Maeneth
New Born Pup
Dear fluffle community, <3
We are currently housing two boars; Onyx and Tribble. Both are just over one year old and are happily healthy, chubby and as per usual, hungry piggies. It started out with Tribble roughly half a year ago where he began to develop a hooting and croaking sound. He has been to the vets a few times and they have found nothing wrong with him, yet he still suffers with it now and again. One piggy going through it is understandable, but then for the first time today, Onyx started croaking too and I am wondering if the problem is environmental. We have noticed that each time we add new hay into the habitat, Tribble does get his hoot, (however Onyx never did) so I am wondering if perhaps it is the dust coming from the hay itself.
At first I assumed it was the neighbour next-door, as he always smokes a cigar and has an outdoor fireplace with a thick, open top chimney, which 90% of the time blows in our direction and it does get in the house so I am forced to close the window often. I used to leave it open all the time, especially when I went to work so I am wondering if that might have contributed to it as well. We keep the window closed now between 10:00 and 18:00: the time he comes outside, to the time he goes inside in the hopes that it might help make a difference for the piggies. We also have air conditioning too, so the air remains dry and cool throughout the house for them too.
Extra things to add:
- We use pee pads, which we ordered from The Guinea Pig Dad, instead of shavings, etc.
- The pellets they eat are called Essentials from Oxbow: Adult Guinea Pig Food.
- The vegetables we give them: Witlof, cucumber and carrots. The witlof they get twice daily.
- Fresh water twice a day in a bowl.
- Habitat is cleaned twice daily, sometimes three.
- They receive freshly cut grass grown from our own garden, ( and the grass is always checked for scent and things that don’t belong there) once or twice a day although not every day and only seasonal, meaning not in the autumn or winter – however we do have cats and dogs in the area. The dogs also roam freely around, and the fence is quite open on the sides.
Since I cannot attach a video, here is a link to it instead: https://jmp.sh/s/TLvvySrnrax9U4HstKEQ of Onyx, which shows his breathing. If anyone has had any experience with this, or advice, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, feel free to ask me anything if that might help as well and I will get back to you ASAP.
We are currently housing two boars; Onyx and Tribble. Both are just over one year old and are happily healthy, chubby and as per usual, hungry piggies. It started out with Tribble roughly half a year ago where he began to develop a hooting and croaking sound. He has been to the vets a few times and they have found nothing wrong with him, yet he still suffers with it now and again. One piggy going through it is understandable, but then for the first time today, Onyx started croaking too and I am wondering if the problem is environmental. We have noticed that each time we add new hay into the habitat, Tribble does get his hoot, (however Onyx never did) so I am wondering if perhaps it is the dust coming from the hay itself.
At first I assumed it was the neighbour next-door, as he always smokes a cigar and has an outdoor fireplace with a thick, open top chimney, which 90% of the time blows in our direction and it does get in the house so I am forced to close the window often. I used to leave it open all the time, especially when I went to work so I am wondering if that might have contributed to it as well. We keep the window closed now between 10:00 and 18:00: the time he comes outside, to the time he goes inside in the hopes that it might help make a difference for the piggies. We also have air conditioning too, so the air remains dry and cool throughout the house for them too.
Extra things to add:
- We use pee pads, which we ordered from The Guinea Pig Dad, instead of shavings, etc.
- The pellets they eat are called Essentials from Oxbow: Adult Guinea Pig Food.
- The vegetables we give them: Witlof, cucumber and carrots. The witlof they get twice daily.
- Fresh water twice a day in a bowl.
- Habitat is cleaned twice daily, sometimes three.
- They receive freshly cut grass grown from our own garden, ( and the grass is always checked for scent and things that don’t belong there) once or twice a day although not every day and only seasonal, meaning not in the autumn or winter – however we do have cats and dogs in the area. The dogs also roam freely around, and the fence is quite open on the sides.
Since I cannot attach a video, here is a link to it instead: https://jmp.sh/s/TLvvySrnrax9U4HstKEQ of Onyx, which shows his breathing. If anyone has had any experience with this, or advice, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, feel free to ask me anything if that might help as well and I will get back to you ASAP.
