help and advice needed

I am hoping someone can help. i have an 8 and a half year old piggie who until very recently was very healthy. in two weeks his weight has dropped 200g and he weighs around 700g. in june he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection causing a crusty/weepy eye which periodically gets...

Hi, I have never posted on a forum before but am desperate for advice at this point. In August 2023, my senior boar (7 at the time) was diagnosed by a vet (a new vet as our long time exotic vet had recently retired) with a mammary gland tumor/mass. She said that she could do surgery to remove...

Hi there! I’m looking for some advice about my two male guinea pigs, both around 15 months old. We’ve had them for around 6 months and they’ve been getting on well, other than your standard dominance behaviours which I’ve read about on here. We put them with someone for holiday boarding, the...

I have two bonded skinny sows that have lived together happily for over a year now. Every once in a while there will be some rumble strutting but nothing more, and they often sleep closeby out in the open together. Last week we were having outside time and one of them was injured, and after a...

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 ♡

I am planning on bringing home two baby Abyssinian girls that 4 weeks old. I found them on some random website. How do I know if they are healthy and are getting proper care? Because I don’t want to bring home unhealthy piggies. Also is 31 square foot cage too big?

hello, just made an account because i found out about this and need some advice! i had a guinea pig when i was a child and she lived a long time (7 years or so) and was apparently really loving and seemingly happy (i wouldn't remember much) but i've just found out about the pair rule. since i...

Hello, First time poster so apologies if anything is wrong but I was hoping for some suggestions for my Guineas pigs so far mystery illness. Some background health on my piggie she is 3 years old and she has always had odd shaped poops almost tear shaped but a bit more too them but we’ve...

hello, my skinny guinea pig dorian has a very visible swollen skin around where his penis would peek out (photo). he's eating well, doesn't show any signs of pain even when i touch it. however it looks inflamed(?), red and quite concerning. what do i do? unfortunately i don't want to rush him to...

my 2 piggies are eating less and less hay by the day, but they’re okay with any veggies I hand feed them. they eat all their pellets, just not their hay! my younger piggie has gotten very skinny; skinny to the point where I can feel his back bones! I’m not sure what to do bc they don’t seem to...

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...

My boy Steve is suffering with his molars at the moment (at least we believe as current vets are unable to examine back teeth conscious without proper equipment). He is 7 and still bright, in good body condition for his age and seems to be comfortable otherwise. Since Sunday I’ve had to...

Hi, my Guinea pig (2yr old male) has been to the vet many times and we haven’t yet figured out exactly what’s going on. We originally brought him in for redness on his feet which wasn’t terrible, they prescribed a cream, didn’t work, then prescribed meloxicam, didn’t work, then they prescribed...

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...

Good morning everyone I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas, I'm just looking for some advice please. I've had guinea pigs before but it was some years ago and I've recently adopted a pair of pigs from work who weren't being looked after properly. Sadly one of them passed shortly after...

On Friday I noticed a hay poke in my Guinea pigs eye and it was late at night when I had noticed and no vets were open and if they were they didn’t take exotic animals. The next morning I woke up early and called around and all of the places were booked or extremely expensive and didn’t include...

Hi! I just got two new 3 month old guinea pigs two days ago and I’m super eager to start bonding with them. I’ve made it a point to chat with them softly and sit by their cage with my hand resting near the door, and they’ve started eating and drinking in front of me. Yesterday I tried hand...

Hi, Relatively new owner here looking for some advice. We were sold three male guinea pigs in April, when they were only about 6 weeks old. We were told that because they were brothers they would be fine together... We later discovered this was not a good plan, and we ended up having to...

I used to have 4 guinea pigs, over time they each passed away. When it came to only having 2 left, one of them had unfortunately a few days ago passed away, leaving only 1 behind. My guinea pig that is still alive was the last one I had ever gotten, so my 4th, she was a rescue and when I...

I have a boy Guinea pig and for the past week I have noticed him constantly scratching himself causing hair loss and wounds, he has also began screeching when we scratches and has what I describe as a mini seizure when he scratches, I have washed him constantly, we have bought mite shampoo and...