My Guinea Pig SUDDENLY CAN'T WALK! What's The Treatment?
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Your videos have helped me so very much with my piggies. I'm so sorry Dice is sick. Nothing feels worse than watching one of your piggies suffer through something. Prayers sent!
Peter Gurney wrote about Panacur in one of his books. I hope Dice continues to feel better. Looking after a poorly piggie is exhausting, don't forget to look after yourself too Scotty ❤
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Oh my gosh, this is terrifying, I hope he responds well to the meds
Awww, poor Dice, I'm hoping he'll recover nicely for you. It's just so heartbreaking when your piggy is not doing well.
Hang in there Scotty. Praying for a healthy recovery for Dice.
Thank you Scotty. I am here a year later and could feel your pain as soon as I saw you as I feel the same way right now. Thank you for your kind heart and love and willingness to share and help others. Jesus loves you
Oh little Dice.... get well buddy! I'm so sorry Scotty. Thank you for sharing your experience to help others.
The fact you’re still going to volunteer at the rescue after going through all that, and continuing to go through it with Dice…that’s another level 🙏❤️
You're doing a great job taking care of Dice. I'm a retired RN and I'm sure you were a doctor, nurse or vet in a previous life!
I'm so glad Dice is apparently over the hump and on his way to full recovery.
Just as an update, Rhubarb my wonky pig that I mentioned a month-or-so ago is now fully recovered and no longer wonky. His cage-mate Nightshade however suddenly became very unsteady on his feet a couple of weeks ago. He was very much like Dice but he's been on Baytril for what was apparently a deep ear infection and is now recovering slowly. He's still unsteady but both he and Rhubarb have both maintained a healthy appetite and pooping throughout. Nightshade has even returned to his natural weight so I'm confident I just have to be patient for him to get back to normal.
Darned piggies sure know how to give their humans stress!
My piggy had a urine test done for her dark urine and it showed bacteria growth so she was put on azithromycin. Normal appetite and poop on day 2 of medicine we noticed she was limping then went to wobbly and not wanting to walk much. We brought food to her and we stop meds. Half a day later she was up moving around getting food and water but not going for long. I'm wondering if the meds were fighting the infection and caused that reaction and I should started back.
@@danibrawner3989 You should always finish the course of antibiotics, even if your piggy seems to have recovered. If she's lethargic it's probably a sign she's still feeling unwell. I hope she's back to full health soon.
I'm glad to see Dice back on his feet. Hope you got good rest.
Scott I’m so so sorry. I can tell you’re exhausted and worried. I will be praying for you and your sweet piggy💕
Oh nooo Dice 😢...get well soon lil buddy . Sending good vibes Scotty for both ❤❤
It is so touching to see that Dice can finally stand up and move around. Your thoughtful care for Dice and many other piggies in your videos are my important lessons and reference that help me with my three guinea pigs for years. So may thanks to Scotty! I hope Dice is doing much better now and that Scotty can get some good rest, too!
Praying for Dice❤. I went through similar issues last year with my boar Goten. He had a bad bacterial infection. He was about 6 years old. He didn't make it, I was in and out of the vet so much... I wished they could save him.I miss him every day. Thank you for these videos to help people.❤
Oh my goodness, I feel you. 2wks of 2-4 hourly critt care, antibiotic and pain relief is exhausting. Worth the effort 🥰
Panacur is a wormer for internal parasites. We use it for the horses .
Glad to see him eating hay as that will help his tummy.
I’m so sorry about your guineapig imma pray for him
Several of my piggies have E.cuniculi, periodically this happens. I even have a recent video of me teaching Delilah how to walk again after losing all mobility. Its certainly a journey to live with, but luckily once you get the hang of it, it's easy to quickly stabilise them. I always have panacur on hand for immediate use when any neurological signs appear.
Oh and if it helps, while it does help with pain, meloxicam with E.cuniculi is vital for reducing the inflammation caused by the lesions formed by E.cuniculi, lesions in the brain can leave permenant neurological damage and head tilts. So even if piggy doesn't appear to be in pain, get that meloxicam into them as well!
I’m so sorry Dice isn’t feeling well. Thanks, Scott, for taking such swift action for Dice and getting him to the vet. Stay strong, Dice. Many positive wheeks and nose bumps being sent your way from the girls. ❤️🐾
Prayers for Dice! Feel better.
