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Guinea Pigs And Epilepsy

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I'm not sure about epilepsy but it you have seen "fit-like" behaviour from your guinea pigs it could be popcorning which is a behaviour they have when excited.
 
They look very funny when popcorning.Poe literally shakes in the air all four feet off the ground then vibrates upon landing
 
Thank you for replying,she does popcorn but this was different.She was playing with our other two and quite excited as we are just starting to introduce them,whilst playing in a tunnel she went over on her side and her limbs were twitching,it passed quickly and we cuddled her for 10 mins or so to calm her down.
If you can shed any more light on this we would be grateful.
 
I always think my Pebbles is having a fit when she is popcorning! It's good that you know the difference, I hope you can get some answers.
 
I am very sorry, but I don't have any experience with epilepsy or fitting. I only know that - like in humans - it can have a variety of causes and is not easy to pin down for vet. I hope that your little one is OK and that there won't be any repeats!
 
Sadly.. my daughter lost her first guinea pig yesterday due to seizures. It was the only one he had and it was huge.. we had to put him down.. The vet couldn't give us any reason to why this happened, only possible causes. We have a second one, so we know it isn't dietary or environmental, otherwise the surviving piggy would be gone, or close to going as well. From what I have been able to gather, seizures are incredibly rare in guinea pigs. Vitamin C deficiency, mite infections, tumors, poison, or.. idiopathic epilepsy... either way.. something else I read.. is to get your guinea pig to a vet immediately upon a seizure. You just can't be sure what is causing it for sure!
 
FitzPiggy said:
Sadly.. my daughter lost her first guinea pig yesterday due to seizures. It was the only one he had and it was huge.. we had to put him down.. The vet couldn't give us any reason to why this happened, only possible causes. We have a second one, so we know it isn't dietary or environmental, otherwise the surviving piggy would be gone, or close to going as well. From what I have been able to gather, seizures are incredibly rare in guinea pigs. Vitamin C deficiency, mite infections, tumors, poison, or.. idiopathic epilepsy... either way.. something else I read.. is to get your guinea pig to a vet immediately upon a seizure. You just can't be sure what is causing it for sure!
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I was so sorry to hear about your daughters little guinea pig,they become a very integral part of the family. Thank you very much for your reply,take care.
 
Wiebke said:
I am very sorry, but I don't have any experience with epilepsy or fitting. I only know that - like in humans - it can have a variety of causes and is not easy to pin down for vet. I hope that your little one is OK and that there won't be any repeats!
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Thank you very much for replying to me,we will certainly keep an eye on her and if need be take her to the vet,we think that she probably got very excited being with the others.thanks again,take care.
 
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