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Please help with my guinea pig2007-11-24 22:14:12

My guinea pig fell ill last week and just come home from vets but still not eating, how is the easy way of suringe feeding him, before he gets bad again

Answers:

Have you called the vet? Did the vet give you any instructions for what to do in the event your piggie doesn't eat?

You will need to get a 1 cc syringe from any drugstore & cut the tip (where the needle goes) off. Then, if you have no Critical Care (feeding supplement for pigs, usually available through the vet) you can crush up his pellets and add a little bit of water to make a mush (consistency of mashed potatoes). Draw the mush into the syringe & place the syringe into the back of his mouth where his molars are located. Then g-e-n-t-l-y depress the plunger to expel a little food into his mouth. If you push too hard on the plunger, the food will shoot into his mouth & he may possible breathe it into his lungs. This would be very bad, so be careful to do it slowly. You can use a syringe with the tip still on to syringe him water after every couple of syringes of food. Again, do it slowly.

See this link for photos & more info.

http://www.guinealynx.info/handfeeding.h...

See this photo for a good idea on how to hold your pig to get the food into him. This worked for me.

http://www.guinealynx.info/tips.html...

It is critical that your pig eat so his gut will not shut down. Be sure that he's pooping & peeing too while you're trying to get him over this "hump" in the road. If not, you need to get him back to the vet.