my piggy has yucky poo and is yelling

[nungagirl]

:(My piggy Sophie , has been yelling and has had yucky poo!!
she has never yelled at anything other then food, she is yelling like she is in pain can anyone help..
she has yucky poo, she has had yucky poo before we took her to the vet and they did'nt do much...
what should i do ?? i am worried about her , she has been in a cage with rosie and we put her in with the others but she just sat in the corner.

[nungagirl]

should i take her to the vet

[nungagirl]

she is in a cage with rosie, should i remove her and put her by herself ?? do piggys get upset tummys alot?? she is yelling like shes in pain a little.
and she has yucky poo, i have been feeding her guinea pig bagged food and veggies ( no lettce ) does anyone know what do do???

[Orlaith]

I would cut out all the vegetables first to see if that helps. If you can, syringe some water into her mouth as well to make sure she's getting enough fluid. If she sounds like she's in pain then I would bring her to the vet

[Kayleigh]

If she has diarhoea she needs to he kept hydrated, i would also get her to a vet if shes wheeking in pain.

Seperate her for now and see if she settles, is there any obvious wounds etc? Is ther blood in her urine or faeces?


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[nungagirl]

ok we are stopping the veggies like you said and we will see what happens. i leave her for a few days and hope, if she does not get better ill take her to the vet, thanks for all you help !

[Orlaith]

Bear in mind that if her poos aren't solid then she's losing a lot of water, so make sure you get some fluids into her or at least that she's drinking, and watch her VERY closely as they can go downhill very quickly. She could have something like a bladder stone, which is why she's crying.

[Kayleigh]

If your not feeding veg then ensure you give vit c, plenty of fibre to help with the loose faeces aswell.

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[nungagirl]

i will give her carrots thats has vit c in it does't it?? ill watch her a lot

[Kayleigh]

Kale, bell peppers (red ones especially) are higher in vit c. So i would feed these. If you cant get them, then id suggest getting some vit c tablets, crush them and put them over her food.

How is she today? Is she still passing faeces?

[nungagirl]

o.k. she is getting better (i think )
we gave her a bath yesterday...

[Kayleigh]

Pigs can hide illness very well, keep a close eye on her. Ensure theres no blood in the urine or faeces.

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[nungagirl]

yes i will.. we looked it up... we are going to use a medison to see......

[moly]

You said the vet didn't help much, if she doesn't get better soon, or she gets any worse I would try taking her to a different vet.

[moly]

What kind of veggies were you feeding her when she got sick/started doing this?

[nungagirl]

I was feeding her carrots and brockaly !! We are going to give her some medison to see if it helps.. She has poo ( it is watery ) all over her face/ nose, do you think she has worms

[Kayleigh]

I doubt its worms. Try feeding plenty of hay, grasses etc and bran if you can get some. Bran is high in fibre so should help.





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[nungagirl]

Sad news guys.... Sophie had what turned out to be blood on her face and had blood coming from her bottom.. we had to deside... give her surgrey or put her to sleep.. we did the surgrey and she lived .. turned out her teeth over grew............ he cut them down. It is likely that it will happen aguin if it does we will do what right aka put her to sleep
....... She may hve had to go there every six weeks of her life so if it does happen we will put her to sleep.....

[Orlaith]

Aw, poor Sophie. I hope she recovers okay. You never know, my friend had a pig whose teeth were overgrown and she was told she'd probably have to get it done for the rest of her life, but she only had to get it done once more about six months later and then she lived for another year and a half without needing her teeth clipped at all, so you might get lucky

[masha]

Well at least you know what was wrong. Make sure she gets a lot of hay and other things to chew on. That should grind her teeth down. Try 1st cut hay too, it's harder and better for grinding down teeth. Good luck!

[nungagirl]

We tried to save her.. Sadly she passed away she didn't get over it well at all it was her time .. She is watching over me now and sadly she had gone but she was breathing for a few more hours. Sorry I am still too sad to talk about it.

[Orlaith]

Sorry to hear about Sophie.

[masha]

My condolensces. As you said, sometimes it's just their time and there's nothing you can do. At least you know you did all you could and gave her your love while she lived.