sick guinea pig

Recently, three days ago, I adopted my first guinea pig from an elderly lady whose guinea pig had babies, and she couldn’t take care of them all. At first, everything was fine, but after the first night at my house, he started sneezing, crying a lot, staying still in a corner of his cage, and...

Hi, I’ve had two male Guinea pigs for 5 years and this year they’re turning six. Recently one Guinea pig has started to have a head wobble and now has almost no equilibrium, he falls when he walks and can’t even tell where the food is. Also, his eyes (specifically right) keep moving even when he...

hi guys! ive never used a forum before so i dont even know if I'm posting in the right place but i need help! my guinea pig has seemed off for a while since his brother died last month. (i got him a new friend but they havent met without a barrier yet) he didnt drink or eat much until he got put...

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...

My poor girl, Bailey, has been struggling for about a month with a URI. She is taking .2 ml of Enrofloxacin and .24 ml of Meloxicam daily. I have been to the vet 3 times and I am scheduling one this morning when my vet opens, however, it will probably be a few days until she gets an appointment...

Hi all, so I made a post a few weeks ago about my 7 year old boar who had a large bladder stone and later had a successful surgery a few weeks ago. He gained most of his weight back and seemed back to himself but we had to extend his pain meds another week because he was still in some pain. Vet...

Hi all, My girlfriend’s guinea pig, Jackson, very suddenly passed away today at the age of 2. Hugo and Jackson were fed this morning and both seemed fine. My girlfriend went out and when she got back, Jackson was unconscious and his body was very cold. He died not long after. This is all very...

found my guinea pig with bad scabs, given the mite treatment but still having seizures (not as much as before )

I noticed today my Guinea pig has lost a little bit of weight. Nothing too extreme but enough to the point I picked up on it. He’s struggling to eat even though he’s trying to and I’ve also noticed he isn’t pooping much. He’s normally a bit of a menace and likes to torment the other pigs but...

This might be a bit of a long post I apologise in advance. I’ve got a male DEW guinea pig (not sure of his age, possibly around 2) who has had a few issues over the last couple of months but in the last few days it’s gotten really concerning. Tofu has something i’ve never seen or heard of...

i got a guinea pig from pets4homes, i think he’s been neglected. He came with long nails, dirty fur, greasy fur and sores on his skin. he also has diarrhoea. how can i help him to make his poops back to normal and any tips on to help heal the scabs

Hi all, this is my first post but I’m at my wits end. About 2 weeks ago my boy Boomer lost interest in his hay out of nowhere, became lethargic, and is hiding much more than normal. He has lost a significant amount of weight, so much so his spine and hip bones are visible. I was able to get him...

Hello All, I’m Tasha with a beautiful cheeky Abyssinian guineapig called Bob. Bob is 6/7 years old and is normally such a foody, running around playing and unfortunately within a few days his health started to go down hill very quickly..so we took him to the vets and the vets suspected that he...

I've recently lost one of my beloved piggy named Butter (had 2), not sure was it due to sudden change of temperature as it had only been a month since I moved him out from the kitchen (a bit far away from stove of course) that he used to grow and live for about a year since he joined the family...

Two days ago, Yuki started bullying Bumble and was excessively chasing and humping him… I mean this went on *all* day I also noticed him chasing him away from the food a few times, eventually Yuki stopped in the evening. Bumble is always submissive to Yuki but I could tell he was getting...

Help, I noticed today my guinea pig has developed a head tilt but too late as the vets closed at 12.30pm. Tomorrow is Christmas Day so the vets are all closed but the one I go to opens on Boxing Day. Please help, how can I keep my pig comfortable and (alive) until I can go to the vet - will he...

Hello all my guinea pig has been sounding very strange and coughing lately, I don't know if it could be a respiratory infection as I've token her multiple times to the vet and they said she's fine and healthy. She doesn't sound like how a normal guinea pig should, I don't know how to describe...

Just a quick post asking for opinions on my girlfriend’s Guinea pig, Sienna. This Guinea pig is our baby, and my girlfriend is concerned over a change in her eye that she saw today. I have tried to comfort her and tell her it’s a simple infection, likely, and to clean it off with damp towel or...

Hi all :) I’m posting here in the hope someone may have a suggestion for a natural remedy. Lychee is a 2 year-old female Guinea pig. She’s been sick for less than a year, constant infections and bladder stones etc - we’ve had many courses of antibiotics and she keeps getting sick. We’ve tried...

Hi guys, Our guinea pig Morty (she’s about 5 years old) suddenly started acting lethargic this afternoon, just sleeping almost all day (this isn’t totally unusual for her). We both had a cold last week but we took all the precautions we normally do to keep her safe. We haven’t noticed any cold...