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My guinea pig is squeaking loudly when I touch him and he is waking but hoping on his back legs

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Recently i found my guinea pig standing in the corner of his hutch and i tried to get him to move so that i could see what was wrong with him but as i lifted the hutch he didn't walk and he rolled on his side and then got back up. He normally is very active and is running around but when i went to pick him up he just stood there something he doesn't normally do. When i picked him up he was screaming so loudly and bit my arm something he also doesn't normally do. When i had him inside on a towel i noticed he wasn't walking normally and was walking with his two front legs but hoping with his back legs. Eventually i brought another one of my guinea pigs in and she was in the towel with him and normally he would try and run away but he just sat there with her and then he started screaming and he rolled over on his side and i had to help him up. Now he is in a box being monitored but i don't know what could have caused this. I checked his hutch and found two spiders but they weren't ones i could identify like a white tip or red back but i was wondering if his symptoms could have been from a spiders bite? He was only born in November last year.
 
Please take your guinea to the vet ASAP! We can not diagnose wat a vet can. Keep your piggie in the box and get ahold of a vet. Is he eating/drinking?
 
He really does need to see a vet soon.
It sounds like he is in pain and very ill and the only thing to do is have him seen by a professional who can help him feel better.
 
You need to get him to a vet. Keep us informed of how he is and what the vet says
 
mishkaanimals said:
Recently i found my guinea pig standing in the corner of his hutch and i tried to get him to move so that i could see what was wrong with him but as i lifted the hutch he didn't walk and he rolled on his side and then got back up. He normally is very active and is running around but when i went to pick him up he just stood there something he doesn't normally do. When i picked him up he was screaming so loudly and bit my arm something he also doesn't normally do. When i had him inside on a towel i noticed he wasn't walking normally and was walking with his two front legs but hoping with his back legs. Eventually i brought another one of my guinea pigs in and she was in the towel with him and normally he would try and run away but he just sat there with her and then he started screaming and he rolled over on his side and i had to help him up. Now he is in a box being monitored but i don't know what could have caused this. I checked his hutch and found two spiders but they weren't ones i could identify like a white tip or red back but i was wondering if his symptoms could have been from a spiders bite? He was only born in November last year.
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mishkaanimals said:
Recently i found my guinea pig standing in the corner of his hutch and i tried to get him to move so that i could see what was wrong with him but as i lifted the hutch he didn't walk and he rolled on his side and then got back up. He normally is very active and is running around but when i went to pick him up he just stood there something he doesn't normally do. When i picked him up he was screaming so loudly and bit my arm something he also doesn't normally do. When i had him inside on a towel i noticed he wasn't walking normally and was walking with his two front legs but hoping with his back legs. Eventually i brought another one of my guinea pigs in and she was in the towel with him and normally he would try and run away but he just sat there with her and then he started screaming and he rolled over on his side and i had to help him up. Now he is in a box being monitored but i don't know what could have caused this. I checked his hutch and found two spiders but they weren't ones i could identify like a white tip or red back but i was wondering if his symptoms could have been from a spiders bite? He was only born in November last year.
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Hi!

Please see a vet as as quickly as you can! Your piggy is in great distress and pain.

Only a vet can determine the cause and give you any treatment for it, if that is possible or otherwise make sure that he is no longer suffering. If you are in Australia, then poisonous spider bites especially for outdoors piggies can be possible, but that is for a vet to decide.
 
I can only agree with everyone else. Your piggy is in distress and probably in pain. Please take him to see a vet as a matter of urgency.
 
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