health advice

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 all, My guinea pig, Momo is currently 5 years old and has what appears to be a choking fit yesterday for the second time in 3 months. both times she looked and sounded like she was popping for about a minute or two (don’t know how to describe it, see the first few seconds of attached video)...

I am planning on bringing home two baby Abyssinian girls that 4 weeks old. I found them on some random website. How do I know if they are healthy and are getting proper care? Because I don’t want to bring home unhealthy piggies. Also is 31 square foot cage too big?

So about a week and 1/2 to 2 weeks ago we found a lump on the back left side of one of our guinea pigs and I was wondering if anyone could try and help we have a vet appointment on 7/24/24 CST I've attached photos of the lump in the blue square

Hi, so I made this post in Jan Anyone familiar with abscess flushing - want to make sure I’m doing it correctly about my boy Egg’s abscess. Everything went great and I was hoping for no recurring issues but I literally just noticed a bulge on his neck again in the exact same spot. I had a piggy...

Hi, It always seems to happen at the worst times—Bank Holiday Monday... I noticed that my 3.5-year-old guinea pig sow had a wet patch of urine on her bottom about three days ago, and we cleaned it up. However, it happened again, so I checked her thoroughly and found a patch of dried, scabby...

My 6 y/o female two nights ago had a blood shot, cloudy eye. Her eye also seem enlarged? Today it is looking a bit better, her doc recommended a warm compress and wiping her eye occasionally. She sees a vet on Monday. Other than that, she seems to have done some barbering near her one leg/part...

Hello! I posted the other day regarding my Oliver’s lumps. The results came back in conclusive. She did a biopsy and saw active active lymphoid cells and that’s all. No signs of white blood signs fighting off anything so she couldn’t say directly it was Lymphoma. I’ll add her doctors notes as...

Hi everyone, my names Ashley. I have a 5 year old baby named Oliver. I come here all the time for info so I figured I’d make an account. I recently noticed yesterday after giving Oliver some chin scratches he has a little up under his chin in between his jaw bone. It doesn’t seem to phase him...

One of my guinea pigs has had issues with a growth on his foot in the past and here it is again. The other guinea pig I have has never had this issue. It can be clipped off but keeps coming back. At first, I thought perhaps it was just poop that gets stuck to his foot but it happens a little too...

Does anybody have some experience with this sort of movement and noise from our pig Jerry? He’s 2 1/2years old, is fine within himself and still eating, drinking, playing and handling well but has episodes of this wincing, sometimes accompanied by a noise. (See video for three of these, arguably...

Hello, I found these two lumps within my piggies cage this evening (I have one made pig who is castrated and and is 2 1/2 and one female pig who is about 1 1/2). The lump on the left (more brown coloured) is more squishy and wet in texture and the one on the right (white) is harder however still...

Hi guys, Long time no see and Happy New Year! I just want to start by saying I have contacted Cat and Rabbit Clinic for an appointment. Waiting to hear back. And my colleagues at my veterinary practice have given me some eye drops to keep it comfortable. Anyway, Stitch my youngest boys is...

My hairless guinea pig was crying so we picked him up for lap time. He’s been having little cramping episodes. At first he would whimper and cry, but now he is more calm during them, but they happen more frequently. About every 3 minutes now. It’s been half an hour googling, trying to find out...

Hai, My girl has been not eating properly in the past few days and I've been feeding her critical care. She's lost some weight too so I've been keeping an eye on her weight . She's not eating the hay and tries to eat the salads but gives up . The vet is so far from where I live as in the uk...

I'm a new user of this website and a new pig owner, closing in on 6 months. I have two pigs, one is about 10 months and the other is roughly 15 months, they are both females. The 15 month old has a big appetite, and is not very picky, but today she ate about 2/3 of her food as oppose to eagerly...

Hi. We have had our new pig since August. We got him at 1yr old from a rescue as a friend for our lone boar when his cage mate passed away. Since having him hes never had a normal poop. At first we thought it was stress of new environment but when it didn’t settle we took him to the vet who...

My seven year old female guinea pig has begun licking her leg so much that it looks wet. The bottoms of her feet don’t look odd, she’s eating normally, walking normally, and I can’t see any kind of wound on her leg. Her bottom and her other leg are dry. I’ve never seen any of my other pigs do...

Hi all, we recently had to get a new playmate for Toffee, as his friend Biscoffi (R.I.P) unfortunately had a undiagnosed congenital heart problem (found in postmortem) that filled his lungs with fluid over time. He literally went from 100 - 0 within 2 hours from playing and being a nutter to...

Hey, I'm really worried about my guinea pig, CC, who is 7 years old. He's breathing a bit noisily, and while his Bumblefoot on his back feet is getting better (no more white sores), his front feet are now showing symptoms like redness and swelling. His back legs are weak as well. Unfortunately...