Help!

[mytwomaleguineas]

My piggy has been having normal poops until today. I noticed some of them are round but still a brown color. I only saw three round ones and the rest are still oval shaped. Could this be a sign of anything? We weigh him weekly and here is our current data:
1,420 grams
1,429 grams
1,437 grams
1,457 grams
1,437 grams

His neighbor has ringworm so they are separated. Because of hundreds of fruit flies, we had to clean out their cages and only left 2 hideouts, potty tray, tunnel, water bottle, pellets, and hay in each of their cages. He was a bit awkward yesterday. When I tried to pet him he went to the nearest hideout, when I peeked at him, he changed a hideout. He was really scared the whole day too. I have little siblings which won’t be quiet and trys their best to make the guinea pigs uncomfortable with music but cookie has never acted this way. It could also be the fruit flies that scared him could that be the reason why? I am also a bit unsure if he is blind or not. We went to the vets 2 months ago thinking he might be blind but the vet said he isn’t. He usually uses his nose to find his way and is an expert at that so I am unsure. Please help

 

[Piggies&buns]

His weight checks look fine. The 20g from this week is not of concern if it is a one time drop. Fluctuations of up to 50g are fine. Anything over 50g in one go is concerning, or a more gradual loss over a longer time period.

Keep an eye on the poops. Perhaps you can weigh him daily if you are concerned.

The ringworm -
How are they being treated for it?
Are you practising good hygiene? Ringworm can live in the environment for over a year so ensuring you have is essential to prevent a further outbreak.
it’s much better to not separate bonded piggies during ringworm and instead leave them together and just treat them both. Separating them causes stress to them both. It might be that he is scared from being separated from his friend. I would not think he is scared of fruit flies.
As you have separated are you ensuring you handle the affected piggy first, then changing your clothes etc before going to the unaffected piggy?

Their sense of smell is much better than their sense of sight. If a vet does not think he is blind, then you don’t need to doubt it. They do use their sense of smell to forage through food etc so all piggies are expert at it as it were!
If he was blind, then he will manage as I said, their sight is their weakest sense anyway, but it would make it even more important that they were not separated As the other piggy would be his carer.

Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[mytwomaleguineas]

His weight checks look fine. The 20g from this week is not of concern if it is a one time drop. Fluctuations of up to 50g are fine. Anything over 50g in one go is concerning, or a more gradual loss over a longer time period.

Keep an eye on the poops. Perhaps you can weigh him daily if you are concerned.

The ringworm -
How are they being treated for it?
Are you practising good hygiene? Ringworm can live in the environment for over a year so ensuring you have is essential to prevent a further outbreak.
it’s much better to not separate bonded piggies during ringworm and instead leave them together and just treat them both. Separating them causes stress to them both. It might be that he is scared from being separated from his friend. I would not think he is scared of fruit flies.
As you have separated are you ensuring you handle the affected piggy first, then changing your clothes etc before going to the unaffected piggy?

Their sense of smell is much better than their sense of sight. If a vet does not think he is blind, then you don’t need to doubt it. They do use their sense of smell to forage through food etc so all piggies are expert at it as it were!
If he was blind, then he will manage as I said, their sight is their weakest sense anyway, but it would make it even more important that they were not separated As the other piggy would be his carer.

Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

Hi! Thank you! I believe it was him not getting enough water that day. His poops are all normal now. Thankfully! Walnut is being treated for ringworm and it has gotten a lot better. They had a fight a couple of months ago and continued to teeth chatter after we separated them. This month they’ve been laying next to each other a lot (next to each others cage). Cookie still rumble struts but whenever Walnut’s nose touches cookie’s he popcorns. Is this a sign for me to rebond them? Thank you very much for your reply !

 

[Piggies&buns]

No its not necessarily a sign. If they had a full on fight, then their ability to live together is over and we wouldnt recommend attempting a rebond. Laying next to the bars can actually be a hostile move and a way of territory marking. They sound to be happy as neighbours though

 

[mytwomaleguineas]

His weight checks look fine. The 20g from this week is not of concern if it is a one time drop. Fluctuations of up to 50g are fine. Anything over 50g in one go is concerning, or a more gradual loss over a longer time period.

Keep an eye on the poops. Perhaps you can weigh him daily if you are concerned.

The ringworm -
How are they being treated for it?
Are you practising good hygiene? Ringworm can live in the environment for over a year so ensuring you have is essential to prevent a further outbreak.
it’s much better to not separate bonded piggies during ringworm and instead leave them together and just treat them both. Separating them causes stress to them both. It might be that he is scared from being separated from his friend. I would not think he is scared of fruit flies.
As you have separated are you ensuring you handle the affected piggy first, then changing your clothes etc before going to the unaffected piggy?

Their sense of smell is much better than their sense of sight. If a vet does not think he is blind, then you don’t need to doubt it. They do use their sense

His weight checks look fine. The 20g from this week is not of concern if it is a one time drop. Fluctuations of up to 50g are fine. Anything over 50g in one go is concerning, or a more gradual loss over a longer time period.

Keep an eye on the poops. Perhaps you can weigh him daily if you are concerned.

The ringworm -
How are they being treated for it?
Are you practising good hygiene? Ringworm can live in the environment for over a year so ensuring you have is essential to prevent a further outbreak.
it’s much better to not separate bonded piggies during ringworm and instead leave them together and just treat them both. Separating them causes stress to them both. It might be that he is scared from being separated from his friend. I would not think he is scared of fruit flies.
As you have separated are you ensuring you handle the affected piggy first, then changing your clothes etc before going to the unaffected piggy?

Their sense of smell is much better than their sense of sight. If a vet does not think he is blind, then you don’t need to doubt it. They do use their sense of smell to forage through food etc so all piggies are expert at it as it were!
If he was blind, then he will manage as I said, their sight is their weakest sense anyway, but it would make it even more important that they were not separated As the other piggy would be his carer.

Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

No its not necessarily a sign. If they had a full on fight, then their ability to live together is over and we wouldnt recommend attempting a rebond. Laying next to the bars can actually be a hostile move and a way of territory marking. They sound to be happy as neighbours though

Okay! Thank you very much ! Would a full on fight be blood drawn? I’m not sure because they were rolling around and biting but we didn’t notice any blood.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Okay! Thank you very much ! Would a full on fight be blood drawn? I’m not sure because they were rolling around and biting but we didn’t notice any blood.

Rolling around and biting constitutes a full on fight. It was lucky blood wasn’t drawn if things were that bad they were in a furball fight