BonBon2010
Adult Guinea Pig
I've noticed this week he's dropped a bit of weight.. being on his last weigh in, he weighed the same as my sow Treacle.. he's 3 and a half, and a Peruvian.. and I'm worried that as a pure bred, I've heard from a few people that they tend to be shorter lived
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He's eating fine, and still very playful with biscuit his younger pal.. could he have wasting disease, or is it just age? I'd take him to my vet, but after the last visit where they had to look up a problem in Humbug which made me feel they didn't deal with guinea pigs very often, has left me thinking, do I have to travel further a field to find a Savvy vet?
On a down side, I lost one a couple of years ago to wasting disease.. Patch.. She was lovely.. even though she died pretty sudden, she had all the classic signs, a great appetite, but just 'disappeared' in front of me
I really hop this isn't what's happening to Crackers8...

He's eating fine, and still very playful with biscuit his younger pal.. could he have wasting disease, or is it just age? I'd take him to my vet, but after the last visit where they had to look up a problem in Humbug which made me feel they didn't deal with guinea pigs very often, has left me thinking, do I have to travel further a field to find a Savvy vet?
On a down side, I lost one a couple of years ago to wasting disease.. Patch.. She was lovely.. even though she died pretty sudden, she had all the classic signs, a great appetite, but just 'disappeared' in front of me

I really hop this isn't what's happening to Crackers8...