Ollie the guinea pig
New Born Pup
Hello everyone! I have a similar situation here. There was a female guinea pig that passed away at 3.5 years old (May 24th) and there is a male 3 years old that is still with us. When I noticed that he was losing weght (two weeks after she died), I took him to the exotic vet and he said that everything looks fine, teeth were perfect, so he was probably grieving, so we had to buy another one. I've been looking everywhere in my country to adopt one that is not a baby, but there was not any, so we bought a new piggie (female I think) that is around 3 months old. That was Friday, June 9th. I think bonding was fine, they both show normal dominant behaviour, but my male pig is still losing his weight. Is he still adjusting? May he still be grieving and under a lot of stress, because he had never been alone before? Had anyone had a situation like this? I was wondering when should I be worried and take him to the vet again for further examination.
He had been emasculated at the age of 7-8 months.
He is eating his hay, drinking water in normal amount (around 100ml per day) and is eating around 20-25g of dry pellet food, which is less than he used to eat before.
His weight was 1330-1350g since he matured until recently. When we noticed he was losing his weight, it was June the 2nd and he was around 1090g. Since June 2nd until June 10th he lost another 40g (was around 1050g) and in the last 3 days, since new piggie is with us, he lost another 15-20g. His weight is less in the morning than in the evening, it varies around 20g daily.
He had been emasculated at the age of 7-8 months.
He is eating his hay, drinking water in normal amount (around 100ml per day) and is eating around 20-25g of dry pellet food, which is less than he used to eat before.
His weight was 1330-1350g since he matured until recently. When we noticed he was losing his weight, it was June the 2nd and he was around 1090g. Since June 2nd until June 10th he lost another 40g (was around 1050g) and in the last 3 days, since new piggie is with us, he lost another 15-20g. His weight is less in the morning than in the evening, it varies around 20g daily.