we had a new guinea pig arrive today, (one of those reall bad hair day ones....not sure the name), friend of mine is a breeder in china, and gave him to us as a gift, hes been in quarantine for the last 1.5 weeks before he was shipped 100 km to us. my girlfriend thought it was ok to plop him in the large cage with 2 other of our healthy guinea pigs
he trotted along and our youngest more or less avoided him for the first 30 mins he was in. (this is about the point when i came home)
then he trotted on in to the "safe spot" which is actually their old wire frame cage that was their home smaller which i now use for hay, and a place for them to wee, (of course not on the hay) but with my oldest Chewie this did not bode well and that was the first time i saw teeth chattering, they had a couple little scraps with no noises, just sorting stuff out i suppose...
after which the other piggies avoided him.....so i put him in the temporary quarantine cage and id come here and ask you guys for an answer.....hes quite the beautiful piggie but has an attitude
can i have some advice on how to proceed with this?
also i found something on his nose / mouth area its not discharge of any type as i tried to wipe it off but its more or less hard or perhaps even a scab?
if i had to guess, it would maybe seem like some battle scars....more than URI symptoms
il upload some pics
thanks in advance, I'm really stumped on this one
he trotted along and our youngest more or less avoided him for the first 30 mins he was in. (this is about the point when i came home)
then he trotted on in to the "safe spot" which is actually their old wire frame cage that was their home smaller which i now use for hay, and a place for them to wee, (of course not on the hay) but with my oldest Chewie this did not bode well and that was the first time i saw teeth chattering, they had a couple little scraps with no noises, just sorting stuff out i suppose...
after which the other piggies avoided him.....so i put him in the temporary quarantine cage and id come here and ask you guys for an answer.....hes quite the beautiful piggie but has an attitude
can i have some advice on how to proceed with this?
also i found something on his nose / mouth area its not discharge of any type as i tried to wipe it off but its more or less hard or perhaps even a scab?
if i had to guess, it would maybe seem like some battle scars....more than URI symptoms
il upload some pics
thanks in advance, I'm really stumped on this one