So, I’m new to this forum, and I’ll just be honest. I mainly joined looking for help for my piggy, sense there are no vets nearby my home for miles
About 2 and a half years ago I got two female Guinea pigs- Coco and Butters. They were both fairly healthy, and while they occasionally chattered at eachother and stole snacks, they never attacked eachother.
About 5-7 months ago, Butters died and Coco was forced to get used to living alone because I’m just a smol and my mother refused to buy her a friend, claiming Coco would attack them. She seemed to be fine. I tried my best to improve her life as best I could by spending extra time with her, letting her explore my room when she felt like it, and giving her a wide variety of veggies compared to what we had available when we first got the piggies.
Coco isn’t the most friendly. She bolts when I walk up to the cage, and don’t even get me started on trying to pick her up. She wasn’t well handled when she was younger because my parents dont know how to handle guinea pigs and refused to let me do the right thing.
Anyway, yesterday she started acting really weird. She backed into the corner of her cage lays there. She only moves to stretch out and nibble at food, and will only finish something if it’s placed directly in front of her. And this is weird, because, to be honest, she’s a bit chubby. She LOVES food just like any other piggy. Probably even a bit more knowing her though. What’s weirder, is that she lets me touch her. She hates being touched. And when I pet her she just stares at me. And I’ve noticed that her breathing seems a tad bit slower then usual.
Does anyone have an explanation?
About 2 and a half years ago I got two female Guinea pigs- Coco and Butters. They were both fairly healthy, and while they occasionally chattered at eachother and stole snacks, they never attacked eachother.
About 5-7 months ago, Butters died and Coco was forced to get used to living alone because I’m just a smol and my mother refused to buy her a friend, claiming Coco would attack them. She seemed to be fine. I tried my best to improve her life as best I could by spending extra time with her, letting her explore my room when she felt like it, and giving her a wide variety of veggies compared to what we had available when we first got the piggies.
Coco isn’t the most friendly. She bolts when I walk up to the cage, and don’t even get me started on trying to pick her up. She wasn’t well handled when she was younger because my parents dont know how to handle guinea pigs and refused to let me do the right thing.
Anyway, yesterday she started acting really weird. She backed into the corner of her cage lays there. She only moves to stretch out and nibble at food, and will only finish something if it’s placed directly in front of her. And this is weird, because, to be honest, she’s a bit chubby. She LOVES food just like any other piggy. Probably even a bit more knowing her though. What’s weirder, is that she lets me touch her. She hates being touched. And when I pet her she just stares at me. And I’ve noticed that her breathing seems a tad bit slower then usual.
Does anyone have an explanation?
