle of 100% watermelon juice though...

I've been trying thin slivers as well, I have rolled up lettuce and put it back to her molars, chopped carrots and peppers into matchsticks etc. she just has no interest in the food at the moment but I'm definitely going to keep trying until she is able to eat it again. She just weakly spit out...

I really hope so. She won't eat or drink anything on her own right now. I keep offering the fresh veggies pellets hay etc. they're all in the cage all the time for her but she hasn't touched them for 5 days or so. Well, she touched them but didn't get anything into her mouth, she just pushed...

I can't believe I didn't know that before. There always seems to be something new I don't know about them. I'm really stressed because we have a 6-night trip booked and paid for and we are supposed to leave on the 29th, in 2 weeks...I don't know what is going to happen. I have my mom already to...

I'm glad I asked. I feel silly now but I assumed they sort of slept through the night like us. :(

I switched from the 6ml syringe down to a 1ml syringe with the tip cut off and its made it a lot easier to feed her without it squishing out of her mouth. I'm feeding her 10ml every 2-3 hours and getting at least 60-70ml total through out the day. Is it recommended I get up during the night to...

I set up a table in her room and tried with holding her as you described, I'm still having issues with her spitting out a lot of it but I will keep trying to get better at it...It is a lot easier than what I was trying before though. I tried with holding her mouth closed which seemed to help a...

Thanks so much for all the tips I really appreciate them. That's so scary what happened to your Chester, I'm happy to hear he pulled through. I am giving her the pedialyte, I think I'll use it instead of water to mix with the critical care too. I just found some 100% watermelon juice too that I...

The benebac I had was purchased from amazon, I had just forgotten I had it from before and what exactly it was. Mimi is done with the antibiotics/probiotics now. She recovered from her bladder stone surgery really well, and was eating and drinking normally right afterwards for about 4-5 days...

Oh wow I actually have some Benebac, I forgot what it was. I have 4 tubes that are 1g each, its the gel. I double checked and they don't expire until 2019, how much should I be giving her, 1g tube a day?