My girl Nezzie had similar issues but didn't make it. I just couldn't find a good vet like yours to help her. I wish I had vets like yours, they clearly know what to do. The vets in my area all specialize in dogs and cats. I lost my baby but still I wonder if I had a vet like yours would she still alive. Not blaming the vets or anyone. If anything it's my fault I couldn't find her a vet like you Scott. They gave your guinea pigs all kinds of treatments. All the other vets wanted to just put my Nezzie down.
Aww Dices is So Cute We Love our Furry Friends So Much The Worst Thing is always To See Them Suffer my Prayers Go Out Too Dices 😔 🙏 Hope He Feels Better Soon 🐹 ❤️
I hope and ray Dice will get better very soon.,🙏🐹❤️
So glad that Dice is doing better.
Even for vets it can be guesswork what's wrong ,as piggies can't tell us. An ear infection makes sense though as he had oral issues. Soo glad he's recovering! ❤
oh noooo ... get well soon piggy ... mine had one similar ... but at first she made it ... but then it came back ... and she didnt survive but at least she is now in haven with her family ... hopefully your piggy will make it
Praying for Dice 🙏🏼🥺💗
I have to say that I felt quite anxious seeing Dice like that. Probably left over panic from finding my pigs extremely ill on separate occasions and unfortunately died. Just tragically lost one of my buns only a few days ago and feel so awful that I didn't catch it earlier. I miss him so much.
Weighting the animal alot of the time is how you can tell if they're ill. It's tough they do hide sickness really well. Our vet tells us to weigh our pigs atleast once a month
I wish Dice in good health. I hope he recovers soon. If he doesn't. I would recommend blood work & if nothing is found there. I would recommend x-rays or a mri. Your vet should know what's best. Good Luck Scotty
Oh shame. Poor piggy. Hope he gets well. Ur videos have helped my piggies.
I'm so sorry. Hope he gets better soon ❤🙏
I hope Dice will be ok Scotty, I'm sending best wishes and healing vibes his way ❤️
Sending love and prayers for Dice. Thank you Scotty for sharing this with us. But I am truly sorry your going thru this. Sending prayers to you too. You are a wonderful guinea pig father . And much love to you and all the furbabies.
Awww poor Dice. He's had more than his share of troubles. Hoping he continues to improve.
Get a good night sleep and take care of yourself too. Prayers for Dice that he gets well. I know how much these little ones means to you. Keep us updated if you would please.
Sorry for sweet little Dice. Prayers for your little guy to heal and get better. 🙏❤️💖💗💕💞
Prayers for a quick recovery for your little Dice piggy. Stay strong, little piggy.
I’m so sorry about this Scotty! Something similar to this happened to my piggies earlier this year, he’s still trucking along except for the fact he needs to be syringe feed every 4 hours. I’ll pray for you and dice I hope he will get better!
Hope Dice has a good recovery! Really feeling this, as I've just returned from the emergency vet with a bloated piggy that wasn't eating. After treatment at the vet's and syringe feeding at home, she's now eating some hay by herself, so hopefully she pulls through.
Get well dice, doing fantastic job Scotty love you videos have helped me a lot I have 4 piggy boys
Poor dice, I hope he gets better soon. I had a similar thing years ago with one of my piggies, they suspected a parasite and I think I had to treat with panacur for 28 days. I was also advised to treat the piggies he lived with. ❤
oh my goodness, Scotty. The relief you must have felt when you saw him walking around again, wobbly or not! I hope the medicine continues to help. Seeing Grape so happy to have his buddy back was so heartwarming. They form such beautiful bonds.
Dice get well soon plsss
My piggie got paralysis in his back legs and also had pooping issues. I tried so many treatments but he never got control of his back legs again, and lived about another 4 months. His poo was runny at times and other times it was clogged and I had to manually remove it. It was heartbreaking.
RIP Ziggy.
Good see Dice doing so much better even his eyes more.lively.
Oh nooo 😢feel better soon ❤️
Praying for Dice! And for your strength as I am sure you are exhausted. You are amazing in the care you provide your babies! Hugs
Prayers for Dice. Quick recovery 🙏
Take care… we are all praying for Dice to get better!!!
Hi Scotty. Sorry about your piggy. ❤
Awww poor Dice , I hope he feels better soon ! ❤ hang in there Scotty
You have taught me a lot about guinea pigs I hope that dice gets well soon he's so sweet good video scotty vickie napa ca piggie mom
Sending prayers and thoughts for you and DICE!! Hope he gets better soon!!
