My Guinea Pig Is Drooling And I Don't Know Why

[Dan Angelis]

I have notice that my male guinea pig is drooling and has been squeaking a lot but the squeaking is only in the morning and sometimes at night what can I do

 

[DM030819]

Drooling can be a sign that something is wrong with his teeth. Unfortunately mosr vets aren't very experienced with guinea pig teeth as they differ so much from dogs and cats. So you'll need to find a good guinea pig vet to have a look at them for you.

The squeaking could be a sign of pain, although they commonly wheek for many reasons, communicating to each bother and us is one reason.

 

[Wiebke]

I have notice that my male guinea pig is drooling and has been squeaking a lot but the squeaking is only in the morning and sometimes at night what can I do

Please have your guinea pig seen by a good vet!
Drooling is most of often the sign that something is wrong with the teeth (usually the premolars grow spurs trapping the tongue, so a guinea pig can't swallow properly) or oral thrush.

Please weigh daily at the same time and start syringe feeding asap to make sure that the guts keep going. Our guide has got tips what you can do with what you have got at home or easily available, as well as how to prep a syringe and how much/how often to feed.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

We have got a recommended UK vets locator on the top bar, but can provide a link to recommended vets in some other countries is wished. As we members from all over the world, we find it very helpful if you please added your country, state/province or UK county so we can tailor any advice to what is available and relevant where you are straight away. Please click on your username on the top bar, then go to personal details and scroll down to location. This will make it appear underneath your username on the left in every post you make and speed up any help that we can give. Thank you!

 

[Dan Angelis]

Please have your guinea pig seen by a good vet!
Drooling is most of often the sign that something is wrong with the teeth (usually the premolars grow spurs trapping the tongue, so a guinea pig can't swallow properly) or oral thrush.

Please weigh daily at the same time and start syringe feeding asap to make sure that the guts keep going. Our guide has got tips what you can do with what you have got at home or easily available, as well as how to prep a syringe and how much/how often to feed.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

We have got a recommended UK vets locator on the top bar, but can provide a link to recommended vets in some other countries is wished. As we members from all over the world, we find it very helpful if you please added your country, state/province or UK county so we can tailor any advice to what is available and relevant where you are straight away. Please click on your username on the top bar, then go to personal details and scroll down to location. This will make it appear underneath your username on the left in every post you make and speed up any help that we can

Please have your guinea pig seen by a good vet!
Drooling is most of often the sign that something is wrong with the teeth (usually the premolars grow spurs trapping the tongue, so a guinea pig can't swallow properly) or oral thrush.

Please weigh daily at the same time and start syringe feeding asap to make sure that the guts keep going. Our guide has got tips what you can do with what you have got at home or easily available, as well as how to prep a syringe and how much/how often to feed.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

We have got a recommended UK vets locator on the top bar, but can provide a link to recommended vets in some other countries is wished. As we members from all over the world, we find it very helpful if you please added your country, state/province or UK county so we can tailor any advice to what is available and relevant where you are straight away. Please click on your username on the top bar, then go to personal details and scroll down to location. This will make it appear underneath your username on the left in every post you make and speed up any help that we can give. Thank you!

thank you for the information but I don't know how I can weigh him or I don't have the money to get him to the vet also he's not neutere do you think that came be a resin and what about the squeaking is every morning and night not in the middle of the day

thank you for the information but I don't know how I can weigh him or I don't have the money to get him to the vet also he's not neutere do you think that came be a resin and what about the squeaking is every morning and night not in the middle of the day

 

[Dan Angelis]

he's not neutere do you think that can be a reason

 

[Wiebke]

You can weigh your boy on cheap kitchen scales from the supermarket.
Here is a guide: How To Pick Up And Weigh Your Guinea Pig

Please be aware that if your boy is drooling without medical care, he is most likely slowly starving to death or he has a excruciatingly painful blockage in guts, which will also kill him in a not very nice way.

 

[Dan Angelis]

Omg thanks you so much now I just need to know how am I going to get the money and do you know of a good vet for guinea pigs

 

[Wiebke]

Omg thanks you so much now I just need to know how am I going to get the money and do you know of a good vet for guinea pigs

In order to do that, I need to first know which country, state, province or UK county you are located in, please! We have got members from all over the world.

 

[Dan Angelis]

In order to do that, I need to first know which country, state, province or UK county you are located in, please! We have got members from all over the world.

I'm in the US Boston Massachusetts

 

[Wiebke]

These vets here are recommended for Boston: Guinea Lynx Records :: Topic - Veterinarians: Massachusetts

Even if you cannot afford any major treatment, if it is a not very nice death yours is facing (and all we can do is guess), then it would be the kindest thing to do to euthanise. Unfortunately, many people are not aware just how important vet cost are and how important it is to save up when they get a "cheap" pet.

I just had to do that with my old gent Maelog on Saturday when his sudden drooling/inability to swallow was found to have been caused by a blockage, so I feel for you.

Plese start syringe feeding asap; our guide has got tips what you can do with what you have at home (pellets) or easily available (syringe from the pharmacy). Drooling is one of the alarm signs. Whether he also has got a bladder stone, bladder infection, gut problem or dental problem or any combination thereof etc. is impossible to tell for us.
Complete Syringe Feeding Guide

 

[Dan Angelis]

Thanks you so much but do you know why he only squeaks in the morning and night not in the middle of the day

 

[Wiebke]

Thanks you so much but do you know why he only squeaks in the morning and night not in the middle of the day

Look, without a vet examination there is no real way to to do more than speculate what exactly is going on. We cannot replace a vet visit. All we can do is make a judgment on the basis of the symptoms you report as to whether your guinea pig needs to see a vet and how urgently, we are none of us vets and neither can a vet do a consultation reliably without seeing a piggy on the examination table.

I wish you and your poorly piggy all the best. If your piggy is drooling, then it is most likely not eating properly, so you need to syringe feed and water or the guts will close down. Guinea pigs are sadly only very small and fairly fragile animals. They rely on a steady influx of nutritionally poor hay.

 

[Dan Angelis]

Okay thank for the help