boar

Hi all, I'm back again about my kiddo. My 4 y.o boar Glacier has been on Gabapentin and Metcam for 2 years for his back. When he was younger (approx 3 months old) he had to be on Ivermectin for conjunctivitis and a URI when he arrived at the petstore. He has always been amazing at taking his...

Hi, firstly apologies for the long post! I was wondering if anyone has any experience with a guinea pig that has ongoing diarrhoea but is otherwise still healthy (from what the vet can tell) Around 2 months ago I took my male GP to the vets due to soft poo. During the consultation they noted...

Hello, I have recently rescued a 4.5 year old guinea pig and paired him with my existing boar who was also bereaved. I've had two boys previously but the newest boy Gingernut seems to wee a lot and sometimes has a wet bum His urine smells much worse worse than the other piggies. Just wondering...

Hello, My wee Guinea pig Thor for the past week has haven to be syringe fed and watered (he was 1.2kg). He was doing huge clumpy poops (I made a previous post). We went to the vet and he had bloat. They thought they felt a mass so he got an ultrasound and X-ray. When the results came back it...

Hey, I have two boars one of which chases and fights my other boar. Multiple times a day I hear them chasing around and there are clumps of hair from the sub boar. I am yet to see any blood drawn. What do you guys recommend?

and he was the bravest boy! Reggie weighs in at 1.11g 🥹 the vet seemed surprised at how clean and healthy he is. It’s so validating having a vet tell you your babies are perfect, especially when you have a lot of anxiety around whether or not you’re doing enough for them, feeding them the right...

Hi there, I had two lovely rescue boars who were bonded from birth, but unfortunately just before their 3rd birthday we lost one of them to cancer. My remaining piggy didn't really seem overly phased, he was a bit subdued for about a week and lost a little bit of weight but has now gained it...

Just when my new piggie was getting settled in and all was seemingly well… I found little blood stains in Chris’s bedding today. I’m kicking myself and feeling so much guilt because I haven’t given him his potassium citrate for a long while now.. As soon as I saw the blood stains this afternoon...

Hi everyone, how important is out of cage run time? My two boars had their first time to run out of their cage today and hid away for the whole time. It was a new environment and I understand they were scared, should I keep trying? They have a 21 square foot cage and have enough room for...

Hi all, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about this personality trait at all haha! But, ever since I got my trio of Guinea Pigs, a neutered boar (around 3yo) and two sows (around 2yo), the girls have been petrified, hiding constantly, and only have just started to come out of their shell...

I posted 2 weeks ago about my Piggy Mr Wilson. He was diagnosed with a bladder stone, the xray showed it was in his urethra not the bladder. Vet advised us to go home with pain meds and muscle relaxers to see if he could pass it on his own. A 2nd xray has shown the stone is still in the same...

can a piggy have its iwn boar glue on its mouth (lower lip )? Ive seen it on a post and it look a little simmilar . I cant take a pic cause my piggy is moving too much but its like each “hair” on its lower lip has a little kind of white crust on it ? is it a fungal infection perhaps?

Hi! I’m desperately seeking advice rn on bonding. To cut a long story short… years ago I adopted a single Guinea pig from a rescue. Not knowing much at the time… I had no knowledge of said Guinea pig needing a companion but over a short amount of time I realised that he needed a friend. 2 years...

Just thought I would share our neutering journey as a first hand experience of what you might expect / what happened with us. Bit of background: Boar - spud, 4 months, teddy breed. Housed next to 4 sows so he can see them through the bars but can’t get to them. (Mabel, sable, hazel and honey)...

Hello! I have 3 male Guinea pigs and I’m looking for advice on their housing/relationship situation. First of all, I’ve got two together and the third pig is by himself (right next to the other cage, they still interact!) Two of my boys have been together from the start, over a year old now. One...

Got a c&c cage 5x2 and put both boys in it yesterday. (They where in a pet shop cage for a few months Till I realised they needed a bigger cage) anyways since being in the bigger cage they seem to be I think it’s play fighting more. They will chase eachother, growl (I think), sometimes do the...

Hi all! I think at this point I’ve managed to read about 100 articles/stories/threads on boar neutering and I’m still very conflicted. For background I rescued a lovely little boar who was found on the side of the road (someone had literally thrown him out) so he was definitely an unexpected...

My boar of nearly three years, Storm, has recently developed a small, white bump on his ear. It's only on the backside near the edge, and is clearly raised. The skin above feels 'strained', similar to human pimples, but there seems to be no inflamation, reddening or anything similar. The bump...

This is my 4.5 year old skinny pig Lennon. Last night i noticed two smallish firm, white lumps on the base of his penis. His penis is also red, somewhat swollen and sticking out. He is eating, drinking and running around just fine and does not seem to be bothered by it at all. We are calling...

hi, 6 months ago we got two male guinea pigs, they were bonded and happy together the whole time. unfortunately though we recently lost one of them, leaving whiskers to be a single 9/10 month old so, we got a new young male who is about 12 weeks old. today we tried to introduce them and it...