health advice

Hello! My guinea pigs need to visit a vet, they seem to be having respiratory issues. I've taken them before for the same issues but nothing has changed, so I came here for a small amount of advice. Does anybody recommend a good vet that's in or near Los Angeles, CA? I need something local and...

Hello everyone. So lately I have noticed my guinea pig has been having a hard time passing stool at some moments. Every couple of days for maybe the past two weeks I have been hearing her grunt while passing stool or letting out a small squeal like she is in pain. It goes on for about maybe...

Hi everyone, just a quick question. One of my female piggies seems to have excess fat hanging under her chin and belly and none of my other piggies have this. She is the most dominant out of the herd, and she has had this fat for a long time so it isn’t sudden. I know I should weigh her...

I’m so so so sorry for yet another post and this being so long 😭 I just didn’t want to keep spamming the post I made yesterday because it’s possibly not relevant anymore. You all are a lot more experienced than me and knowing what to say to my vet is invaluable. So long story short yesterday my...

Hey everyone I just adopted a new baby from my local animal shelter. I brought him home and let him get settled and once he was a little more relaxed I did a little check in to see if he was in good health or if I missed anything at the shelter. I noticed a slight smell around his mouth so I...

Hello Everyone, My guinea pig has been experiencing white eye discharge that he doesn't seem to clean when it happens and it causes him to shut his eye when it happens. It seems to be making him uncomfortable. I have took him to the vet and everything checked out to be in good health but the...

Hello y’all! I want sh my first thread here could be a little more positive but alas, I need some second opinions. My female Guinea pig recently developed yellow hard and scabby bits of skin in between her front paw pads- see image below. She’s been eating as she usually does, and active as she...

PLEASE HELP❤️❤️❤️ Hi I’m new to this page! So my piggie Ralph is 3 year old male and has always had a real personality! Very loving boy! I’ve come home from uni for Xmas and he’s lost a lot of weight so being the piggie mum I am I’ve ordered him new toys and supplements. He’s not lonely as he’s...

One of my three boys, Bobby, over the past couple days seems very subdued. For context my boys live happily together as neighbours because as soon as they’re let loose together they can’t stand eachother, so he has a c&c cage all to himself, and since I’ve had him just over a year he’s the...

Bucky my guinea pig who is about 2 and a half years old within the last couple of hours has been off balance and vaguely twitching. For the couple days leading up to now he hasn't been eating all that much hay, his diet otherwise is normal as far as I know with the research I had done on...

Hi My guinea pig is around 4 years old and hasn’t had any health issues so far! However today I noticed a white discharge around her eye which I’ve never seen before. I know guinea pigs can secrete white fluid for cleaning but not sure if this is it or not. She’s acting perfectly normal...

Hi everyone my baby piggy (not sure exactly how old he is), is drinking a lot of water compared to my other pig. Pretty much everytime i come downstairs to see them he is drinking water. Is this maybe a sign of diabetes? I have a vet appointment on Monday but just wanted to hear any insight.

Hi everyone, Last night, I noticed two of my guinea pigs chewing in a very exaggerated form. Lips pulled back and their ears moving back as they’re chewing sometimes. At first, I thought it was something stuck in their mouths. Today, they’re still doing it. One more than the other. One of them...

Hey I am Gabby. I have a guinea pig name Author. He is somewhere between 9-10 weeks old. I got him 2 weeks ago. He is very first guinea pig. Today I notice he was not hopping and running around in his home like he normally does. He has been laying down mostly today very time check on him. Can...

Hello everyone, I've included a video link at the bottom of this post to show the pain our poor Guinea Pig is in whenever she tries to poop. Poor girl has been sick for a month now, first two weeks she was not eating due to an abscess in her mouth (Now healed, more details HERE) and then the...

Hi all! Does anyone know how long ringworm in Guinea pigs last? How long does it stay contagious after you start treating it with anti fungal creams and shampoos? This is what it looked like before I started the treatment. Now the patches are bald but are really smoothe. Be interested to hear...

Hi everyone, I really need advice as I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed and worried. I bought two female Guinea pigs (6 weeks old) from a woman who had had a litter. I chose her instead of a pet store as I saw the baby Guinea pigs were handled by her kids regularly and I thought it’s be good to...

I was checking my guinea pigs for fly strike as I’ve had many flies in my apartment due to the hot weather, I have 10 guinea pigs as two of them were misgendered when given to me so I had two pregnant Sows one of which in the pictures below (6 babies between the two of them), the babies are...

Hiya! my guinea pigs are both 1 years old. They seem to be seeing blood but have no other symptoms of illness, they are both male. what could be causing this. i have already booked an appointment but am incredibly anxious as this is the first time my piggies have had any sign of illness!

Hi I have a girl who wasn’t eating. So I took her to a vet (good exotic vet) who said her incisors were at an angle which suggested something was going on further back. She then had an X-ray and some dental filling on her back teeth and a spur under GA. This was Monday. As of today, she’s...