by arcticwolf » Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:27 am
My poor old girl Nikki had to go to the vet's this morning as she was making the dreaded guinea pig "hooting" sound the day before. Well, it turns out that it's not heart problems, and the hooting stopped yesterday, which is the good (very good!) news. The bad news is that her breathing is heavy, so the vet put her on a dose of antibiotics as well as a probiotic in case it's the early sign of a URI forming, and the x-rays showed that she's formed several more small stones, as well as bone deterioration. Ugh! The bone deterioration is likely from a lack of vitamin C she received as a pup before she was in my care, as she gets 1/8 of a cup of Oxbow Cavy Cuisine pellets (always has in my care), 1/8 of a green bell pepper (again, always has in my care), and as of the past 6 months or so, 33 mg of a vitamin C supplement daily due to her age, which is 6 years. The poor girl has been through a lot over the years, but she's a fighter for sure and I'm confident we can get through this.
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