My Guinea Pig Chokes When Eating

[snuffles]

My guinea pig snuffle seems to choke when eating. He has his heaving hiccups a few times whenever he eats but also chokes, has a lot of brown snot coming out of his nose and seems to vomit. But then he gets back to normal and continues eating. He does it so often I would have thought it was normal had I not had a second guinea pig, scruffy, who has the ocasional heaving hiccup and never has snot. Snuffle also lost a considerable amount of weight. I think it would be because he does not eat much as he has to stop at every few nuggets to choke and cough.
I would like to know if this is serious or whether every gready guinea pig that eats too fast has that problem.

 

[Katy Felix]

I don't think guinea pigs can vomit. If there's brown snot I think that could be a sign of blood in the nose? I used to know someone who's piggy had red-brown snot and it turned out to be a tumor in the nose. If there's something coming out of his mouth maybe it's a dental issue, like the chewed up food isn't going down. I think a vet's appointment would be good.

 

[gizzy]

Hi there, this shouldn't be happening! ,! lf it were my pig l would descuss it with a vet ASAP , !!!

 

[Lady Kelly]

it sounds very serious. Weight loss is one of the first signs that something is not right. Snot is absolutely not normal and guinea pigs can't vomit. Please get to a vet asap

 

[snuffles]

Thanks for helping me I will speek with a vet soon but I think it is the food coming out of his nose while he has the heaving hiccup as I did not mention but the nuggets are brown as well.
also I did not mention that I have been feeding him less as he was quite fat

 

[VickiA]

I would still recommend a vet visit to rule out any underlying problems.

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

Please see an experienced, guinea pig savvy vet, this is definitely not normal. Nothing at all should be coming out of the nose, it could be very serious.

Hope he's okay!