Guinea pigs do not differ in good health, in principle, they are very sensitive. It is necessary to remember also that they can be carriers of the infectious diseases dangerous to the person (the tuberculosis, plague cutting deprive, itch, etc.). Therefore buy a guinea pig only in pet-shop where they are carefully checked for presence of diseases.
Instruction
1. Remembering poor health of pigs, it is better to care for its contents, to warn diseases, than to treat a pig. They seldom recover if the disease captured an organism, more often the animal perishes. For the correct keeping of a pig it is necessary to protect her from cold and drafts because they possess a weak respiratory system. After acquisition take a mumps within a month on a quarantine, only after that replace it in the general cage. Observe how it eats how many is that prefers.
2. Conditionally diseases of guinea pigs can be divided into five groups on causal criterion: genetic defects; the diseases caused by the wrong feeding and the contents; infectious diseases (from bacteria or viruses); the diseases transmitted by parasites; mechanical damages.
3. If your pet hid in a corner, does not react to external irritants and at breath squelches – everything means very badly, do not allow such state, otherwise you can lose an animal. At the slightest changes in behavior of a guinea pig examine her. The refusal of a forage, slackness is the first calls. Examine a mumps if she sneezes, coughs, and near an allocation nose, so she is ill, and she urgently should be treated. Better if you give 1-2 injections of an apmpitsilin if injections are impossible, then dig rasters from powder of one capsule of the same ampicillin in 10-15 ml of water and inside the sixth part of a tablet in one teaspoon of water.
4. If suppuration in the eyes or just swelled up a little red eyelids (conjunctivitis), wash out them weak tea tea leaves and dig children's solution of albucid, and spread eyelids with tetracycline ointment.
5. Disorder of intestines at guinea pigs happens from incorrectly food or an infection. Stop to give it a juicy forage, you feed only with crackers, oats, let's drink (to prevent dehydration). If in several days did not pass, give to a mumps two-three times a day on a quarter of a tablet of a biseptol of the water dissolved in a teaspoon.
6. Keep in mind, guinea pigs often have an allergy to antibiotics so at first give approximately the fifth part from with what you are going to begin treatment. If in 2-3 hours any allergic reactions were not shown, continue.
7. Guinea pigs can have skin parasites. Bath (the head cannot be touched!) them in solution of a bromotsiklen or other special substance of the same action, dry accurately the hair dryer and do not allow them to lick the wool before full drying.
8. At guinea pigs also more serious diseases, from heart troubles to toxicosis of pregnant women can develop. It is unlikely you will cope without the aid of the qualified veterinarian. It is good to find in advance the expert who already had an experience of treatment of guinea pigs if something happens to look for in panic of the doctor. There is one universal council if you noticed that the pig badly feels, does not eat, try 3 times to give in day to her vitamin C solution with glucose, but you remember, it no more, than council and if there are no improvements, begin specialized treatment.