eating problems

I need some serious advice with a dental issue I’m having with one of my pigs, 4 year old Bruce. A few weeks ago I noticed his poops getting softer so booked him in for a check up with the vet, before this came he stopped eating food completely. I took him in to the vets asap and they found...

Hi, I have a Guinea pig named chip. I had him since December 2020. He lives alone but had 4 cage mates but he fought with each cage mate so now he lives alone. He does really good alone ever since. He has been a very happy eating guinea pig during last December 2023, but then in January I...

My poor girl, Bailey, has been struggling for about a month with a URI. She is taking .2 ml of Enrofloxacin and .24 ml of Meloxicam daily. I have been to the vet 3 times and I am scheduling one this morning when my vet opens, however, it will probably be a few days until she gets an appointment...

Hi Cookie seems to have a problem with his teeth until his appointment what fruit and veg can I give him? I read on here about giving round lettuce as it’s softer. He normally has romaine lettuce. His appointment is not till Wednesday afternoon so any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you ☺️

Nancy has been at the vets today. During a procedure (she was under anathestic for an x-ray) she has lost one of her top incisor teeth so she has 1 still left up top. Do She is finding eating hard. She has managed a little bit of lettuce, she won't eat corinador (which is out of character) and...

Hi all. My male guinea pig who is almost 6 years old has recently hardly been eating any food while his cagemate is in the cage with him. I'm pretty sure this is because his cagemate has been barbering him and so he has a lot of patches on him where his fur has clearly been chewed, making it...

Hi! I joined this forum because I’m told my guinea is “weird” and I’m concerned there’s something I’m doing wrong. So the short of it is: •she hates being picked up, I’ve had her for almost 3 months and kicks and runs and around every time I try (never displayed any aggressive behavior towards...

Hi all cavvy lovers! We took our beloved 5 year old boar to the vets last Wednesaday as he had stopped eating, the vet kept him in overnight and performed an investigation the following morning. She ended up filing his back teeth at they had curled right over trapping his tongue, and she cut...

Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can give me some advice. My guinea pig has been struggling to eat. He is picking up food and seems really determined to eat but also seems unable to bite or chew it properly. And so just spits it back out again/drops it. I’ve tried him on lettuce, kale, celery...

I have two very fussy guinea pigs who will eating everything that’s bad for them! I need to change their diet to contain less calcium, but how do i get them to other food? I really want them to eat peppers (any colour but especially green or yellow) but they are just not interested I have been...

Brand new user here, sorry for any mistakes I may make. I will preface that I am a first-time guinea pig owner and have had my guinea pig for 4 years now. So, I went to the vet yesterday, the 16th at 10am, because my male guinea pigs' teeth looked pretty long which I hadn't noticed till...

on Sunday night I took my guinea pig Warp to an emergency vet, because he was not eating, drinking or moving from his spot in the corner, he also suddenly had rough dirty looking hair and receded eyes. None had the know how to do anything but provide some fluids and antibiotics. On Monday...

Hi. A few years ago, We had a pig that mostly stopped eating, our vets operated on his teeth under anaesthetic. Following that, he never ate again and they put him down. This time, with 2 three year olds, One has again nearly stopped eating. I told the vets, who were going to operate on his...

My piggy Bubbles has been doing this for a while now, she will eat by herself when she wants but when I try to hand feed her veggies while shes on the cage she'll back away. When I pick her up from the cage and her on my lap she'll eat from my hand without issues. Some times though she'll bite...

Hi, our guinea pig started having some eating difficulties around the start of June, just eating slowly and opening her mouth wide, almost looking like she was yawning and clearly having something irritating her in her mouth. We took her to the vet, who advised us that it was likely her back...

Hope I'm posting this in the right place! I'm new to the forum. I rescued my third little man about a week ago from my local SPCA. He's a year and six months, unneutered, and seemingly very healthy, with his weight being around 3 lbs. However, in his time being here, he's turned his nose to any...

So I gave my piggie Moonbeam a vitamin c tablet a couple days ago and he was only nibbling it- he was trying to eat it but it seemed like he was having trouble biting into it. He is eating hay and pellets fine. I gave hime another tablet this morning and he did the same thing- he nibbles at it...