health and illness

Hi there everyone, My 5 year old male guinea pig Maple recently started showing URI symptoms (crusty nose/eyes, wheezing, sneezing etc). I took him straight to the vet who prescribed him with a week course of antibiotics and some decongestant, (no probiotics, but luckily researched this and...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and have joined due to terrible circumstances. I suddenly and unexpectedly lost my two female piggies this morning, Willow and Buttercup. They were both rescues and were 2 years old and we took them to the vet when we first rescued them for a check up and they got a...

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Hello, about two months ago I got my guinea pig Cindy. I took her to the vet because I noticed she was sneezing a bit, and sometimes she made a small quiet popping sound. But I read online the popping sound could be due to long teeth, the sound doesn't sound like crackling or wheezing. I took...

Hi! I own two male guinea pigs they have been together since birth and one of them started to make a plastic bag rattling sound the other week. We took him to the vets and he gave us some antibiotics. We gave him that but then a few days later he started to make the sound again, this time on...

I am concerned about coughing/ sneezing I have observed on-going (on/off) in near enough all five of my pigs. My only male, Rex (the main culprit), has previously been examined and I was told he has healthy lungs, so it might be more of an allergy based problem. I figured since it is occurring...

Hi guys, I recently took my guinea pigs to the vet because they are both losing hair behind their ears and itching all over. The doctor prescribed me ear drops because they found bacteria in their ears that is known for ear infections. This is what it looks like: I wanted your eyes second...