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Hi all! Recently noticed that my older piggy (about 8) has very suddenly lost hair around her head and back. I took her to the vet where she was checked, given a treatment for mites and we also sent off a sample to test for ringworm (no result yet due to Christmas but the vet said it didn’t look...

Hi guys. Sorry in advance for the long post. Long time reader. So I'm a newer guinea pig owner, my boyfriend had 2, and when I came into the fold, we got one together. We have Guts, Bert, and Judo. Admittedly, I knew very little about guinea pigs and trusted my boyfriend to handle most of it...

This is my 4 year old skinny pig Lennon. This morning I noticed the bottom half of his eye is a very bright red, blood colour. He has no other symptoms besides this. Eating tons, running around, not bothered in the slightest. He does have a brother that he lives with (Ono). They get along well...

Hi! Posting to see if anyone has any idea what’s going on with our fleece bedding/water situation right now as we are STUMPED. So basically we’ve had our boys since July, and: - we’ve always used the same water (filtered tap) - we’ve always used the same pre washed fleece - we use towels for...

Hi everyone i have attached a photo of my piggy Bear’s, foot. I don’t know if something is wrong or if his foot is just naturally red like that. He is very hard to pick up, he just now started trusting me by coming up to the cage to see me. I have never been able to really look at his feet. The...

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? :(

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...