Update on Tawney

Tawney our own guinea pig, the piggy that has a neurological disorder, he went to see the vet on Monday. Seems that there isn't an infection or anything wrong with his ears, he just has some build-up in his ears. So we'll need to clean his ears once in a while. but there has been a new problem with Tawney now. His poops seems to build up inside him, it kind of gets stuck in his anal region and then clumps up as more poop develops. Instead of individual poops coming out, his doesn't seem to be coming out , so they wind up clumping up into a mass. So, what I have been doing is pressing lightly on each side of his anal region and that pushes out that clump for him. I am giong to get him back into to see either Dr.T or Dr.Fijas to find out why this happening to him and see what we can do for him. My fear with his poops sitting around in him like that, that he may wind up with a bacteria build up there and/or an infection. Poor tawney that must be so uncomfortable, I've been doing my best to stay on top of it and pushing it out for him, but Guinea pigs poop very often! He has been eating timothy hay normally so I do not know why this is happening. He has been urinating normally, thankfully, I do not need to express his bladder for him , I could if he ever needed it, but he has been doing that regularly and without my help. Tawney is a guinea pig that made a turn for the worse , health -wise, when he was only a baby, we didn't think he was going to make it. With TLC and supportive care he improved enough that he does have a good quality of life. He'll never be a normal guinea pig, and we'll always do what we can to help him out like we did when he was a baby. Tawney will be turning 3 years old this year in Decmeber , he is our miracle pig. Our other miracle pig is Champ, he WAS paralyzed, but now he isn't , he is turning three years old in July :)