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Death of 2 guinea pigs and wounded guinea pig

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Hello, I had 4 guinea pigs, first one died to heat, and many months later with my 3 remaining guinea pigs, I got a new hutch outside for them, until one day (today/this morning) I woke up to check on them, and I find that 2 guinea pigs have escaped, they escaped through a hole in the grass where i must have misplaced the hutch on top of the hole. I frantically went searching hoping they didnt die as my street contains many stray cats, until i find the bodies of my 2 guinea pigs, I have been grieving their deaths ever since i buried them, however although i may still have a remaining guinea pig, it seems that it has been wounded most likely what happened was all 3 escaped and were attacked but this one managed to get back into the hutch with a wound. I dabbed the wound with a little tissue to remove most of the blood but, I have no idea what to do now, my problems are that I cannot bring them to a vet, but i believe the wound isnt that bad and most likely needs some bandage of some sort. Could somebody please give me some advice, it would be highly appreciated.
 
I’m sorry this has happened.

You will need to clean the wound with saline solution but you do need to see a vet.
Bandaging a wound on a guinea pig is not usually easy - they don’t like it and without the wound being checked, bandaging could be doing more harm than good.
Any wound should be checked by a vet particularly as the circumstances surrounding the injury are not entirely clear. If there was an attack your piggy may have internal injuries, may be suffering from shock, may need pain relief, may need antibiotics etc.

Please switch to emergency/bridging care while you get a vet appointment. That is switching from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weigh your piggy to daily so you can more closely monitor hay intake. Step in with syringe feeding.

Emergency and Crisis Care as well as Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures

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Your piggy really needs to see a vet. Depending on what attacked them, particularly if it was a cat, the wound could become very badly infected very quickly.
So sorry to hear about your other pigs 😢
 
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