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I first want to start this by saying that this all occurred in 2018. I’m posting this thread in hopes for ANY kind of answer/explanation regarding the sudden death of my two guinea pigs.
To start, my first guinea pig, Humphrey, was estimated to be born in September of 2017, and he passed away in January of 2018. The day of his passing, he began acting very lethargic around 5-6pm, and this lasted for an hour or two until he began seizing around 8pm. The seizure lasted about 45 minutes (he would briefly stop shaking in between for a minute or two) before he passed away around 9pm. He was only about 4 months old, he ate well, drank well, and was acting like himself up until the evening of his seizure. We did purchase him from the pet store (I say that because my other pig—who also passed under similar circumstances—was also from a pet store) and if this is any help, he was a white crested guinea pig. I will add that Humphrey apparently had a biological brother (Walter) who we also adopted, and was Humphrey’s cagemate at the time of his passing. Walter went on to live until he was about 3 years old, where we then put him to rest because we were unable to afford the surgery he needed to survive.
Moving on to in March of 2018, my sweet boy Felix suddenly passed away after having a seizure late at night. He was only 2 months old, and was also a white crested Guinea pig. The day before his seizure, he was acting quite normal and spunky, as he usually was. The only difference between him and Humphrey’s death, is that he was not showing any signs of lethargy prior to his seizure. Felix’s seizure lasted for about a half hour, until we felt his heart stop at about 2am.
My main question is, does anyone know what might have caused their seizures that led to their passing? Has anyone else experienced something similar?
I apologize in advance if this is considered irrelevant to the site, considering it happened 3 years ago.
To start, my first guinea pig, Humphrey, was estimated to be born in September of 2017, and he passed away in January of 2018. The day of his passing, he began acting very lethargic around 5-6pm, and this lasted for an hour or two until he began seizing around 8pm. The seizure lasted about 45 minutes (he would briefly stop shaking in between for a minute or two) before he passed away around 9pm. He was only about 4 months old, he ate well, drank well, and was acting like himself up until the evening of his seizure. We did purchase him from the pet store (I say that because my other pig—who also passed under similar circumstances—was also from a pet store) and if this is any help, he was a white crested guinea pig. I will add that Humphrey apparently had a biological brother (Walter) who we also adopted, and was Humphrey’s cagemate at the time of his passing. Walter went on to live until he was about 3 years old, where we then put him to rest because we were unable to afford the surgery he needed to survive.
Moving on to in March of 2018, my sweet boy Felix suddenly passed away after having a seizure late at night. He was only 2 months old, and was also a white crested Guinea pig. The day before his seizure, he was acting quite normal and spunky, as he usually was. The only difference between him and Humphrey’s death, is that he was not showing any signs of lethargy prior to his seizure. Felix’s seizure lasted for about a half hour, until we felt his heart stop at about 2am.
My main question is, does anyone know what might have caused their seizures that led to their passing? Has anyone else experienced something similar?
I apologize in advance if this is considered irrelevant to the site, considering it happened 3 years ago.
