health

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...

Hi everyone i have attached a photo of my piggy Bear’s, foot. I don’t know if something is wrong or if his foot is just naturally red like that. He is very hard to pick up, he just now started trusting me by coming up to the cage to see me. I have never been able to really look at his feet. The...

A couple days ago I noticed my baby Ramen’s eye was looking weird and I looked all over the internet to try and find out what’s wrong with her but never found anything. :td: Her behavior hasn’t changed much and she still takes care of herself like before, but she hates it when I try to touch...

Hello! My piggie has a cyst in her ovaries that we have just discovered. It's easily sorted, the vet has advised she would just need to have a spay to stop it coming back. It gets pretty big and impacts her digestion and needs draining. My quote has come back as £687. I'm obviously going to...

I have 2 boys, had one for about 2 years(Approx 2yrs old), and one i recently picked up about 3 months ago(Approx 1yr old). Tried to bond them, seemed okay at first, then they started to get more aggressive, so we stopped. They have been living separated but close for most of their time...

it doesn’t smell like blood, more like pee but I just wanted to know what this could be. There’s brown spots everywhere.

One of my piggies Kip is over 6 now and he’s very skinny. He was never a chubby pig to begin with but I’ve noticed his weight dwindle as he’s aged and I’m just wondering if anyone has tips or advice or even experience with older pigs? His cagemate died from bloat around 6-7 years old last...

Hi, I know a vet is the best option and I'm going to take him however it's a bit of a wait (I've called all the vets and emergency vets in the area- there aren't a lot that treat exotics here) so I wanted to ask for help here in addition. My guinea pig jumped out of my brother's arms a few days...

there’s some kind of goop in my guinea pigs poop? where the red arrow is? this was taken straight after she passed it as i watched her go then thought i’ll just check it make sure it’s looking healthy and saw this? should i be concerned? i checked her over and she seems fine other than her...

hello, i have a 7 year old guinea pig. for a few days now, she’s been having pain when pooping, but her poops look fine. her pee is good, but she does have sludge. i’ve eliminated all veg for a bit until it improves and she’s just having critical care and hay/pellets at the moment. her appetite...

Need help with my Guinea pigs eye. All vets nearby are filled or closed and she’s an 7-8 year old piggy in the meanwhile is there anything I can do to clean or medicate this cloudy drippy eye? My original post was on Reddit but am not seeing any traction link below for pictures please send any info!

One of my boys Kip has had a bit of hair loss around his eyes for the past few months. He was taken to the vet a while ago who gave him ivermectin and it didn’t seem to do anything, a couple of years back he was on ivermectin for hair loss elsewhere. It’s been a continuous thing and I really...

I recently got Guinea pigs about 2 weeks ago. One seems perfectly healthy and the other seemed healthy for the most part when we first got her. We noticed one of her ears had no fur but her other ear did. Her ear was super red but it’s calmed down a lot since we’ve had her (one of her ears still...

I’m back again. Piglet has been great for months, I’ve taken her to the vet twice on account of some clicking from her nostrils (no discharge, putting on weight, eyes clear, eating, peeing, pooping, drinking, popcorning - all til present day). The other day she was wheezing very audibly (you...

Hi! Thinking whether or not to get our boy a liquid vitamin c supplement - what experiences do people have with it? Also are there any particular types you would recommend from Amazon Prime? 😊

I have noticed that my 2.5 year old boar Pymble’s hair smells strange on the back of his head and round his neck. I was thinking it might be to do with the laundry, but his brother doesn’t smell and it also doesn’t go further than his ‘collar’ area. Could this be an indicator of something more...

So, I'm currently drinking some tea that I boiled from some dates and ginseng (all organic and washed); and I noticed that my guinea pig Butter is very interested in the tea to the point where he tried to lick the cup. From what I read online it is okay for guinea pigs to have some ginseng since...

Hi! I previously had an issue with breathing with my little boar. It got better but it seems that it is happening again but with both of them. They have this weird wheezing sound coming from their noses and they sneeze (maybe 3-4 times a day.) I’m a little conflicted because i don’t know if...

After an incident about a year ago with guinea pig lice, I regularly check my boys skin/hair for anything wrong. I’ve noticed recently that they both seem to have white flakes around their back ends and I can’t seem to figure out why. I’m thinking it’s just dry skin or maybe dandruff caused by...