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I had made a previous post about my piggy being in poor condition after returning home from a funeral out of state. Today I think he is crossing the rainbow bridge. He was very vocal last night and I gave him some time to rest after having him drink lots of water and eat (he was having trouble...

Penelope that will be 6 next year had an issue with a stubborn UTI in the past few weeks. The uti seems to have cleared but noticed little spots of blood occasionally and orange urine. She had an X-ray at the vet yesterday and discovered a really tiny bladder stone. This is her first ever...

I got home ready to do my boars' deep clean and nail trimsl and noticed these red marks and patching on Glacier's legs and sack. He does have early onset arthritis which makes it difficult for him to move his back legs. He is on medication for both, and never had any side effects before. I don't...

So Penelope is on heart meds. Benezapril & Vetmedin. She gets her Benezapril every 24 and her Vetmedin every 12. She’s also on Bactrim every 12 for a few more days. She currently gets her meds around 6 and I gave it to her at 5:30 yesterday. I had to leave town so my boyfriend has to give her...

My piggy has a flaky ear. Could this be a fungal infection? His other ear looks fine. I want to take him to the vet anyways, but if anyone has any answers before the appointment i would love to know. Thank you ♡

hello everyone! so recently, I have been researching different things about Guinea pigs and guinea pig care. I want To post on here For guinea pig, advice and the best equipment. I am going to get a 2 x 4 C&C cage from the guineadad website. I want to get fleece liners, but they are very...

so about five months ago (give or take) i got my guinea pigs a cage with cloroplast and fleece. But recently they keep eating the cloroplast, it’s specifically one spot, i give them plenty of chew toys and wooden chips and whatnot, i give them a mountain of fresh hay every hour, i give them food...

Hi, I adopted two male guinea pigs from pets at home. Apparently they were 5 weeks old on adoption, one was very small about 300g. Both got on until four months and then a massive of fur, whirl winding and I had to split them up. Since then I can't have them together or with other guinea pigs...

So about a week and 1/2 to 2 weeks ago we found a lump on the back left side of one of our guinea pigs and I was wondering if anyone could try and help we have a vet appointment on 7/24/24 CST I've attached photos of the lump in the blue square

Hello all, Long time lurker turned poster looking for any potential possibilities on what’s gone awry with my piggy. to prefix, I booked a vet appointment tomorrow but I am posting now just cause I am a bit worried My female guinea pig Kuma is a young 5 years old and before I went away on a...

hi guys! ive never used a forum before so i dont even know if I'm posting in the right place but i need help! my guinea pig has seemed off for a while since his brother died last month. (i got him a new friend but they havent met without a barrier yet) he didnt drink or eat much until he got put...

I need some serious advice with a dental issue I’m having with one of my pigs, 4 year old Bruce. A few weeks ago I noticed his poops getting softer so booked him in for a check up with the vet, before this came he stopped eating food completely. I took him in to the vets asap and they found...

My baby girl , not even 3 years old, has has an infection due to her teeth breaking and has a whole bump under the chin. Not eating properly or letting me feed her also. Tried metacam and 2 other mets with it and she had diarrhea so stopped it straight away. She's less active and picks on...

Hello! I'm new to this site, so apologises if I'm a bit slow 😓 I'm panicking a lot and tried getting advice on reddit, but there wasn't much help, so I decided to post here! I have a solo guinea pig that's about 4 year old. I adopted her 2 years ago. She's been neglected in her last home...

Hello everyone, this morning we woke up and our baby guinea pig no more than 4 months old had passed at a random. He was perfectly fine yesterday and all night. He has hay larger into his throat. I’m so confused I have no clue what is happened or how. If anyone could help me figure out if I did...

Pluto was puffed up last night and felt a bit bloated. I gave him massages and infant gas meds to help, which did. He keeps doing this weird thing and I finally got a video of it… any ideas on what this even is? How urgent is this? We just spent $750 at the vet yesterday for his sister, and our...

I have two guinea pigs, Gus who I rescued full grown and have had for two years and Tilt who I’ve almost had for a year and got when he was maybe 6 months old. Next month they would’ve been bonded for a year. Gus had not been eating so I decided to separate them to monitor him more closely. When...

Hello my boy got diagnosed with an inner ear infection he is currently on the antibiotic enrofloxacin every 24 hours… I'm in another guinea pig group and they said to give bene bac, I'm currently day 2 of 10 treatment plan is it too late to give now? should i give it to him? hes pooping, eating...

Hello everyone, I am gonna start by saying we DO have a vet appointment. Unfortunately they can’t get him in until tomorrow because the small animal vet is out of town, but I’m waiting to see if they’ll squeeze in him sooner for an emergency visit. But I’d like to vent so stress and get input in...

Hello, I found these two lumps within my piggies cage this evening (I have one made pig who is castrated and and is 2 1/2 and one female pig who is about 1 1/2). The lump on the left (more brown coloured) is more squishy and wet in texture and the one on the right (white) is harder however still...