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Maddy

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Below is a very very very squealy pig to the point where it's actually doing my head
I think she's calling for the rest of the group and one of my other group members is answering because neither of them are appearing to the other one they're both getting really distressed
I don't know how to settle Bella at all and I feel that a bit of a loss
I'm going to go to the pet shop with my support worker today to see if I can get some chamomile Henry or as I call it to try and settle her because I would like to do a two week quarantine period minimum before intralimb but I don't know what to do because obviously it's sunny and her continue to be distressed I will have to introduce some earlier than planned but I will see if I sleepy helps otherwise known as chamomile hay
I think Bella is this to a certain degree because the more signs she doesn't respond to like the other guinea pigs day but higher text sounds she does respond to
She also responds to me walking on the floor rather than me actually talking to her if I tap something in the cage she will feel it and then go towards whatever it is I've tapped where is Donna definitely doesn't have that problem because Donna responds to stuff like a normal guinea pig and I'm wondering if that has something to do with Bellas insistence squealing
Trust me to get the Lotus guinea pig in the shop lol
I did kind of rescue Bella because I didn't want someone else getting her that doesn't understand about guinea pigs at all because they wouldn't be able to understand what her needs are there as I kind of do because I don't have any eyesight myself so I can actually relate to the struggles that she has due to being albino
The little ones are also really fussy when it comes to stuff that really only eat the alfalfa hay for instance they won't eat the porridge SXL long stem feeding here at all so I'm also going to pick up a couple of bags of the Timothy hay to see if delete that because I can't keep giving him alfalfa because it's really rich. I am worried about them getting a stomach upset if they continually eat the alfalfa
If anybody has any suggestions as to how to quieten her down a bit until the Florentine period is over that would be greatly appreciated
Correction quarantine sorry my Apple dictation is being really really rubbish
I am at my wits end I haven't been sleeping very well either because when I shut the door at night to go to sleep she starts calling for me and her squeal is really loud
 
Has she been seen by a vet yet Maddy?
I know that some pigs can be quite loud, but if she is squealing a lot then there may be an underlying problem.
I think it is perfectly normal for them to be noisy if they think that food might be coming soon, but it does seem unusual that she squeals a lot, and for no obvious reason.
How do she and Donna seem to get on?
 
Is she currently on her own but in the same room as the others?

Widget, didn't shut up during her quarantine period. She knew the others were there and wanted to join them, she was even in the other room.
 
They are all in the same room but in different cages but I don't think that Bella can actually hear properly I think she was more on vibration so I don't think she actually realises how loud she's being because she can't hear self
 
They have been to the vet and the vet can't find anything wrong with them
 
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