I’m awake in the middle of the night because I woke up hearing my guinea pig Pip breathing loudly. Is this most likely a URI or can other things cause them to breathe loud? I can hear him from metres away and so am worried.
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Loud breathing
- Thread starter LaurenS
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I tried to take a video but it didn’t pick up the sound well for some reason, it’s not crackly but more like a honking noise and ended up only lasting about an hour and this morning he’s fine.
PigglePuggle
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If it only lasted an hour then hopefully your piggy just breathed in a bit of hay dust or ate too fast, piggies have very narrow sinuses and inhaling a bit of hay can produce dramatic honking that usually clears in an hour or so after a big sneeze!
Keep an eye on him and if it becomes regular or he seems less active or out of breath then contact a vet, but piggies can often snuffle up food too fast then honk like geese until they have a big drink or a big sneeze- a couple of mine honk at every scatterfeed because they are greedy pigs and their appetite is bigger than their snouts!
Keep an eye on him and if it becomes regular or he seems less active or out of breath then contact a vet, but piggies can often snuffle up food too fast then honk like geese until they have a big drink or a big sneeze- a couple of mine honk at every scatterfeed because they are greedy pigs and their appetite is bigger than their snouts!