sick guinea pig

Hello All, I’m Tasha with a beautiful cheeky Abyssinian guineapig called Bob. Bob is 6/7 years old and is normally such a foody, running around playing and unfortunately within a few days his health started to go down hill very quickly..so we took him to the vets and the vets suspected that he...

I've recently lost one of my beloved piggy named Butter (had 2), not sure was it due to sudden change of temperature as it had only been a month since I moved him out from the kitchen (a bit far away from stove of course) that he used to grow and live for about a year since he joined the family...

Two days ago, Yuki started bullying Bumble and was excessively chasing and humping him… I mean this went on *all* day I also noticed him chasing him away from the food a few times, eventually Yuki stopped in the evening. Bumble is always submissive to Yuki but I could tell he was getting...

Help, I noticed today my guinea pig has developed a head tilt but too late as the vets closed at 12.30pm. Tomorrow is Christmas Day so the vets are all closed but the one I go to opens on Boxing Day. Please help, how can I keep my pig comfortable and (alive) until I can go to the vet - will he...

Hello all my guinea pig has been sounding very strange and coughing lately, I don't know if it could be a respiratory infection as I've token her multiple times to the vet and they said she's fine and healthy. She doesn't sound like how a normal guinea pig should, I don't know how to describe...

Just a quick post asking for opinions on my girlfriend’s Guinea pig, Sienna. This Guinea pig is our baby, and my girlfriend is concerned over a change in her eye that she saw today. I have tried to comfort her and tell her it’s a simple infection, likely, and to clean it off with damp towel or...

Hi all :) I’m posting here in the hope someone may have a suggestion for a natural remedy. Lychee is a 2 year-old female Guinea pig. She’s been sick for less than a year, constant infections and bladder stones etc - we’ve had many courses of antibiotics and she keeps getting sick. We’ve tried...

Hi guys, Our guinea pig Morty (she’s about 5 years old) suddenly started acting lethargic this afternoon, just sleeping almost all day (this isn’t totally unusual for her). We both had a cold last week but we took all the precautions we normally do to keep her safe. We haven’t noticed any cold...

My Guinea pig in the last few months has been squeaking more often when pooping, and she did have blood in her stool but the vet said it could just be an infection. I don’t see anymore blood but since that visit she has been squeaking constantly, and her poops are very thin. On top of that she...

Hello, I’m reaching out to get some advice on my sick Guinea pig. I have a 1 1/2-year-old female, American bred named pepper. Pepper cohabitates with her sister who is the same age as her. I took Pepper to the vet suspecting she had bumblefoot and the vet confirmed this. Pepper's vet prescribed...

Hi i have an 8 year old female been with me her whole life. She has allergies and seems she caught a bad ear/sinus infection. Doctor gave me antibiotics because she clear has snot coming out of her nose and eyes were all kinds of gross. That was yesterday. I cleaned her face off with a warm wet...

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...

I took one of my guinea pigs (Momo) to the vet today after he started acting weird. He wasnt eating and was sleeping too much so i got really worried. At the vet the doctor told me he bas a lump in his abdomen near his kidney. They dont know if its attached to his kidney or not or if its...

Today I took my girls, Dandelion and Orchid to the vet because I had heard some caught going last night. It turns out they have URIs. They were prescribed Tribrissen. How long will it take for noticeable improvement on this medication. They are eating and drinking normally but I worry that they...

I recently adopted another guinea pig yesterday and while checking him out for anything weird I came across many things. First off, he has weird black scabs in his ears and one of his ears are red and kinda swollen. Secondly, there’s this weird scab behind his ear with a little hair loss there...

Hi, I’m super worried for my guinea pig! She is eating and drinking fine, not lethargic but ive been hearing her stomach make noises lately like she has a tummy ache or like she’s passing gas. She has had the case of a wet bum for a while but didn’t think too much of it but right now she peed a...

Hi i am new to this forum and not completely sure how it works but figured i would try anything for some good advice. My guinea pig Sven got sick about 3 weeks ago with a bad upper respiratory infection, I brought him to the vet as soon as I saw the discharge coming out of his nose and they...

Hi all! I have had my sweet boys for about a year. So far, they are doing great--I have taken them to the vet once about six months ago and they got a clean bill of health. However, I am worried now that I might have given my Mushroom a cold. I was snuggling with him on Friday night and he was...

Hi, I'm new here and nice to meet you all. I'm Jasmine a guinea pig mother of two boys (Thor and Dior) living in Melbourne, Australia. My Thor is 3 years 5 months old and this year has not been good to him. It started out with a hay poke, then bloat issues, and then a severe UTI which then the...

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...