#uri

Hello, my guinea pig was diagnosed with a very mild URI last Thursday. My vet prescribed him an antibiotic for two weeks and today would be half way through the treatment. About when should he stop showing symptoms of the URI? He’s still sneezing a little bit and will sometimes have crusty eyes...

Hi everyone, I’m having a bit of a situation with one of my girls and wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar. About three weeks ago she was in extreme pain and peeing blood - I got her to the vet as fast as I could and they said she had a bladder infection. She was on...

Hello, Looking for some advice. Our 6 month old texel guinea pig Casper has a suspected ear infection with a upper respiratory infection. He's been to the vets today and has been given oral antibiotics and anti inflammatory medication for a week. He's been very lethargic, got a crusty nose...

Hello all, I’ve recently just adopted a baby girl from a pet store. Couldn’t help seeing her there. Now, the first day I brought her home she had a small amount of boogers and wet nose. It was white, I wiped it off with a wet rag easily. Haven’t seen any in 5 days, unless she groomed it herself...

Both of my guinea pigs have been almost constantly scratching themselves. I’m not too sure if it’s mites or just dry skin. What should I do? Are there any products or tips anyone could please recommend? Here’s a pic of one of my guinea pigs back

Hi all, my daughter has recently had a cold and everytime she fed or went near the piggies she wore gloves and a mask. The cold has cleared up now but she has a cough and blocked up nose, she feels fine in herself though so I was wondering if she will be ok handling the piggies now? Is it still...

On May 4th I bought a baby male guinea pig from Petco. Which ended up being a mistake. I fell in love with him and named him Jelly (my other one is named Peanut-butter), he was the only one I’m his cage, and he looked so sad, I thought he could help my older guinea pig who just went through the...

Hello! I've recently purchased a 3-4 week old male guinea pig as a companion for my slightly older male. Since I've gothen him, I've noticed that he sometimes makes clacking noises at me when I take him out of his cage I've heard crackling noises being associated with URI, but he doesn't have...

Hi, I got 2 male guinea pigs about 6 months ago. Sadly it's been a rough jouney with them as 1 passed away last week with a URI that just took its toll on him even after 2 types of antibiotics were tried. The other male that has been left behind is very lonely, however he did have the same...