Hooting

[*Gemma*]

So I got woken up last night at 4am to the hooting sound, I’ve heard it once before and Maisie had a URI
I’m going to try and book a vets appointment for today take them all to get checked over.
Do they ever just hoot? Or would you say I need to see a vet today? I don’t know if I will be able to get an appointment for today because it’s saturday.

 

[sport_billy]

If they are still hooting then yes a vets visits is needed. If it stops it may be somepig ate too fast or got dust up nose from hay. Widget was forever doing t with one brand of Timothy hay it scared the life out of me after losing a piggy to pneumonia it would clear from widge with a huge cough or sneeze
If it doesn’t stop within say an hour or so this morning I would get them checked out

 

[sport_billy]

Are they hooting now?

 

[*Gemma*]

No they aren’t hooting now. But he was laying down and doing it for bout 45mins last night. I got him out this morning and he has clear nose, breathing etc

 

[sport_billy]

As long as he eating, pooing acting normal breathing sounds fine, no hooting, or discharge from the nose or eyes look gunky, then I would wait and see, hopefully just some dusty hay In his airways. It is very good news he hasn’t done it again

 

[Wiebke]

So I got woken up last night at 4am to the hooting sound, I’ve heard it once before and Maisie had a URI
I’m going to try and book a vets appointment for today take them all to get checked over.
Do they ever just hoot? Or would you say I need to see a vet today? I don’t know if I will be able to get an appointment for today because it’s saturday.

If your piggy is still hooting in the morning, then please have her checked.

Generally, hooting is a sign of a mild temporary obstruction in the nose that usually disappears within a few hours; often by a good old sneeze. You only need to worry if it persists, if there are more breathing issues (risk of URI) or if the hooting returns/persists over weeks and there are other signs of potential heart disease.

Guinea pigs have very small and narrow airways; they can also not breathe through their mouths. That means that every little problem is immediately very audible, long before it would be in a human. Hooting is the equivalent of a mildly blocked nostril.

 

[*Gemma*]

If your piggy is still hooting in the morning, then please have her checked.

Generally, hooting is a sign of a mild temporary obstruction in the nose that usually disappears within a few hours; often by a good old sneeze. You only need to worry if it persists, if there are more breathing issues (risk of URI) or if the hooting returns/persists over weeks and there are other signs of potential heart disease.

Guinea pigs have very small and narrow airways; they can also not breathe through their mouths. That means that every little problem is immediately very audible, long before it would be in a human. Hooting is the equivalent of a mildly blocked nostril.

Well he hasn’t done it again since. Thank you so much, I understand it better now

 

[*Gemma*]

As long as he eating, pooing acting normal breathing sounds fine, no hooting, or discharge from the nose or eyes look gunky, then I would wait and see, hopefully just some dusty hay In his airways. It is very good news he hasn’t done it again

Thank you so much for the advice, he seems perfectly fine in himself. I think I just panicked because of my Maisie hooting and then having a URI. Well be keeping a close eye on him

 

[sport_billy]

Thank you so much for the advice, he seems perfectly fine in himself. I think I just panicked because of my Maisie hooting and then having a URI. Well be keeping a close eye on him

Pleasure, these things are a worry