Hello,
We have 4 guinea pigs (1 boar, 3 sows), however when I came home from work today, I found one of the sows dead. She was around 18 months old and had shown no signs of ill health recently (however I can't say if she had been eating the past few days).
The other 3 appear fine. They are happily eating their greens. I put the dead piggie in a box and put the box in the cage so they can see her. Although she was cold when I found her, so it must be clear to them that she has died.
My concern now is the remaining piggies. I'm a little shocked the pig appears to have died so suddenly, but if the others are all eating happily and showing no signs of ill-health, I don't think there is much I can do.
We have 4 guinea pigs (1 boar, 3 sows), however when I came home from work today, I found one of the sows dead. She was around 18 months old and had shown no signs of ill health recently (however I can't say if she had been eating the past few days).
The other 3 appear fine. They are happily eating their greens. I put the dead piggie in a box and put the box in the cage so they can see her. Although she was cold when I found her, so it must be clear to them that she has died.
My concern now is the remaining piggies. I'm a little shocked the pig appears to have died so suddenly, but if the others are all eating happily and showing no signs of ill-health, I don't think there is much I can do.