[Gpdd] [CARE] One bad back leg.

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I believe you should immediately feed Vit C chewable tablets or see if she will eat oranges, or red or green peppers, parsley, cabbage, cilantro, tomato or other Vit C foods. Sometimes There have been reported cases of paralysis completely reversed with Vit C every day.  If it is stroke feed the Vit C and take her leg and make walking motions with it to retrain neurons and keep up muscle strength, maybe set (like drape her) on a soft ball that allows her feet to reach the floor on all sides, then encourage her to walk along and you help the bum leg make the swimming/walking motion forward. Of course before movement therapy you must make sure its not broken, if broken you need to splint if it meets up correctly  If she wont eat the Vit C foods make a dish, sit down at the table with her on towels, and eat a bit yourself, I have taught many piggies to eat  new foods this way, after all this is how the learn from momma.  Do the exercises several times a day

Keep it up a couple weeks, I have heard of even broken backs repairing in this amount of time, other wise you might get one of those little carts for tiny animals with a broken or missing leg 

And of course a good exotics vet should be consulted ASAP, but start the Vit C food immediately, look in the frig or garden now(dandelion greens have Vit C too I thint.  I'm sure you know, but just to double check, GP's must have Guinea Pig pellets, not rabbit pellets as Rabbit pellets do not have added Vit C  Also if your pellets are too old the Vit C can degrade, don't use anything older than 6 months from date of manufacture,  if thats not on the package look in the ingredients to see the added vit c and buy a fresh lot
Hopefully
Sandy