Advice needed

[Princess and angel]

Hey everyone one of my guinea pigs isn’t acting like herself tonight she’s walking round the cage rumbling and she didn’t popcorn which is really unusual for her I’m abit worried does anyone have any idea of what this could be should I book a vets appointment to make sure she isn’t sick

 

[Piggies&buns]

I’m sorry to hear this.

On their own, what you are describing are not specific symptoms of any illness which a vet could necessarily use to diagnose anything. Piggies do rumble (sows do it when in season - you don’t say how old she is, she could just be experiencing a strong season and making her more hormonal), not popcorning isn’t a specific symptom of anything.
But you know her best and can tell if she is not herself. A change in behaviour can sometimes be a sign they are feeling unwell.

At this stage and the fact that she is not displaying any specific symptoms of illness, our advice would be to switch to daily weight checks so you can more closely monitor her hay intake. If she is unwell then she may well not eat enough and could lose weight. Be prepared to step in with syringe feeding.

If, however, she be lethargic, stops eating, stops moving etc then she would need to see a vet straight away.

https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/weight-monitoring-and-management.171577/

 

[Princess and angel]

I’m sorry to hear this.

On their own, what you are describing are not specific symptoms of any illness which a vet could necessarily use to diagnose anything. Piggies do rumble (sows do it when in season - you don’t say how old she is, she could just be experiencing a strong season and making her more hormonal), not popcorning isn’t a specific symptom of anything.
But you know her best and can tell if she is not herself. A change in behaviour can sometimes be a sign they are feeling unwell.

At this stage and the fact that she is not displaying any specific symptoms of illness, our advice would be to switch to daily weight checks so you can more closely monitor her hay intake. If she is unwell then she may well not eat enough and could lose weight. Be prepared to step in with syringe feeding.

If, however, she be lethargic, stops eating, stops moving etc then she would need to see a vet straight away.

https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/weight-monitoring-and-management.171577/

Thankyou I will weight her every day she is definitely eating enough hay and food they are very greedy piggy’s haha I will keep an close eye on her though and get some syringes in case