Winnie medical

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Lisa12

Post   » Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:15 am


Thank you! Can i ask you please how long were you applying mupirocin?
Do you think its ok to stop on wednesday when its 14 days and than after a while start something else so i am not bothering her too much?
Her legs aint bloated just this redvspots that are sometimes more visable than other days. And it doesnt go away. This seemed tovwork but in the end it did not. Bepanthen plus only helped littlw bit, too..

Lisa12

Post   » Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:17 am


Also i read that this is cause lack of a vitamin-carrots

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ItsaZoo
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Post   » Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:41 am


Mine has red spots and what looks like a callous on one of her front feet. It looks kind of bruised, no open sores. I apply Mupuricin every day. Right now I’m using it twice a day since it seems to be worse. She doesn’t move around enough and she sleeps kind of laying on her front feet instead of on her side. So I think there’s pressure on her feet all the time.

I have lots of cushioned pads and soft blankets. And I scatter her food and have 2 water bottles so she moves around to find her food and water. I’m not sure what else I can do.

Lisa12

Post   » Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:06 am


Thank you so much for an answer and information.
Yeah..Win has red spots, too...like you described. Ours doesnt necessary look bruised...only sometimes a little bit.

We decided to stop tomorrow since its antibiotic cream..so its like 14-days of treatment..(standard 7-10days) and Winnie has enough of it.
VEt said if they take Ab for long time bacteria grew even more resistant..

Winnie has bit of belly issues..too..so we re immidiatly of vegetables. I notice she doesnt have to strong hind legs, but we try to work on it-but when belly is hurting her, she s always putting legs wierdly.
I was so disturbed i almost had car crash in sunday..she was sitting in the corner, belly hurting and i was late for work and..yeah i had luck that i didnt crash and came to work safe...i was driving way too fast..i need to be more careful.

However.. I read you can try with manuka honey, or this blis to sol https://www.amazon.ca/OAKHURST-COMPANY- ... B004GVFKFY (you cant get it in Slovenia, maybe something similar i need to check out), betadine(Yodine) ... and this tricadine neo is mentioned for chickens but i dont know if its suitable for guinea pigs??

I think i ll give winnie a break and than we will try with manuka honey and betadine..and maybe neomicyn..with long breaks in between so she wont be stressed out.

Its seems those pigs adopted from harsh enviorments..sure has more issues..and than its also character-more dominant easier to handle things..
Winnie is wild..but she s also sensitive..Irie would kill you if you would try to do something he didnt prefer and he didnt came from nice home, too. And LEe was domi nant too ..butprevious owners loved him so much-so he was one all around happy relaxed and confident boy. Winnie was treated so poorly that i immidatly back off if i see she s disturbed. And when she s coming shouting for food i just reward her ..

I wish Millie and Ruby Sue the best..i will report if we find something that works totally for redness on legs.

We also have urine check tomorrow..hope its okay..i need just to bring in sample since its still smells sometimes.

Lisa12

Post   » Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:13 am


I meant if guinea pigs take AB that only work to some extent and they took it too long or too often its possible it wont help-thats what vet said for Winnie s URIs issue too ..that she cant be on AB all the time..so..
We did the same with mupirocin...14 days of treatment since its not that much better.

Lisa12

Post   » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:07 pm


Win urine results are really bad .. full of two type of bacteria and blood.. i wont lie i was crying way back home from dog vet..i couldnt. It seems problems are falling on us everytime it looks we are doing better.
Today we start forcefwding cause win didnt eat nearly nothing. Dog vet suggester marboyl but i am disturbed cause we wanted to try azythromicyn in a week.
Tomorrow we will call exotic vet for advice and start ab for urinary tract infection.
I tought she can than take genta+ marbocyl combined again for uri and uti but..i dont know if genta is good id she has uti severe..so we will consult with vet.
We will hit back again with all we ve got ..in half an hour we will go vitc critical care additional water ans probiotic..she wasnt forcefes in three months..
Please keep fingers crossed for us..there wont be any updates from us for a while..
So today forcefeding, tomorrow exotic vet call and start ab..sunday onwards change to fleece bedding..never give up and always hit back

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Lynx
Resist!!!

Post   » Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:38 pm


I hope she responds. I am so sorry you are dealing with this.

The hand feeding is so important. Crossing fingers for you both.

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ItsaZoo
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Post   » Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:09 am


I’m wishing the best for you and Winnie. I hope she’ll improve with meds and hand feeding. You are so good keeping up with your guinea pigs when they have issues.

Lisa12

Post   » Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:51 am


Thank you both for support!!
We decided to stsrt marbocyl today at evening.
We csn try azythromicin in may for chronic uri after all.
We will speak to exotic vet today..
She liked cc with extrs water..its shame we dont havr shilintong here right now

Lisa12

Post   » Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:41 am


We wont go offline cause we need your support!

Today Win is feelin better belly is okay cause of probiotic i think.

We wantedbto consult with exotic vet but he didnt answwr the phone or call back. He sent us away once but hes good to animals so...it beat us down..can we consult with Lynx and ItsaZoo instead please?
:)

We decided on 10-14 days of marbocyl+cc+aditional water and than urine check. If still wont be okay we will go for aditional diagnostics..
Is that okay to you???
Hope it wont be needed.

We wish to have more vet support forreal. But all we can do is to atay positive strong focused ..fight with all we have.. never give up or feel hurt or offended.

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Sef
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Post   » Thu Apr 17, 2025 7:00 pm


I don't have anything useful to add, but just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. The boys and I are pulling for you and Win both. :)

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Lynx
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Post   » Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:34 pm


I wish I had the medical background and knowledge it takes to give you good answers but unfortunately I don't. Can also only offer support.

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