senior boar

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...

Hello! This is my first post, I am a professional Guinea pig pet sitter, every year I have over a hundred piggies in my care. I am pretty knowledgeable about all things Guinea pig! However this noise has somewhat stumped me. I do suspect he could be in pain. This pig is currently in Boarding and...

I hope it’s ok if I skip the usual care rundown since he’s terminal and I’ve done everything I can, I have been struggling so horribly with this because my grandma is also dying and one of our dogs has cancer as well. Going to start by saying Pumba is 7 1/2 years old and had a massive bladder...

Hey all, decided I’d make a separate post for this question. My senior boar who is estimated to have just turned 7 (unfortunately he’s a rescue and we don’t know his true age, but I’ve had him for 3 years) is my last pig. I unfortunately lost one to pneumonia (8 years) and another to colon...

Hi guys, I’m a bit new here but as a guinea pig mom to elderly guys, I thought it would be good to have an account for any questions I had. So recently, my old man Nox (almost 6 yrs) has just completely stopped eating pellets. He still eats his hay and salads/veggies/fruits and is enticed by...

My 5 year old guinea pig Teddy has just been diagnosed with arthritis and a large bladder stone. Last week he started with blood in his urine and squeaking in pain everytime he urinated, i took him to the vets where they did an xray and found a large bladder stone but also discovered he has...

Hi all! I'm sorry about the long text but can someone please, please give me some advice about bonding my piggies? So, I have three guinea pig boars, two bonded brothers, Billy and Teddy, (around 16 months old) and one named Carlos, who I got separately (between 4-6 years old, probably a cuy)...