health advice

Hi everyone, it’s been a while since i posted here but Nox has been having some recent troubles so here goes... Nox is almost 6 and a half and I am so grateful hes lasted this long. He’s always been a very chunky, sassy old man. However, recently he’s lost around 300 grams. (He was previously...

Tony, my Guinea Pig is limp and just twitching his head in different directions. What should I do?

Hello everyone! This is my first post here, very nice to meet you all. I have two guinea pigs, father and son (Chibs and Thunder) 1 year old and 4 months old. Two days ago, the younger one hurt his foot while jumping from one of the wooden houses in their cage. As a result, he kept his foot up...

Hi hi! My 4 month old girl, Café, her wheaks got noticeably raspy/not crisp+sharp one morning after rescuing her from her head getting stuck in a toilet paper tube. She was screaming a lot, so I wasn’t sure if it was because of that. Her wheaks stayed raspy from then on. I listened to her...

Hey! The piggie in question is our boy Minkus, he’s a rescue though I suspect around 4-5 y/o, for a nice few months now he does a little cough, but that’s normally when he’s eating or drinking and he IS a chunky guy so we’re thinking that’s just due to eating or drinking too fast. He’s been...

20230826-003401 hosted at ImgBB 20230826-003423 hosted at ImgBB So I noticed tonight while giving Gizmo a little health check he has a spot in his eye. It seems to be inside in the pupil area it doesn't look like it's on the surface. It wasn't there a few days ago last time I gave him a check...

I noticed today my Guinea pig has lost a little bit of weight. Nothing too extreme but enough to the point I picked up on it. He’s struggling to eat even though he’s trying to and I’ve also noticed he isn’t pooping much. He’s normally a bit of a menace and likes to torment the other pigs but...

i got a new guinea pig today and he breathes like this not all the time tho. sounds like he has a blocked nose 20 August 2023

Hi everyone! I am posting because I heard my newest piggie, Café, sneeze today. She’s been with us for a week now. She is from PetSmart, however she seemed to be under great care as the small pet specialist was extremely knowledgeable and showed great care for all the animals as I watched her...

Hi! I’m not usually active on social media, let alone on forums, but i’m desperate for help. My english might not be very good as I’m not from an English speaking country but i really need help. My guinea pig is an intact male, 2 years old. He’s always been an active little fella and nothing...

i got a guinea pig from pets4homes, i think he’s been neglected. He came with long nails, dirty fur, greasy fur and sores on his skin. he also has diarrhoea. how can i help him to make his poops back to normal and any tips on to help heal the scabs

Hello everyone.. I am hoping to get some thoughts and opinions on my current situation. My sweet baby girl is experiencing a very difficult situation. The emergency vet is telling me she has a GDV and I’m so scared I don’t know what to do. I already paid 2k for her to be there over night and...

Hi! My 7.5 y/o guin pig Nut has been refusing to eat hay for a while - while having a monster appetite for anything that isn't hay (pellets, veg, critical care, joint supplements I feed him). After a visit to the vet we found out that he has overgrown molars trapping his tongue, and today he...

Hi! Please excuse if I sound panicky during this, this just started happening today and I'm so scared for my little 4 year old baby. Her name is Candy, she started having a slight whistle to her breathing (which she's breathing normally, no wheezing) and has been a bit sneezy today (accompanied...

Today i when feeding my pet pigs i noticed one of them has what looks like alot of scabbing around his back and bum area which i haven’t noticed before and is definetly new since a family member was grooming him a few days prior i have looked online but cant find anything that matches the issue...

Hi! So my piggy, Pepe Le' Pew, has been ill for two weeks now. I noticed that he had stopped pooping and hadn't touched his food or water in about a day at first, I took him to a vet soon after and they told me he looked okay, took a fecal sample and tested it and he had no parasites or...

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 guys, Today my two Guinea Pig's have not touched their veggies (Given at 7AM as usual, currently it is 3:20PM). I took them both to the vet to get checked once I saw they weren't eating but they were both deemed healthy. They are eating hay, treats, fruit (as a treat) and their pellets as...

Hi guys, I’m a bit new here but as a guinea pig mom to elderly guys, I thought it would be good to have an account for any questions I had. So recently, my old man Nox (almost 6 yrs) has just completely stopped eating pellets. He still eats his hay and salads/veggies/fruits and is enticed by...

Hi! So I'm new here and right now I'm on the verge of crying my guinea pig(PICO) is pooping a little and his poop is semi-solid and yesterday from his poop something sticky transparent came out although he is eating well... He loves cucumbers but I searched up over here and on google, it says...