I rescued my guinea pig Atticus a few years ago from a pet store who just received him literally minutes before from his previous owner who no longer could care for him. His nails were so overgrown that he could barely walk and his hair (he's a long hair) was matted everywhere. After cleaning him up, we brought him to the vet who estimated his age around 3 or 4 years old.
Now, he is around 7 or 8 years old which I know is pretty old for a guinea pig. Recently he's started to slow down a bit but a few days ago I noticed him making these awful choking noises when he's just bumming around his cage. He has never choked while eating or anything. He is still eating (although he doesn't want his greens anymore), drinking, and going to the bathroom, and is still around the same weight. No crusty eyes or signs of a URI, although he hasn't been his usual vocal and active self (I'm just chalking that one up to old age though). Looked in his mouth and all seems fine. I'm really at a loss for what's wrong with him. We scheduled a vet appointment but the soonest they could see us is on Wednesday. I'm just worried because the noises happen every 15 minutes or so now. :/
Here's two videoes of him making a noise and lurching, usually the noise comes out more in a "cough" form but I wasn't able to record a video of that exact noise. Thank you in advance.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoqawoADm8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoqawoADm8[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDmn76_VZI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDmn76_VZI[/ame]
Now, he is around 7 or 8 years old which I know is pretty old for a guinea pig. Recently he's started to slow down a bit but a few days ago I noticed him making these awful choking noises when he's just bumming around his cage. He has never choked while eating or anything. He is still eating (although he doesn't want his greens anymore), drinking, and going to the bathroom, and is still around the same weight. No crusty eyes or signs of a URI, although he hasn't been his usual vocal and active self (I'm just chalking that one up to old age though). Looked in his mouth and all seems fine. I'm really at a loss for what's wrong with him. We scheduled a vet appointment but the soonest they could see us is on Wednesday. I'm just worried because the noises happen every 15 minutes or so now. :/
Here's two videoes of him making a noise and lurching, usually the noise comes out more in a "cough" form but I wasn't able to record a video of that exact noise. Thank you in advance.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoqawoADm8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoqawoADm8[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDmn76_VZI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDmn76_VZI[/ame]
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