help.......i got two piggies at xmas......both approx 10 week old at the time,
they are both males.
I was told there might be abit of disagreement until they find out which one is 'boss'
my poor little sandy and white one called Ham seemed to have a nasty wound to his face, like a chunk of fur missing and a red patch like he had been bitten?!
I havent witnessed any fighting or 'teeth chattering' just the occasional 'nudge'.
so i asked online about the 'bite' and was told that many guinea pigs get the odd nip at the beginning, and once they have sorted out who is in control they will be fine.
They were both happy piggies, eating, drinking etc.
but we started to see less and less of Ham....he just sat in his hut.
so this morning we took the lid of the hut to check on him...and hes seriously not a well piggy
his head is tilted to one side, he can barely walk, he staggers round in circles, and occasionally falls onto his back. he looks ever so ill!
ive had a quick look on the internet again and seem to think its either, mites, ear infection, or a stroke......the latter being the most probable?
I'm hoping to get him into the vets tomorrow....but hes alot lighter than Rex (my other piggy) he doesnt seem to have put any weight on at all.
he nibbles hay if i place it right near him, but he cant make his way to the drink bottle. we have to hold the drink bottle to his mouth for him.
he is currently seperated from Rex as of tonight.
he in a make-shift 'pen'
cloths on the floor, boxes all around to enclose him, a food bowl, hay and a cardboard hut. i wanted to give him a break from Rex just incase he was hounding him.
One thing i did notice is Rex doing alot of purring and waving of the hips.....in which I'm thinking he was trying to romance Ham?
so if he was trying to romance, rather than fight,...what has gone wrong....and why has poor Ham had a stroke...hes so young!
I'm not expecting him to be alive in the morning....hes drunk very little
they are both males.
I was told there might be abit of disagreement until they find out which one is 'boss'
my poor little sandy and white one called Ham seemed to have a nasty wound to his face, like a chunk of fur missing and a red patch like he had been bitten?!
I havent witnessed any fighting or 'teeth chattering' just the occasional 'nudge'.
so i asked online about the 'bite' and was told that many guinea pigs get the odd nip at the beginning, and once they have sorted out who is in control they will be fine.
They were both happy piggies, eating, drinking etc.
but we started to see less and less of Ham....he just sat in his hut.
so this morning we took the lid of the hut to check on him...and hes seriously not a well piggy
his head is tilted to one side, he can barely walk, he staggers round in circles, and occasionally falls onto his back. he looks ever so ill!
ive had a quick look on the internet again and seem to think its either, mites, ear infection, or a stroke......the latter being the most probable?
I'm hoping to get him into the vets tomorrow....but hes alot lighter than Rex (my other piggy) he doesnt seem to have put any weight on at all.
he nibbles hay if i place it right near him, but he cant make his way to the drink bottle. we have to hold the drink bottle to his mouth for him.
he is currently seperated from Rex as of tonight.
he in a make-shift 'pen'
cloths on the floor, boxes all around to enclose him, a food bowl, hay and a cardboard hut. i wanted to give him a break from Rex just incase he was hounding him.
One thing i did notice is Rex doing alot of purring and waving of the hips.....in which I'm thinking he was trying to romance Ham?
so if he was trying to romance, rather than fight,...what has gone wrong....and why has poor Ham had a stroke...hes so young!
I'm not expecting him to be alive in the morning....hes drunk very little