Oh Scotty, my heart hurts for you and Dice. Thank you for sharing this with us all. Both of you are in my prayers!
Thanks for the video, Scotty! It was sad to see Dice in such a state. I hope he continues to recover. Don't forget to take care of yourself too!
Sending love and 🙏 to you both, and all the other babies.
Wishing Dice a swift recovery. Thank you for taking such good care of Dice, Scotty ♥
Get well soon Dice ❤
Well done Scotty! These piggys are so livky to have you to care for them.. Thank You for all you do!
Get well soon sweet little Dice ❤ Sending lots of love and prayers ❤🙏
You are such an amazing piggy care taker with a huge heart. The kids and I hope that Dice continues to get back on his paws. Thank you so much for all your knowledge you share with us and for bring awareness to these adorable, silly, and beautiful creatures💙🐹
Aw dice. Thx for sharing this info!
Thanks a lot Bro for caring these angels, God bless you!
l hope he gets better soon bless you Scotty much love xx
Hi Scotty I hope Dice gets well soon 💐.
Thank you for sharing Scotty. I’m so sorry Dice isn’t feeling well. I will say a prayer for him. He’s very blessed to have you as his dad. Get some rest!! Be well Scotty!
Prayers for little Dice 🎲🎲, many thanks for making this video thank you always for sharing what it's like to have guinea pigs and care properly for them
This is valuable information. Thank you.
I'm so sorry that Dice is ill
Hope he gets better soon. Thanks for this video. I never saw this condition before. You are a excellent pet parent.
Hope dice recovers well godbless
I admire your dedication
I love that you share your vet visits and concerns with your piggies. My one girl had a hay poke and I removed it and applied terramycin and eye drops I had on hand. After 5 days she is good. I learned that from YOU!! So happy to see dice improving.
Awww, I hope Dice recovers fully and is back to himself very soon! Poor baby. Thank you for sharing Scotty, your videos are super informative and helpful for my piggies and I :)
Ugh it sounds so scary, poor Dice! You're always ready for anything, but it must be So tiring!! We send alot of love, and I really hope that Dice gets through this. Fungus is fascinating, but also very scary, especially in such an issue. We love you ❤
Get well soon handsome boy from myself and my 4 beautiful girls
Thank you for this vid. I hate this problem, it breaks my heart.🥺
we have a rescue here in kansas..I am so thrilled that you help so many help others..I have reffered dozens and dozens of people to you ..keep up the great and comapssionate work and all my best to dice..we had a guinea pig like dice..and he lived 8 yrs...still miss him dearly..he was rescue from a petshop gone bad.. but we rehomed him,and he had a full healthy life,,..thanks again scotty for doing this and God thanks you too.. jd stewart
New to your channel thank you so much for your help & learning about the New Piggy I rescued all this knowledge is so helpful! 🙏💙
Ah, paw Dice. I know what it's like to have a sick piggie with it's pal missing it. Being an animal parent, you never switch off even at night. I'm sending warm wishes for all of you guys. Please take care 🙏❤
Oh poor baby 😥. I hope little dice feels better soon
Let's go Dice let's go! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for this
Poor baby! I hope he gets better................
I will pray for him 🙏
Oh no I hope Dice is continuing to improve.
Hey Im watching 3 weeks after, so I hope this turned out ok. Ive done a few over nights with critical care too so I can relate to how tired you must be. Thank you for helping him and thank you for the info. I had never heard of this. I'll put it in my reference file.
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Scotty,
I'm sorry to hear about Dice not feeling well. Hope he feels better soon. Maybe the meds are helping.
I dont know from a guinea pig point of view but years ago I had a really bad ear infection and I kept knocking into walls, It does throw your equilibrium off.
I hope he continues to feel better. Grape misses him.
Angie
I hope he’s doing OK
I always get more antibiotics if it's offered. Thanks for sharing this is valuable information.
Hey @Scotty! Its been a while & great to see you thriving. I've seen a lot in 4 decades of pigs but his case is a tough one as it has a few dif issues. I guessing minor stroke and with the tooth issue it could be the reason for the stroke as my one experience with tooth root infection was it was caught late and nothing could stop it. Battled for 2? months but the infection went to the brain causing pig to have confusion like standing in one spot, going where am I? In a week or so she started convulsing that sadly, lasted for 24 hours before she passed. Remember cukes are very watery so maybe a small peel only is ok. Again, this is a very mysterious case so best of luck to you.
