Hello All,
I am new to this site, I wish I found this 8 years ago! I am obsessed with my guinea pig. She eats, drinks, basically lives a better life than I do. She will be 8 next month. I know she is in her senior years and she may not have too much time left here on earth. But I need help/support. She got me through college and is the first animal I am loosing with out the support of my family. She has been sick for a couple weeks. She gets colds from time to time and all I have to do is up her vitamin C and give her home a good scrub. This has not helped. She has gotten worse. She no longer has a love for carrots, hay, yogurt bites, nothing. She still drinks lots of water. She has lost a lot of weight and fur. She is not bald, but it's definitely thinner. She can't walk well. She hobbles a lot. I am having trouble finding a Vet that can take her. Most of them by me are booked for weeks. I'm scared she doesn't have that long. What can I do to help her?
I am new to this site, I wish I found this 8 years ago! I am obsessed with my guinea pig. She eats, drinks, basically lives a better life than I do. She will be 8 next month. I know she is in her senior years and she may not have too much time left here on earth. But I need help/support. She got me through college and is the first animal I am loosing with out the support of my family. She has been sick for a couple weeks. She gets colds from time to time and all I have to do is up her vitamin C and give her home a good scrub. This has not helped. She has gotten worse. She no longer has a love for carrots, hay, yogurt bites, nothing. She still drinks lots of water. She has lost a lot of weight and fur. She is not bald, but it's definitely thinner. She can't walk well. She hobbles a lot. I am having trouble finding a Vet that can take her. Most of them by me are booked for weeks. I'm scared she doesn't have that long. What can I do to help her?