advice needed

Penelope had her teeth trimmed last week. Took her awhile to “bounce” back from it and she has now been experiencing pain of sorts. Sitting puffy a lot. She is acting normal except when in her sleep area. She sits very puffy. I should add that she’s not always puffy when sitting. It is very off...

So Penelope is on heart meds. Benezapril & Vetmedin. She gets her Benezapril every 24 and her Vetmedin every 12. She’s also on Bactrim every 12 for a few more days. She currently gets her meds around 6 and I gave it to her at 5:30 yesterday. I had to leave town so my boyfriend has to give her...

I have two bonded skinny sows that have lived together happily for over a year now. Every once in a while there will be some rumble strutting but nothing more, and they often sleep closeby out in the open together. Last week we were having outside time and one of them was injured, and after a...

Hi hi :) (Jump to the last paragraph to skip the context.) My bond with my sows (~10 months old) has always been a bit fragile. It feels like every time I reach a point of “this is the most comfortable you’ve ever been with me”, something happens that takes us back a few steps. (Example: I was...

*located in US* Southeast of Saint Louis. Hi! So I have Penelope who is over 5. She did have a slightly enlarged heart and takes Benazepril every 24 hours and Vetmedin every 12. She’s been doing fantastic since being on the meds and never requires any diuretics. We are thinking we may take a...

Hi hi, Loi here :) So, I’m always worried that I’m not doing enough to entertain my two girls, Kinoya (Kino for short) and Fen. They’re about 7 months old now, and throughout the day, they mostly just lay around in their hideys. I worry that they’re bored. I do my best to provide enrichment...

hi guys! ive never used a forum before so i dont even know if I'm posting in the right place but i need help! my guinea pig has seemed off for a while since his brother died last month. (i got him a new friend but they havent met without a barrier yet) he didnt drink or eat much until he got put...

Hi! So Penelope is around 5 years old. Quite a few months back she had started hooting and was put on antibiotics to see if it stopped. It continued off and on for a while until she randomly got a bunch of fluid in her abdomen. She was then put on furosemide and was diagnosed with a little bit...

First time guinea pig owner here! My guinea pig's urine is light pink and her bum is constantly wet. She has not been squeaking in pain but is drinking more than normal. Some of her poos are irregularly shaped (long or small). Are these signs of illness? What should I do? :ple: Also, she was...

My boy Steve is suffering with his molars at the moment (at least we believe as current vets are unable to examine back teeth conscious without proper equipment). He is 7 and still bright, in good body condition for his age and seems to be comfortable otherwise. Since Sunday I’ve had to...

hey so my mom basically is saying my guinea pigs have to go outside because she doesn’t want anymore inside animals and i was wondering how i could properly take care of them especially in this heat it’s usually over 80 degrees everyday, she said i can put them under the carport. Tips needed...

A couple of days ago I went to feed my piggies and noticed that one of them had a head tilt (she had been fine in the morning only a couple of hours earlier). I took her to the vets as soon as possible and they gave me antibiotics to treat what they suspected was an ear infection. When we got...

Hi. So I have two pigs that I bought from a pet shop at 8 weeks old in June 2023. So I think they’re just coming up to about a year old. 2 days ago they had a BIG squabble which resulted in the quieter piggy being badly injured with a cut lip, and the other more confident piggy came out fine. I...

I’m posting on here for a bit of advice, as well as to inform others of a very specific problem I’ve been having with one of my piggies. (Skip to the end for my current situation!) I have a 4 year old guinea pig called Mavis who lives with two others, two months ago (on her 4th birthday) she...

Looking for some advice and help with my boar, he lost his brother who he's been with since birth less than a week ago. I just had the 2 of them and they were very close, since he passed he's still eating and drinking and I have had him close by as I work from home. In the evenings he's been...

Hi everyone, So I’ve recently been back and forth to the vets with my last girl, Penelope. Believe she has a heart issue and she is currently on Vetmedin and going to start benazapril too. My other two girls passed away in January a week apart from each other. Minnie was housed with Penelope...

We took our guinea pig to the ER vet last night due to some very small drops of blood in her urine. There are a few concerns of mine that weren't in my head at the time of the vet visit (it was 2AM). With some of these bloody pees, there were hardened calcium deposits -- they usually dry up and...

Hi. I’ve been having a rough time with my remaining girl. She currently has quite a bit of fluid in her abdomen and is on furosemide to try to help expel the fluid. It’s basically to help make her comfortable. It will not fix anything but I hope to have some more time with her. I am already...

Hello, I lost one of my pigs a few weeks ago and her cage mate has seemed sick for weeks now but hasn’t shown any symptoms of sickness besides some crusties around her eyes but it’s been weeks now and she is still experiencing symptoms of the grief but she is allowing me to pick her up (never...

This is a bit of a grim topic but I need advice. We recently got a baby guinea pig to keep my 3 year old female company as the 3yo's friend had died. We've had the 2 of them together for about 2 months now and they were getting on perfectly fine. The baby passed away yesterday and she was found...