https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/24991/blown-up-guinea-pigs 2 x massively oedematous guinea pigs both started about 3 weeks ago, one died after 2 weeks other one still going eating and drinking normally , faeces normal but huge - Michelin man like pitting oedema from nose to mid abdomen, heart not sounding tooen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/167667?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:02:57 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9a099e32-8efe-4f7b-8cb4-2259f8e8248cMarie Kubiak<p>[quote user=&quot;Andrew Mellor&quot;]unless we have ebola or VHD in g. pigs now <img src="/emoticons/v2/tongue-in-cheek.gif" alt="Tongue-in-cheek" />[/quote]</p> <p>Odd you say that- I&#39;ve heard a couple of rumours of guinea pig deaths in areas with rabbit VHD2 losses. I remain highly sceptical though till morbidity is substantiated alongside positive detection of virus.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/167662?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:30:21 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c8b33f4a-50d3-453a-94ee-effed1d45cd0Andrew Mellor<p>second g. pig died yesterday , PM - haemabdomen,haemothorax marked haemorrhagic pericardial effusion with some pericardial thickening -guess restrictive pericarditis caused congestive heart failure leading to other signs unless we have ebola or VHD in g. pigs now <img src="/emoticons/v2/tongue-in-cheek.gif" alt="Tongue-in-cheek" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/167390?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:38:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c854046e-4653-43fc-a92a-47a51c890806Marie Kubiak<p>The only cause of profound oedema I have seen in GPs is congestive heart failure. They do blow up quite dramatically when they decompensate. It would be a coincidence to have both do exactly the same concurrently but not impossible as cardiac disease is pretty common and similar onset time is plausible if genetically similar individuals kept under the same conditions.</p> <p>I can&#39;t think of anything infectious/toxic that would cause this I&#39;m afraid other then envenomation but you wouldn&#39;t be likely to have two live guinea pigs with adder bites! I have a vague memory of clostrial induced oedema in farm animals but again that is pretty acutely fatal.</p> <p>Heart scan may be useful if it can be done at a price owners can cope with otherwise difficult to choose a direction to follow other than symptomatic treatment.</p> <p>Marie</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/167253?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:46:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:17d70fa7-65c8-452f-a941-2cf2234284e2Virginia Campbell<p>Just backyard chickens that aren&#39;t getting monensin in the feed? (Do chickens even get monensin in feed anymore- I&#39;m a small animal vet now- just learned about monensin being cardiotoxic to horses in vet college)&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>