health and lillness

My guinea pig passed away the other night. He was a little over two years old and I thought he had been in seemingly good health (his recent vet checkup had went good, the only thing wrong was a hay-poke and we treated that), but two nights ago, the night he passed, he started to act weird. He...

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

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 year old skinny pig Lennon. This morning I noticed the bottom half of his eye is a very bright red, blood colour. He has no other symptoms besides this. Eating tons, running around, not bothered in the slightest. He does have a brother that he lives with (Ono). They get along well...

Hi guys, We have 5 lovely, female guinea pigs - 3 short haired and 2 teddy bear. Over the last month or so I’ve had incredibly itchy skin after (sometimes during) holding the piggies. My partner has had similar, but no where near as bad as me! I don’t suffer from eczema either, so I doubt...

So if you saw my last thread about Steve's eye, he saw a vet and was given the OK. Infact it's yet again returned to normal. However upon waking up the smorning for work (4am yay) and replenishing hay and offering a morning Vege, Steve isn't eating. Albeit I'm getting ready and have to leave...

Hello, I took my 6 year old guinea pig to the vet and was told he has a tumor. They didn't say what kind, if it is cancerous, or what to expect. They just said he is old, which was very depressing (being that we know that). We are thinking its a mammary tumor since his nipple is the area...