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My guinea pig suddenly lost weight and wouldn’t eat as much as before but she didn’t lose much weight and still get excited and call for food.. I bought oxbow critical care food but she is running away after sniffing it and seems scared! Is that a normal thing ? I tried it with my other piggies...

Hi, two days ago I took my 5 year old male guinea pig into the vet. They removed an impaction, and he was pooping a little bit, it was mostly soft and un-shapen, yesterday and the day of the vet appointment. Maybe that could have to do with the amount of romaine lettuce we gave him. Today...

Hello, I am new to using fleece liners. I made my own with fleece on top, a uhaul pad, waterproof layer, and fleece on the bottom. So far it has been good but one of my liners is wet on the bottom. It is made out of the same material and is wet almost everywhere. I do use pee pads. has anybody...

Hi, I'm new here and a new piggy owner. I got my 2 boys from someone who used to work with my husband. Einstein is around a year and Darwin is around 5 months. They came with pets at home nuggets. Now looking at the ingredients alfalfa is no 1 on the list and worried I need to switch food. I've...

I'm new here and i saw something that scared me with my pet guinea pig , Brownie. I saw that a part of his nose was bleeding alot and it looked like it his nose was ripped :( What do i do? :/

So I have a general question that I need help with. My wife and I have five bonded girls that have lived together for about a year. We just recently lost one of our girls, and we ended up getting a couple boys at the pet store. This was a mistake that the pet store sold us three boys that all...

Hello, I'm new here and searching for answers. I have two piggys cookie and hazzle both of them are four years old. A few months ago I took cookie to the vets with a suspected UTI. She had bulges on her sides, like bloat but my exotic vet said that it wasn't. She was in pain when urinating. We...

Hi everyone. I m not sure where to post this. I need some help. my boyfriend wants me and my three pigs to move in, however I’m reluctant to move to the next step in our relationship because 1-he isn’t a piggie person and I know their mess and smell will cause issues (he says it won’t, but I...

what do I do? nothing about their habitat has changed, they've been living together for a year and half now. however since yesterday night they've been fighting constantly, today I woke up to them fighting again and both had bitting wounds (I also don't know how to treat these wounds) please...

Hi can anyone give me any advice of UK based pet bereavement help services please? Any one that’s had experience with any of them? Thankyou everyone 😊

Hi! I recently bought a two guinea pigs and one of them have crusties around one eye, not both. He is fine otherwise and I think this has been a problem for a while (even before I bought him, because in the photo the previous owner had on him he had the same thing around the same eye). I was...

So, to quickly catch you up I have 3 piggies, (1, 7-8 year old female called Trixy) and 2 new babies about 16 weeks old (Bonnie, Honey both females) Now, Trixy had a cage mate but she passed away and i was reluctant on getting her cage mates as i wasn't good with money at the time Trixy was...

Hey! Sorry to be asking another question but as i am cleaning the guinea pig cage there is something abnormal. in the bag corner of the cage their feces is al clumped together and very mushy. Why is this? My parents dont care much but i need to know if i should get vet assistance.

Hi, I wanted to see if there was any advice anyone could give on taking my piggies with me to the UK, I’m moving there soon to be with my husband and I’m not sure the best way to go about it. I love them and don’t want to rehome them as I’ve only just started gaining their trust and they are...

Hi everyone, i need some help so any advice is appreciated. i have 3 male pigs, but one had to be separated from the other two due to aggression. I know pigs arent supposed to be alone but i didnt want to rehome him. For the first month everything was fine, hes been eating and drinking and...

I have a female guinea pig who suddenly lost weight and has a lump on her cheek but she’s very excited for her meals and eat veggies and hay well and responds to her surrounding as usual .. what could it be? And will it go by its own ?

Hello, I need all you guinea pig lovers help and advice. I have a hutch style cage indoors which obviously didn’t come with a flooring so I bought a foam mat to protect my carpets / go underneath the cage. On top of that I put a bath mat but had to stop using this as it ended up clogging up my...

I already posted about this but I just want to be sure, Percy has one sort of flaky ear and the inside seems to be scabbed. is this the start of something like ringworm? or is it just excess wax from his ear? I've been on edge these past 2 days because I don't know what to do about the whole...

I got 2 guinea pigs today, Tweek and Percy. Tweek seems perfectly healthy, he's eating and going to the bathroom very frequently, his coat is very thick, and he's overall extremely social for a guinea pig who's just been brought home. Percy on the other hand refused to eat for a while, which I...

His water has vitamin C in it, and he is drinking and eating regularly, but his poops are smaller than normal. If you have any ideas on what I should do, please let me know!