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Hi Please see a vet for a possible conjunctivitis. When the conjunctiva is swollen,it will be pushed up from underneath the lid. The appropriate antibiotic eye drops should take care of it. PS: We kindly ask our members to please not use upper case titles; it makes them much more difficult...

There is no such thing as a stupid question here. We’re all about learning so our piggies have the best possible life. My piggies yawn when they wake from a nap, then they nod off again. It’s the context that tells you if it’s aggression or feeling secure. I think you made the right decision to...

1 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a hutch - How to prepare your hutch for Winter - Insulation - Daily care 2 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a shed/garage 3 All outdoor guinea pigs 4 Indoor guinea pigs - Preparing your cage - Preparing the room 1 Outdoor guinea pigs living in a hutch How to...

Bedding for outdoor piggies needs to be an absorbent layer of shavings (or bedding of your choice), and then a thick layer of hay, including hay stuffed into the hides. Areas of wet hay and bedding need to be removed daily. I try to do twice a day in winter but if I can’t, I always make sure...

It is not recommended to use fleece in a hutch, due to the bedding also wicking the moisture from the air. If the hutch is inside, such as in a shed or a garage, then it is more plausible. My boys are on bath mats, in a hutch (garage), because one of my boys has issues with a smaller nasal...

Antibiotics don't help for a physical blockage in the gut of guinea pigs. It is not caused by a bacterial infection. Guinea pigs also don't suffer from constipation. All the best. I hope that the links are going to help you. My thoughts are with you and your family - and of course your...

They have access to all of their cage all of the time! I changed the layout around and they seem slightly happier but they just did it to me when I was giving them their food. It’s hard to know if they do it in the day at all as we work but I’ve noticed it last at night. They recently went into...

It is 20 years nearly, since I got my first pair of pigs. Here's how it happened...I had a horse, he was lovely but old. He was declining, and I spent hours each day with him, massaging, dosing, and generally making a fuss of him. But then he died, and there were all these hours in the day that...

Hi Give her half an hour in the shower and see how she is after that. Make sure that she has a dry towel to sit on.

BIG HUGS Strong feelings of failure and guilt are characteristic for the onset of the grieving process since we are wired as humans to reflect everything back onto ourselves. They are however not a sign of you having done anything wrong but of how deeply you care. We all experience them to some...

:wel: A very important factor is that it is now starting to get late in the year to bring new piggies outside if they have only been used to living indoors until now. Normally, where there is an intention for them to stay out year round, they would have come out at the beginning of summer so...

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Looking to see if any forum members can shed any light or advice on this (sorry, it is long). I have two baby sows who are now 9 weeks old (have a separate thread under pregnancy/baby care as they are both on pregnancy watch) and live with our 4yo sow. They do zoomie runs and popcorn jumping...

This is for the second time in three months that my guinea pig going through shedding ,scratching and baldness . Please anyone help

Just realised I misread your first paragraph. If mites have not been ruled out by the vet then that needs to be done. Was it the full course of xeno 50 ie three separate treatments? I do agree with wiebke - the hairs do look bitten rather than shedding

Unless your piggies are used to living in a very warm environment or are old and frail I really don't think you need to worry. Guinea pigs evolved to keep warm in cooler temperatures. They have fast metabolisms which create body heat, compact bodies, short legs and no tails, all of which...

They had xeno 50 mini treatment, mites hadn't been ruled out by vets. Neither guinea pig its itching anymore since the course of xeno. He is approx 1 year old. He had issues a couple weeks ago with his back legs and was struggling to walk. His mobility massively decreased. After a trip to a...

Welcome to the forum Three sows need a cage of 180x60cm. The grids safety depend on how many holes there are - you need grids which have 9 holes but I’m sure either one of those are fine. Grids with 7 or 8 holes will mean each hole is too big and can pose a danger to the pigs of getting their...

Welcome to the forum It’s a good idea to line a wooden hutch to help extend its life. I have hutches (my piggies live in my shed) and I line them with correx. I find that aa it is removable I can make sure everything gets properly cleaned with F10. Anything which is adhesive might come...