Coughing Piggy

[AbiS]

I have just heard Barney cough 3 times. I have never heard this before. He had his face in his nugget bowl at the time. Is it normal for them to cough or could this be an illness symptom?

We hear sneezes from both Toby & Barney - maybe only once or twice a week - not enough for me to be concerned. MrS thinks he heard one of them cough a couple of days ago.

Any thoughts?

They are both eating, peeing, pooing and popcorning as normal. Breathing sounds normal. They are not showing signs of anything else concerning.

I am just leaving for night shift now so if anyone needs more info I probably wont be able to respond until tomorrow.

 

[Wiebke]

Greedy piggies can gobble down things too fast and then cough. Nothing to worry about. I have a few of them here...

 

[Mother Hubbard]

I have a cougher too, nothing wrong with her, just one of those things. Took me ages to work out who the culprit was mind

 

[Bekki]

My fatty does it

 

[AbiS]

I had to laugh - there was me being worried that they might be getting a URI when all I have is a little greedy piggy! Doesn't surprise me - he is the heaviest of the 2!

 

[Wiebke]

For a URI you need at least two symptoms on their list; just sneezing or coughing usually has other reasons like dust or something else irritating the nose or greedy eating.

 

[Chief Guinea Pig]

For a URI you need at least two symptoms on their list; just sneezing or coughing usually has other reasons like dust or something else irritating the nose or greedy eating.

At least you've put me at rest!
As my piggies sneezed a few times, when eating, but there was no other symptoms on the list.