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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...

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...