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Hello, Last night around midnight I lost my girl river who i had for only 4 years. I think she passed from an unrecognized URI…she had a cage mate rouge who is not even a year old yet. I am not sure when the right time to get rouge a new cage mate would be. She is a very social piggie (with...

Hi guys so my 4yr old girl had her best mate pass away and i needed to get her a new friend. At first I got her a de-sexed 3yr old boy but they didnt get along straight away as they are both too dominant and the boy started attacking my girl each time i tried to bond them (quite aggressively...

Hello. So recently my guinea pig of six years has passed only a few days ago, and I have left over food that's still pretty brand new. I want to potentially donate it to an animal shelter, but the food is opened and poured inside of a container I used to use during feeding time. I've only...

Hey all, this is my first time posting here! I have had guiena pigs for 4 years but have only ever had 2 (untill yesterday). Long story short but i had a 3yr old called Indigo and a 4yr old called Aviva. Indigo sadly passed away a month ago R.I.P my darling :( The 4yr old Aviva is still alive...

Hi guys! I’ve been very worried about my Guinea pig. Her name is munchie and she is around 6. We rescued her because the original owners didn’t want her so we took her in. My concern is that on her right side near her front foot kind of on her belly/armpit. There is a giant cyst that wasn’t...

Hi! I have a 6 months old GP and about 3 months ago he had a wee cough and then a crackle in his breathing. We did what any concerned piggie parent would do and took to the vet, vet said there was a slight infection and gave antibiotics, he had a check up about a week later and he was all...

Hi! I was at the vets with my guinea pig before Christmas with dental problem and he said the piggy had tooth abscess and gave him antibiotics for 2 weeks. Now after them he started chewing on one side and barely eats any veggies I syringe feed him every day. It is not about lack of want to eat...

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...

Hello, I have 2 male guinea pigs who I adopted from our local pet smart who has said they were bonded and 5 years old. So I chose to take them both because I also had read that they get lonely and are super social. When we first got them we had them in a temporary cage which was definitely too...

One of my guinea pigs has been scratching her ear more than usual and shaking her head a lot. I checked her ear and there is a white looking booger thing at the very bottom in there and I am not sure if this is an ear infection or and emergency? Is there any way I can make this better for her...

Hi! I’m desperately seeking advice rn on bonding. To cut a long story short… years ago I adopted a single Guinea pig from a rescue. Not knowing much at the time… I had no knowledge of said Guinea pig needing a companion but over a short amount of time I realised that he needed a friend. 2 years...

Hi I have 3 girl guinea pigs that i’ve had for a couple of years now, tonight it seems like 1 pig is winding the other 2 up, they keep chasing eachother and squealing, I would of thought they were in season but she’s not been purring or doing her usual bum wiggling, is this normal? they don’t...

I'll cut right to chase. I've had s guinea pig for 2 days and when I approach one of my guinea pigs, one immediately hides in its hidey and the other just freezes in place and usually stands in one corner of the cage. But when I'm not around they roam the cage freely. Even when I am writing this...

I had made another thread asking for help about some of the strange behaviors and symptoms I was seeing in my 2 boars the past few weeks, which goes a lot more in depth on everything that’s been going on. Since that thread, my quarterly inspection at my apartment done by maintenance found what...

My guneia pig sometimes flicks her ears usely while resting why is this happening?

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...

Hiii, it’s been over a month since I adopted my guinea pig, and he’s about 4 months old. His hair has gotten really long, and I want to know if it’s too early to trim it a little bit. I can’t even see his eyes. Also, do I need special scissors to trim his hair, or can I use any kind of scissors?

I’m moving from Arizona to California and I will be in an apartment for a year. My two Guinea pigs will come with me but I can’t keep them in the apartment but instead the storage room I don’t want to but my mom said there’s no room for them inside. I need some tips to keep the storage room nice...

I’m wondering is cervival lymphoditis contagious if the lymp node has not ruptured yet? Do I need to separate the pigs or only after treatment ? Will it spread airborne to other guniea pigs in the same room different cage? Any advice please my baby is only 2 months old

Hubby found a weed in our yard. Attempting to Identify it leads me to believe it is likely “Cut-leaf Teasel”. Google gives me no clear answers and I refuse to give it to my piggies without a clear yes. Does anyone know if this is poisonous to piggies or not? Can provide a picture if needed for...