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I need help with an issue for my guinea pig A long time ago he kept making a strange breathing sound so I took him to the vets and they said he has an allergy. Prescribed him piraton and so it clears up nicely. Over Christmas he has been making a strange sound again like he was out of breath...

Hi everyone, just looking for any suggestions of things to ask the vet about later today. My guinea pig Honey developed an eye problem rapidly last weekend, we noticed her squinting, very wet around the eye, a bit bloodshot, and took her to the vet. She was prescribed two different types of...

BIG HUGS Having lost my Myfina to a blockage that developed over Christmas Day on this day 7 years ago while we were getting ready for a several hours' wait to be seen for emergency pts I totally feel for you. I trule hate having to bring this up but not being able to swallow can be an...

Hey guys, I saw it coming, every day I would part ways with her I would say ‘I love you and maybe I will see you later, if not, that’s okay too.’ And yesterday she passed after being sick for 3 months. Oh I shouldn’t say sick, cause my vet tested everything they could and they couldn’t find...

Having a rant, and I know you guys will understand. Was due to go to Glasgow for Xmas to spend the week with my OHs family. With Diego needing all the attention ATM the plan was to take her with us via a travel cage (she travels really, really well), regular breaks and lots of fluids filled...

Truffle ate some foam mat, so it's been taken away, although it was a good insulator and nice to walk on. I hope the plastic comes out. Hay is much nicer, but sometimes us guinea pigs just can't help chewing on something that shouldn't be chewed on. I hope the X-ray goes OK. It's great that you...

I'm wondering if he got the wound from a timothy hide he chews on. It's kind of jagged. Thanks everyone for the kind words. The emergency vet said not to do the X-ray but I'm not sure what his regular vet will say. I'm sure he'll have a recheck. I've cleaned his cage and removed the jagged...

Hi and welcome Can you please hold your ear to your piggy's nose when he is making this sound, then against his throat and then his chest to see where the sound sits? It's a very rough and ready way of checking the airways but it has its uses. Guinea pig airways are very small and narrow...

Today I ordered my daughter a beautiful piece of pet ashes jewellery for her Christmas. They send out an ashes collection kit, and I will provide ashes from our 3 guinea pigs Riley, Binx and Kevin 🌈 (our last 3 pigs). My daughter is 14 and is missing Kevin terribly, so I feel this will help her...

BIG HUGS I am so very sorry. You have done all the right things and have not failed your precious boy in any way. Once you have hard areas inside the gut or body, the game is usually over when it comes to guinea pigs. If this happens over Christmas, it is usually even more emotional and...

For Gaia and Minerva... The cons of today; First ever nail trim (lots of dramatic wailing involved in the loss of the tippity tops of their sharp likkle nails) The pros of today; Full cage clean in time for Christmas plus lots of fresh hay plus some pellets plus a handwritten apology from the...

It happened earlier today. I still can’t believe it. A friend surrendered her guinea pigs to me about three months ago, a boar (initially thought to be female) and a sow. The sow turned out to be pregnant and gave birth to 3 pups, two males and one female. The female was born last but I’m not...

Thanks for this, I don’t usually give carrot just they go off if I don’t use them up. She only gets 2 tiny bits over the course of the day along with other veg. Also I noticed her ear is still quite warm and red… she seems okay in herself, better than she was before she had them cleaned. She...

When very skittish Nosgan bashed his eye in really badly on a cage grid, he was on 3x chloramphenicol, 6x tear gel and zithromax (oral) for a month - but we could save his eye against the odds and he even regained a degree of sight again. We had to get him into the out of hours vets and then...

Posting a follow-up here. Following the metacam she was completely back to normal and her weight was steadily rising. I took her back to the vets for a review just before Christmas and saw a different vet who was able to do a more thorough examination. He said the muscle tone over her pelvis...

Hi and officially welcome after a rather intense first days. It is great that you want to join our community. I am Wiebke. It's my real first name and pronounced something like Veebker. I am Swiss with Northern German roots (hence my Friesian name) but live in the UK with my Welsh husband...

Thanks again for all the advice. I just had Possum out to do a check over after he has dropped another 10g and see that both of his top teeth are broken off. He has been doing some serious cage biting of the c&c wires in the outdoor setup, since before the divider went in between himself and...

Give yourself and your daughter time. Grieving is not a quick process. But your plans for Kevin, his friends and things sound lovely and they will hopefully help you through the darkest times. :love: Another tip for special days and holidays, like Christmas, and the black holes you can...

thank you every one for the wounderful advice they are both much more active today still eating well and drinkng well perhaps they just wanted to try out the second hidy which is actually bigger then the castle one i bought when i first bought raidar its an empty amzon box that christmas...

BIG HUGS Your love for characterful, gorgeous Luxie is shining through every word. Even when you see it coming, the end always comes as a shock. I am very glad that for Luxie that it did happen so quickly and for you that you were there and you could reaffirm that love in the moment of...