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  1. J

    Please help me - Bleeding lip after fall

    My guinea pig fell from his cage and has a busted lip. What do I do? I don't know if my parents can afford a vet. Are there any home remedies? :(
  2. Livvysquish

    Prawn crackers and plastic bags ((advice!))

    Hello! So, for context. My herd of 10 girls are allowed free roam of my entire apartment, everywhere is guinea pigs proofed. My bf accidentally left our Chinese takeaway left overs in a pile on the floor before we went to bed. I woke up and prawn crackers where spread across the room, nibbled...
  3. Olivia Collier-Sadoski

    She's struggling to breathe

    Ying is 6 year old female guinea pig with no mate, and turned down food and water this morning. Ying is making clicking noise when breathing, breathing hard and fast. Ying is no longer talking or squeaking. Slight skin peeling around eyes. Right nostril looks watery. I gave Ying syringe filled...
  4. C

    Impaction or Injury?

    So just to star, I just got home from college so I have not been home in a month and I went to see my Guinea pigs (both male), and I noticed one wasn’t walking on his back legs just hopping and his back leg was sticking out a lot. He had a huge lump in the back towards his left hind leg so I...
  5. Oinkpiggies

    Baby piggy drinking water constantly

    Hi everyone my baby piggy (not sure exactly how old he is), is drinking a lot of water compared to my other pig. Pretty much everytime i come downstairs to see them he is drinking water. Is this maybe a sign of diabetes? I have a vet appointment on Monday but just wanted to hear any insight.
  6. C

    Newbie here - will my baby sows become friends?

    I got three girls a few days ago, they’re around 8 weeks old. They’re in a pretty huge hutch but I’ve only got them in one level at the moment while they’re so tiny so a standard indoor it and outdoor bit. Two look very similar and are noticeably close, the other (cookie) is a totally dif colour...
  7. Oinkpiggies

    New owner, what breed are my piggies?

    Both are males from 2 different petcos, and we were told they’re both babies. The black one is way smaller than the brown one when not scrunched up, and his face is pointy. His front paws are black and his back feet are brown (or whatever color is on his face). This pic is when we first got them...
  8. C

    IVE LOST MY GUINEA PIGS!

    Yesterday there were three Guinea Pigs in a hutch. Today there is only one. We found a door swung open and two piggies missing. There is a fox that likes to roam our garden and we believe that the fox has got to them, however I don’t want to give up hope. I’ve set out some food and left the...
  9. rubberduckytoy

    Weird Thing on my Guinea Pig’s Eye!

    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...
  10. G

    2 Day old pig with cloudy eye

    Hello! I know very little about guinea pigs so any advice would be appreciated. TL;DR Two day old guinea pig has cloudy (but otherwise normal) eye and I don’t know if he had it yesterday, what do I do? I am watching my neighbors animals for the week, this included 2 guinea pigs, one of which...
  11. D

    Crusty spot on Guinea pig bum

    My new baby I have had for a week has a crusty spot near her genitals and nowhere else on her body. I’m wondering if it is just a dry skin patch that will resolve on its own, cause I’ve never seen ringworm on genitals. The spot is right on her tailbone area. There is no inflammation present. She...
  12. N

    how to reduce the pain of my guinea pig with Arthritis

    Hello all, My guinea pig fluffy was just diagnosed with Arthritis two days ago 😭He is about 5.5 years old. He has it in his spine and knees and it’s painful enough that he’s not walking. The vet prescribed Meloxicam for pain relief but he’s still crying when I pick him up to clean his poop. I...
  13. G

    Dropped guinea pig with back leg paralysis

    Hey, so long story, my friend brought his kids over to see my guinea pigs and ended up dropping one of them while my back was turned, we rushed him to the local vets and hes okay, however hes now struggling to use his back legs, hes not in much pain as far as the vet can tell and weve been given...
  14. aniasandyogurt

    Hamster squeaking abnormally please help

    Hi guys this isn’t guinea pig related but i’m freaking out about my boyfriends hamster. She periodically makes these wheezing squeaks for a profusive amount of times. She’s about 9 months. It’s been happening for about id say two weeks give or take. She is eating and drinking normally and she is...
  15. M

    Urgent need of help to relieve my Guinea pigs eye

    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!
  16. BlondiBee

    Hair loss under one eye

    Hello all! I just wanted some help identifying some slight hair loss under my pig Taro's eye in the right bottom corner. The skin/fur in the area is dry and smooth (not crusty or flaky) and there have been no behaviour changes since noticing the problem. I haven't found any further hair loss...
  17. Cooper & Chris Farley

    Kidney Stone/Whimpering & Crying

    Hey all. My Chris had an x-ray last week which showed a kidney stone. I’m heartbroken, as he is now crying/whimpering a lot. At least I think that is the sound of pain.. I attempted to post a video to see if anyone can identify the sound or is familiar with it but it won’t allow me to. Maybe I...
  18. G

    Extremely malnourished piggy with potential scurvy

    Hello, I have gotten my hands on an extremely malnourished pig. I can see all his bones and he was very weak up until last night when he was given fresh veggies and vitamin C. He is in good care now and is is higher spirits however I am extremely concerned about his weight. he has access to...
  19. A

    I think my skinny pig has a dislocated front arm

    My skinny pig was attacked by my cat last night and she bled a little. Her lung looked a little messed up but i had no way of getting to the vets until later on today. She was doing fine eating drinking running around so we thought she was ok but she started squeaking and was on her side i...
  20. O

    Help needed! Guinea pig recovery concerns

    So we recently took our boy (2 years 5 months) to the vet, and he had an operation to remove five bladder stones. Before this operation I assumed his food intake had gone down since he was doing small, thin poos instead of the regular sized ones. Anyway, we took him home from the operation and...
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