barbaramudge
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Cavy Slave
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I know the rule is one thread per pig so you can see their medical history but it wouldn’t let me add to Chippy’s medical “eye removal” thread due to inactivity. I’m not sure how I’m suppose to handle that but it said create a new thread so maybe an admin can help me link them?
Chippy is now a senior piggie, we estimate him to be about 5 1/2 (I’m going to double check my dates and may edit that) and has been in great health since his eye incident and subsequent removal. Late Sat/early Sunday morning (4am ish) I noticed Chippy was very wobbly. He had eaten veggies with everyone else, had had no behavior changes prior, nothing had been amiss beforehand. It seemed to last an hour and then he was right as rain again. I checked him over for any new or previously missed lumps or anything else and found nothing. No coughing, sneezing, discharge, itching, hair loss, nothing. He has lost weight over the last year but nothing huge and following along the same lines as my other pigs as they have aged. I was keeping an eye on him of course and hours later I saw him start bobbing his head up and down a bit so I got up and went to the cage. I said his name and went to touch him and he stopped and kinda looked around like he was very confused. I pet him a second, I didn’t want to pick him up immediately, and he went to turn around and kinda wobbled and fell over a bit. He got himself righted but was still wobbly. I got him out and checked him over and cuddled him. He was less wobbly but still not right.
This has happened a couple more times over the last few days. He is 100% still eating, hay, pellets, veggies and drinking water like a champ. He is more wobbly though and as of Monday night/early Tuesday morning has started having diarrhea. Like I said, he has been eating and drinking fine on his own, though I had been giving him a low dose of metacam because while I felt it was probably neuro, I wanted to be sure if he had any pain or inflammation in his back joints that I had it covered. I’m not sure why the diarrhea. I had lost one of my boys to something similar that was neurological which is why, given his age, and the fact that he was eating and everything on his own I hadn’t taken him in.
I guess I’m looking for thoughts since I don’t have any “guinea pig friends” to talk to about it. I’m really conflicted. If you read any of my medical posts you will see that I have been a “do all the things” pig Mom. Over the years though I feel like I have learned and realize that may not always be for their benefit and I’m leaning towards that being the case here. I have no intention of letting him suffer. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain is still eating etc. I was thinking I would treat as palliative for now but am open to others thoughts. Thank you in advance.
Chippy is now a senior piggie, we estimate him to be about 5 1/2 (I’m going to double check my dates and may edit that) and has been in great health since his eye incident and subsequent removal. Late Sat/early Sunday morning (4am ish) I noticed Chippy was very wobbly. He had eaten veggies with everyone else, had had no behavior changes prior, nothing had been amiss beforehand. It seemed to last an hour and then he was right as rain again. I checked him over for any new or previously missed lumps or anything else and found nothing. No coughing, sneezing, discharge, itching, hair loss, nothing. He has lost weight over the last year but nothing huge and following along the same lines as my other pigs as they have aged. I was keeping an eye on him of course and hours later I saw him start bobbing his head up and down a bit so I got up and went to the cage. I said his name and went to touch him and he stopped and kinda looked around like he was very confused. I pet him a second, I didn’t want to pick him up immediately, and he went to turn around and kinda wobbled and fell over a bit. He got himself righted but was still wobbly. I got him out and checked him over and cuddled him. He was less wobbly but still not right.
This has happened a couple more times over the last few days. He is 100% still eating, hay, pellets, veggies and drinking water like a champ. He is more wobbly though and as of Monday night/early Tuesday morning has started having diarrhea. Like I said, he has been eating and drinking fine on his own, though I had been giving him a low dose of metacam because while I felt it was probably neuro, I wanted to be sure if he had any pain or inflammation in his back joints that I had it covered. I’m not sure why the diarrhea. I had lost one of my boys to something similar that was neurological which is why, given his age, and the fact that he was eating and everything on his own I hadn’t taken him in.
I guess I’m looking for thoughts since I don’t have any “guinea pig friends” to talk to about it. I’m really conflicted. If you read any of my medical posts you will see that I have been a “do all the things” pig Mom. Over the years though I feel like I have learned and realize that may not always be for their benefit and I’m leaning towards that being the case here. I have no intention of letting him suffer. He doesn’t appear to be in any pain is still eating etc. I was thinking I would treat as palliative for now but am open to others thoughts. Thank you in advance.
You certainly were loved.
