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Post by guineapigcafe on Jun 9, 2009 12:07:35 GMT -5
My Guinea Pig Annie is sick, or was, I guess. We believe she just had an ear infection, so we took her to the vet and he prescribed us some antibiotics, which did help a bit. Annie has permanent damage from the bad ear infection where her head tilts to the side, and we believe she cannot hear out of her ears very well, but I can guarantee you she is a happy Guinea Pig, eating all she can (even more than the other pigs!) and popcorns around clean cage! =)
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Post by Shae on Jun 9, 2009 14:06:06 GMT -5
Aw, poor Annie! Get well soon Annie...  ;D |
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Post by misspiggy on Jun 20, 2009 12:17:23 GMT -5
Poor Annie! I'm glad that that is the worst of her infection! What were the symptoms that prompted you to go to the vet?
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Post by guinealover01 on Jun 20, 2009 22:57:04 GMT -5
poor Annie!!! I hope she gets better!
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Post by guineapigcafe on Jun 21, 2009 15:39:18 GMT -5
The story of the symptoms is: One day I went out to feed all the pigs, and Annie is usually the first since she has a big apettite, but I noticed she didn't leave the house. I lifted it up, and her eyes were rolling, and she could only walk in circles. So basically if you wer Annie, you'd feel like you'd just got off something that was spinning. I hate to talk about it, it makes me upset... but I know she's is muchh better now =)
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Post by guinealover01 on Jun 22, 2009 10:39:08 GMT -5
Well at least she feels a lot better.
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Post by guineapigfun on Aug 7, 2009 21:18:54 GMT -5
Glad to hear that Annie is doing better now. I currently have one pig here who is blind and has a head tilt. She lives with her sister and gets around just fine. I have had about eight pigs come through here who have had head tilts. The reasons and causes for the head tilts vary and the origin can center in the ear, nerves, or brain. One I had here had a ruptured ear drum that occurred after she got into a tussle with other females at a pet store after she had had babies. Another one was not treated with antibiotics by her caretaker as soon as the head tilt was discovered so her head tilt was permanent. It was believed (by the vet) that a viral infection in the brain of another pig caused his head tilt. Ear infections, seizures, and tumors are other possible causes. Another cause is neurological and the symptoms that you are indicating may fall into that category. Many times the guinea pigs are just fine as long as one keeps an eye on them and provides a cage that is large enough to allow them to circle, if that is the case, and to be able to reach the water bottle and food. It is best to keep guinea pigs housed indoors where you can keep an eye on them at all times and treat them medically immediately if need be. I had one pig who developed head tilt symptoms here (all others arrived with head tilts) and he was treated within one hour and cured of the head tilt in three days (although I continued to medicate him). If he had been housed outdoors I would have missed getting him treated immediately. |
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Post by alicia on Aug 9, 2009 9:13:24 GMT -5
Get well soon Annie |
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Post by ilovemoomin on Sept 14, 2009 16:33:09 GMT -5
I have had a couple of pigs with head tilts after an ear infection, i dont think that they mind it at all! P.S Get better soon Annie !
Elly x
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Post by bugbug on Dec 21, 2009 19:08:11 GMT -5
I had a head tilt piggy before... Shes over the rainbow bridge now, but she used to be such a doll!
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Post by courtendo on Feb 2, 2010 12:09:15 GMT -5
What's a head tilt piggy? Sorry...
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