My Guinea Pig Jumped off the sofa!

[bweckybwoo]

I have just had Iggle and Elwood out for a cuddle and Elwood decided to launch off the sofa and bumped his jaw on the table.

He shook his head and then carried on as if nothing had happened!

I have been hand feeding him to get a better look at his mouth while his head was pointing in the air and he looks fine, but he has worried me!

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[harold_the_pig]

Just keep your eye on him, hopefully he will be fine, if you are atall worried pop along to see the vet x

 

[claremw92]

Oh dear....
If he lives outside I'd be tempted to move him indoors for the next 24 hours...
Rocky one of my permanent residents jumped out of my hands and in to the run so had a nearly 5ft fall... And he face planted it...And he is fine now... But his breathing became rattly and laboured about 20 mins after the fall... He had to be taken to the vets but it was decided not to treat him with anything as the rattle wasn't on his chest more in his throat and nose...
Just be extra vigilant...
Hope he's okay...!
x

 

[AndreaJane]

Yes, just keep a close eye on him and don't hesitate to take him to the vets if you suspect there's something not quite right. Hope he's okay, they can do silly things sometimes, hope he hasn't given you too much of a fright! :{

 

[bweckybwoo]

thanks guys!

he seems fine (he is the ginger one by the way-v.cute) he is playing with his cage mate, wheeking away, eating hay as if nothing ever happened!

Fortunately he is indoors and in our living room so will have a close eye on him!

 

[liquorice allsorts]

dearie me they do the most unexpected things dont they? glad he seems fine, and he is indoors where you can keep an eye on him x

 

[kirst10]

Skittle used to do this frequently =/ even in his cage, he'd dive from the top of the house to the other end back and forth repeatedly when he was excited, couldn't trust him at all
Just keep an eye out, the give away with Skit was when he'd nip at me or make a peculiar sort of motion round his veggies/food.

Fingers crossed the little one is alright!

 

[piggyfan]

Marble shocked me by jumping of the arm of the sofa. She was fine but I screamed and jumped up dropping my laptop on my foot!

 

[bweckybwoo]

oh my goodness hilarious stories! we should start a funny story thread!

he still seems fine and keeps looking at me as if to say:
"Mom why do you keep staring at me!"

 

[Belinda Shute]

I think a funny stories thread would be fab! I posted one earlier on a biting thread about Dotty, one of my old girls, biting my husbands nipple when we were attempting to cut her claws (He had his top off at the time - God I have just realised that it sounds a bit kinky!). It was hilarious - it really hurt apparently and his face was a picture!

Another funny story is the time when Dotty went behind the sofa and chewed our telephone wire into 2! Again husband spent ages trying to find out why the broadband was down! You can imagine what he said - thought I had better not repeat it on here! Again his face was a picture. I found it all really funny - he didnt!