Hello,
I need some advice on my 20 months guinea pig, if anyone can. He stopped eating on the 26th of Dec when my mother, his owner went on holiday. We thought it was psychological and he just needed a bit more time, even if he had stayed with me on previous occasions when my mother was away. On the 4th day, 30th of Dec I took him to the vet and he had teeth and stomach XRays done. The specialised vet said that his molars were too long and needed to have them filed down but first he needed to eat because his stomach was empty and couldn't have GA in that condition. I had him on Critical Care (Oxbow), 7ml every eight hours. I also had to smash in his food a quarter of Ranitidina Teva, a stomach protector because he was receiving 0,2 ml of Metacam once a day. The doctor was supposed to file down his molars on the 2nd of Jan but had an emergency operation and it was postponed on the 3rd of Jan.
It is the 5th of Jan now and he still doesn't eat on his own. We feed him 7ml of Critical Care every eight hours with 1/4 stomach protector because he's still on his Metacam, just 1ml a day, and we're also giving him 1-2ml orange juice which he likes every 4 hours and water. His droppings are fine, the colour is a bit different and they are not so frequent and he's recovered from his anaesthesia.
It's holiday bank here now and the vet will only be able to see him in 2 days, on the 7th of Jan. If any of you have medical experience or have had a guinea pig who's had dental work done, I'd like to know if the medicine he's been given is the right one and if we should try to give him besides the Critical Care something else to eat, like smashed veggies or grass, how nad how often. He always has hay, grass, his normal food and his favourite fresh food around him buy he only smells it without taking it in his mouth, even if he opens the mouth a little bit.
Thank you!!!