We are still giving her the supplement along with her regular food just to help put on her lost weight. The next morning Shelbi ate some veggies and her hay. I also found a store that sells Carefresh without the baking soda. She said to get a supplement called Critical Care and feed that to Shelbi in a syringe. Tanner and asked if there was a chance she could recover if we got rid of that bedding and got Shelbi to eat. I called the company that makes Carefresh and they said they would overnight me Carefresh without baking soda, and that they were getting complaints about it. That’s when it hit me - I remembered the new baking soda formula and thought that might be what was causing the gas. I always put her veggies in a little pan, and when she eats, sometimes pieces fall out onto her bedding and she eats it. I called to make the appointment, and as it would be a few hours until we could bring her in, I thought I would try to give her some veggies just in case she would eat. We couldn’t just let her starve to death and suffer. Unfortunately, Shelbi was not improving, and we decided to bring her in the next day to have her put to sleep. Her compassion and concern for our little piggy was incredible, and we were so thankful we found her. She aspirated the larger mass and told us we should see a change within 24 hours. Tanner X-rayed Shelbi and found a huge mass of gas on one side of her body and two others on the other side. Tanner at Parkway Veterinary Hospital in Dublin. On Tuesday of last week Shelbi was hardly eating and did not act like her usual self. We have always used Carefresh bedding, but about two months ago, we started using Carefresh with baking soda added to it. We adopted Shelbi when she was 3 weeks old, and in May she will be 6 years old. DEAR JOAN: I hope you can help get the word out that baking soda used in bedding almost killed our guinea pig, Shelbi.

I have pica syndrome i eat baking soda