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respiratory infection

  1. EdvnFvrm

    Guinea Pig Breathing (URI?)

    Hi everyone! I am posting because I heard my newest piggie, Café, sneeze today. She’s been with us for a week now. She is from PetSmart, however she seemed to be under great care as the small pet specialist was extremely knowledgeable and showed great care for all the animals as I watched her...
  2. Wetherill

    Planning for mites!

    Today, I saw the saddest sight at a pet store, which I was visiting for the first time. They had around 8 guinea pigs—all which, to be fair, looked to be reasonably healthy, save for one sweet boy. His ears were clearly infected by fungus, and one was entirely decomposed, and was basically just...
  3. H

    Help! Poorly pig losing weight

    Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me please! My poor piggy Harry has been poorly now for around a month and I am at a loss as to what to do for him. He's a 6 year old fella. 4 weeks ago he had a snotty nose, some shortness of breath and a little drop in weight (from around 1.15kg to...
  4. AppleandTwig

    Guinea Pig Wheezing

    Hi, One of my Guinea pigs, Apple has been wheezing since August. About Apple, he’s 4 male, I’ve had him so he was 10 weeks old, he’s never made sound unless he screams in fear when my Dad (who’s since stopped) grabs him. We’ve brought him to the vet and they’ve administered medication...
  5. D

    Stubborn URI - help please

    Hi all, One of my boys Punk got diagnosed with a URI on the 6th July 2022 and was given a 10 day course of Sulfatrim. All 10 days were completed and his symptoms went away. Around 3 days after symptoms went away, they came back. We were given a full bottle of Sulfatrim so decided to give it...
  6. piggies and sweet dreams

    Guinea Pig Weird Breathing

    It's midnight and I am crying right now. My guinea pig (the one in my profile picture) died ten days ago because of a respiratory infection. My other guinea pig, Lily, is having the same problems and is showing the same symptoms, even if it could be mild. Lily is currently on meds, and we will...
  7. 5

    Sick piggy

    Hello everyone, my guinea unfortunately might have a respiratory infection, she's been coughing here and there, before when she used to cough quite a bit I took her to the vets and the vet said she doesn't have a respiratory infection and the coughing could've been coming from the wood shavings...
  8. plantandpiggiemom

    adolescent sow with respiratory infection we can’t treat for several days, bond fall out, advice and help needed

    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”...
  9. S

    Respiratory Infection not improving

    Hi all, I need advice. Monday i took my guinea pig to the vets as he had a little wheeze. By the time we got there the wheeze was gone and they listened to his lungs, heart, weighed him etc and he was in perfect health from what they could tell. Tuesday morning I went to check on him and he...
  10. Piglington Ali

    Azithromycin dose

    I have found posts stating Simon and others prescribe azithromycin 200mg/5ml at 1ml per kg once daily. My vet has prescribed 0.6ml once daily for my 1.16kg piggy Tiny Tiger for a respiratory infection. This is half the dosing above. I'm wondering, though, if this is acceptable and that this...
  11. lialway

    respiratory infection

    hi everybody, I think my guinea pig has a respiratory infection. I woke up this morning to give my guinea pigs their treats like I always do and I noticed with one of my guinea pigs he had this discharge coming out of his eyes and his nose. He keeps coughing and sneezing in his breathing sounds...
  12. vvipb

    Does my guinea pig have a heart condition?

    Hi, I’m new to forums and stuff so bear with me. So a couple hours ago, I woke up in the night and heard a weird short moaning sound that kept repeating coming from my guinea pig cage, I got my two guinea pigs out (both females) and realised one of them kept on making a hooting kind of sound...
  13. R

    Is wood varnish safe for piggies?

    I've heard seen this story quite a few times on various websites, but i've not yet seen a certain answer. I recently built a hutch with my dad, and he insisted on painting the wood with a varnish. I told him it was best to avoid it and i didn't want him to but he did regardless. He painted it...
  14. jennabeauchesne

    Eye protruding a bit?

    Hi all! I have four lil piggies houses in a fleece-bedded C&C enclosure me and my hubby put together. I have one piggy, Addy, who I’ve just noticed has her left eye skin protruding a bit. There was the slightest bit of crusties on the opposite corner, and her other eye is just a bit watery...
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