My Guinea Pig is way too skinny! and drinkss too much waterr!

Question

ohkayy... welll as i said he drinkss about 2 regular sized water bottles in a day!! all dayy and all night he is alwayss drinking from it. i tried giving him a bowl but he always gets shavings and food in it. Also he is sooo skiinny, i can feel all his ribs and i hate picking him up cause hes so delicate. i feed him like crazy! i give him lots of fruit and vegies and he eats them fine. My vet thought it might of been from a lack of vitain C, so she gave us this feed for him. He absolutely LOVES it, and we put vitamin c in his water. but stillll.. he doesnt gain ANY weight. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! :( ♥

Answer 1

This happened to one of my guinea pigs.He drank at least2 bottles of water each day and was very hungry but seemed like he couldn't eat at the end.He became weaker and weaker.He went along like this for a while and then it got so bad I had to have him put to sleep.Though the vet examined him,I never got a diagnosis.I believe that it was very bad chronic renal  failure.

Answer 2

give him some fatty food..hit up mcdonalds haha..but thats odd maybe there's a different food type that contains more calories and fat or something

Answer 3

He has kidney failure. This happened to my guinea pig. All the same symptoms. Take him to an exotic vet that knows guinea pigs. Good luck!

Answer 4

Could be diabetes although I'm not too sure (symptoms are drinking a lot) or kidney failure. Bring him to a vet, maybe a different one. Good luck to you and your guinea pig!

Answer 5

Vitamins in the water are pretty useless. He sounds sick. Take him to a better vet http://www.guinealynx.info/vet.html

Answer 6

This also happened to my dog.  It is a kidney problem.  Your vet should be able to prescribe a renal type food to help.  They have a problem digesting protein and will get very sick if something is not done to help!

Answer 7

I have two guinea pigs. The girl's name is Pepper and the Boys name is Rahma. Rahma is fat. very fat eats all of his food and drinks a lot of water and all his veggies and fruits too. and Pepper is Very Tiny, she is skinny, but not too skinny she is just a very tiny guinea pig, she doesnt ever eat all her pellet food most of the time, but she does eat all of her fruits and veggies. she is turning 4 in a half, and she has been this way all her life, and she is very lively and active and extremely overly friendly.

Answer 8

I don't know if this is  possible but maybe your guinea pig has some sort of parasite like a tape worm or somthing.