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Junior Guinea Pig
2 months ago, my friend's guinea pig gave birth to three little cavies. My friend could no longer care for them, so I took in the mother and one of the daughters. Two months later, it turns out, my friend did not seperate the mother and father in time and now I have 4 baby guinea pigs as well. Besides being a new guinea pig owner, the two guinea pigs that I already had were diagnosed with Streptococcal Pneumonia and are on their 2nd of trimethoprim antibiotics. I don't want the babies to get sick, but I can't afford to take all six guinea pigs to the exotic vet, and the mom likely got the pneumonia from giving birth last time. Although we haven't retested them yet, the vet believes that there is another source to the sneezing and that the pneumonia infection should have cleared up by now. I have tried changing detergents for my fleece bedding, and getting rid of the carefresh bedding that I used for the litter but nothing has worked. Is there anything that I can do to either help cure the pneumonia or get rid of other possible factors that could cause allergic reactions? Also, the vet had pretty mixed feelings about keeping the mom on antibiotics. Does anyone know if trimethoprim is safe for newborns/nursing sows?
