Robyn847
New Born Pup
New here, I'm hoping someone can advise me.
Friend has gone on holiday and I'm going in to feed her guinea pigs. They only went last night. I've gone in this afternoon to top up hay, replenish food and water, de-poo cage etc. And one of them, the shy one, has obviously died. Its just not moving when I pick it up.....I know NOTHING about guinea pigs but I'm assuming this would usually wake it? It felt cold-ish,I don't think it has been dead long.
The ONLY thing I know is guinea pigs really need to be in pairs because they're social. So regardless of when/how I tell my friend......do I need to do anything for the other one? It seems fine. Mooching round and sqeaking and exploring. Seems a bit confused about the dead one so I'll have to remove shy boy from the cage shortly. I'm useless with organising myself at times like this. I'm upset for my friend. Her little one is going to be really upset. And I'm just dithering over what to do.
Friend has gone on holiday and I'm going in to feed her guinea pigs. They only went last night. I've gone in this afternoon to top up hay, replenish food and water, de-poo cage etc. And one of them, the shy one, has obviously died. Its just not moving when I pick it up.....I know NOTHING about guinea pigs but I'm assuming this would usually wake it? It felt cold-ish,I don't think it has been dead long.
The ONLY thing I know is guinea pigs really need to be in pairs because they're social. So regardless of when/how I tell my friend......do I need to do anything for the other one? It seems fine. Mooching round and sqeaking and exploring. Seems a bit confused about the dead one so I'll have to remove shy boy from the cage shortly. I'm useless with organising myself at times like this. I'm upset for my friend. Her little one is going to be really upset. And I'm just dithering over what to do.