help and advice needed

He’s been squeaking and arching his body for a little while now, maybe 8-9 days (a long time I know I feel terrible) yet every time I bring it up to my mother, she just brushes it off. It’s been making me extremely upset, just got done crying for maybe 15 minutes over it. Today was the first...

Hi, so I was petting my boar Harold, when I noticed a sort of musky smell? It's kind of a hard smell to describe. I don't think it was the smell of pee? It was a little sharp, but I could only really smell it if I was close to him, maybe a few inches away. I clean their poop daily and clean...

hello, i have a 7 year old guinea pig. for a few days now, she’s been having pain when pooping, but her poops look fine. her pee is good, but she does have sludge. i’ve eliminated all veg for a bit until it improves and she’s just having critical care and hay/pellets at the moment. her appetite...

Hi! My family moved recently and we're now bringing our 6 year old guinea pig over. The only option is for him to travel in the cargo hold (the flight is approximately 4 hours long), and I'm extremely worried given his old age and the fact that he will be travelling alone. As I'm aware that...

Hi friends, I am a first time pig mom and have fell in love with my pigs in ways that I can’t describe. Recently, my first pig I adopted took a visit to the vet. Let me disclose that this was supposed to be a wellness check, I had heard sporadic sneezing but never consistent and I just wanted...

Hey everyone, my partner's guniea pig is getting some redness around the eye. We love this guniea pig to death but want to avoid the vet if possible due to money problems. She's still acting normal and eating but we're still concerned about her. Is this anything to be alarmed of?

Hi everyone I have had these two female guinea pigs for a week now. The Californian is 3 months and the crown head is 8 months. They previously lived together on a farm with a larger group of females. I have noticed some behaviour from this since having them, mainly when they are in their bed, I...

So I have to questions really: 1. Recently I had two of my three guinea pigs died. We think they had some virus or something.. completely random thing that thankfully I didn't end up losing all of my pigs too. The thing is I got two new Guinea pigs the other day and my older girl ( she's only...

Hello. I REALLY need some help. I've had guinea pigs for many years now, and never had any issues with aggression. The most recent addition to my pig family has unfortunately changed that. As time passes she just keeps becoming more aggressive, and I don't know what to do. I've looked everywhere...

hi so i just found out about boar cleaning and I'm sure a lot of people have been in the same situation. and sorry if this gets asked a lot but I'm a little grossed out and scared of boar cleaning so do you have any advice on how do i get over the fear and just think of it as helping the piggie...

We got him a while ago from a pet shop (they didn’t say anything about possible illness or mites) and we have had him for maybe a 2 months now and i’ve noticed he has started pulling out his fur. We went to the vet to see if he has mites and the vet gave us medicine for him but he still is...

Hello everyone :) I am looking for some advice or suggestions for a bit of a dilemma I'm having. Unfortunately, I lost one of my piggies last night. She was old and had been unwell for quite some time so although you never want to find your pets passed away, I have already made peace with it...

My guinea pig has a black thingy on his belly does anyone know what it is?

Alright so this might be a novel, so here’s the short of it: Pippa and Sugar came from a pet store in mid august, everything was fine, dominance seemed to be established with sugar on top, Pippa had a slight sneeze but we looked into it and it seemed only from the hay, sugar started “bullying”...

Hello everyone! I own four female adult guinea pigs, kept in a large enclosure, so they have enough free space. However, I am having issues with two of my guinea pigs and I'm desperate for answers, it is causing a lot of stress for me and others in the household- as well as the pigs too. We...

Hi so I’m thinking about making new fleece liners for my piggies cos they are currently on shavings and for health benefits I wish to put them in fleece as it would be better for them. But I’m not too sure what to put as the absorbent layer and I can’t use Uhaul as I'm in England and zorb is just...

Hello! This is my first post here, if I did something wrong please tell me. But I had 2 guinea pigs, Willow and Luna. Luna got sick and ended up passing away a few weeks ago. The vet said to have Willow quarantine for 2 weeks, and it's been 2 weeks. But, my family is going on vacation. So it'll...

HELP! I have 2 boars (approx 1-2 years old) bonded since babies who have recently started fighting. I've had them four 4.5 months. At first I thought it was just some dominance assertion but it's starting to make me really nervous. Percy has started instigating and harassing Winston (the...

Miss Minnie has been having problems with her poops for awhile now. Seems like it comes and goes. I’ve noticed with her poops that some will be quite small with points on both ends. Some will look perfectly okay. Others will have a slight point on one side. Also not sure if this is a huge deal...

I know I’ve gotten on here a lot and asked about dominance and the behavior of my pigs a couple times already but I’m beginning to wonder. I don’t wanna seem irrational by asking this but does anyone think I should rehome Jojo? I’ll explain why I ask. I took Jojo out of the cage and held him...