We are dealing with this same exact issue with our guinea pig other than the poop part. Ours is dealing with impaction and thanks to your videos I'm able to help him with that. Treating with meloxicam and antibiotics for 2 weeks now but still not much better☹️ I'm thinking he may have suffered a stroke or some type of neurological problem. I'm very happy to hear Dice is doing better😊
Poor fellow I hope he gets better
Grape help him feel better and keep eye on him for you.
I’m sorry Scotty I know exactly what you’re going through. Paw prayers.
My piggie had this to a few years ago. Sadly after all the care didn't make it. So hope it will go better for you
I love your channel. My daughter bought a Guinea pig from petsmart. And he's not doing good and we woke up this morning and he's not walking. We live in eucl at Ohio and there's not a good vet here. Andidn't know skinny pigs. So we made a emergency appointment with her other Guinea. But my daughter's Guinea pig Doctor. And she's gonna take a minute there tomorrow morning. But can you think of anything might have happened to him overnight that why he's not walking this morning. His back legs are not moving, but he's happy and everything but he can't walk. So we have to wait till the morning to take him to the veterinarian. And. I'm glad your Guinea pig is doing very good and I'm gonna tell my daughter not to buy. Guinea pig from petsmart and goes some place else. But we have to find some places to buy her another Guinea pig. In case this one doesn't make it and she's so upset. So we don't know what to do. But we'll fill you in tomorrow after we come back from the vet
I could see grape popcorning.
you know when my late guinea pig's cage mate died, my cat kept her company. I'm poor and I'm on the spectrum and I have depression and anxiety. advanced animal care is hard for me. when B'lanna died I was pretty wrekt inside. my inexperience in how to treat her when she did get sick definately contributed to her death. i followed the vet instructions but I don't think the advice given was enough and I don't think she could swallow because she wouldn't take critical care. My cat Bandit would sit by Tribble's cage after that. Tribble would walk over and stand next to him. He'd reach in with a paw and poke Tribble and Tribble would start making excited noises and running around her cage in circles. Then she'd stop next to him, rinse repeat. Tribble eventually died from sickness too. I'm on food stamps and so when they come in it represents about a two day blind spot for me where I'm too under stress to do more than change food and water because the groceries have to come in. I have to take the bus to do the shopping, which takes all day. So I didn't notice she was sick until Bandit alerted me after unpacking groceries. Tribble went quick, even if I had had the money to go to a vet I wouldn't have had the time. I literally picked her up and she died in my hands. I just cried. I composted her alfalfa pellets and remaining hay. Tribble and B'lanna fought for dominence on a regular basis and they had to be in two seperate cages because of that. I put them side by side so they could "talk" to each other through the bars and that worked. But they never truly got along after a point.
you need to account for stress in a way that works for you when it comes to pet care. especially if you have mental health issues. i wonder what would have happened if I'd stopped to check on Tribble before leaving the apartment that day. would I have seen her sick and not gone? could I have done something?
as for Dice. I myself have had both tooth and intestinal problems. The latter due to a chronic condition. And being an amateur mushroom hunter, (mostly for photographs) I know something of fungi. Tooth issues in humans are pretty chronic when they've really set in. I spent over a decade trying to fix bad tooth care habits myself. I've had like four root canals and according to the doctor I'm probably going to need another for a broken tooth. Its a lot harder on a human system than it looks, I can imagine how it would be on a guinea pig. And intestinal problems can leave you horribly malnourished and dehydrated. I've gotten a cold sweat from intestinal pains before. Its REALLY bad. You need water and you definately need electrolytes. If all you do is hydrate, it can actually make things worse. you also need sugars and salts (and again, I qualify this for humans, not piggies). If you look at the history of cholera, you realize just how not a joke diarhea actually IS.
and fungal infections are enough for HUMANS to be hospitalized. fungal cells are close enough to human ones that antifungal drugs can cause SERIOUS issues in humans and animals. the fact that this disease got reclassified as fungal is actually a BAD thing. not a good one. animals are HORRIBLE at fighting off parasites, but they're even worse at fighting fungal infections. and in this case I'm wondering if taking antibiotics in such an amount contributed to Dice's current problems. surely there's a probiotic for guinea pigs?
Head tilt can be so distressing to see. Praying that it is that as it is reversible if caught in time ❤❤
I’ve used Panacur for head tilt in one of past bunnies. Vet thought that the parasite was brought in on my footwear as my bun was a house bunny that never wanted to go out. He was fine after treatment. He was unable to walk and was sliding all over the place on the floor.