Hanwombat
Senior Guinea Pig
Oh no poor Romeo, when I had him he was such a lovely pig and never had any problems
Hope he gets better xx
Could be a URI, the poor little fella
Could be a URI, the poor little fella
I would be interested in getting a urine sample into the vet, I had a pig who was unwell for a period of time not drastically it was small things. I remember returning home from work and found her drenched in her urine all round her bum, looking very miserable.
The problem with pigs - you can allocate symptoms to pigs and it's not always the same illness on many occasions it's something totally different but if he was my pig I would be interested in ruling out protein in the urine due to infection, glucose (Diabetes) and blood of course. An X-ray for bladder stones to, as they aren't always found by palpation.
Keep a close eye on his weight, poops and food intake.
I do however hope the Baytril does the trick but if you do have to go back, worthwhile taking a urine sample.
i tried to get a urine sample before taking him to the vets yesterday, but i will put him in the box for longer on thurs and hope he obliges, i am afraid though it looks more and more likely he and marble have fallen out, as marble is in the corner of the c & c cage , not looking happy, and there is teeth chattering going on, so its two food bowls, two water bottles, and two houses(although there always was ) i just cant think why they have decided to fall out, there was no more blood in the cage today, so i am thinking maybe it is because romeo is nt well they are keeping their distance from each other? i really dont want to part these two at this stage, aargh i dont know what to do !
I'm sorry that it seems they may have fallen out, sadly when I obviously gave them to you I cannot predict that they'll be bestest buds foreverI did though think that they'd make a new pair though as they both seemed to get on fine and were both quite docile.
well i am sorry to say having them both out on my lap did nt go too well, they were very prickly with each other, and tried to bite each other, it was also weighing time tonight, and both have lost weight (despite me saying in an earlier post that romeo had nt- i was going by the vets weight in kg s we weigh in lbs, got my sums wrong), so i think they are both pretty stressed, i feel so sad these boys, who got on so well, now obviously dont .
I'm sorry to hear they don't seem to be getting alongmaybe try marble or romeo with your other boar that is living alone and see if that works?
Boars can be sooo frustrating! Sometimes I wonder why I don't just have sows. I thought Sky and Loki were doing great and then the day after Marble and Romeo left, Loki was getting aggressive and well now they've been separated for over three months. Same with Bounty who is very aggressive to other boars.
yes you are right about boars! i have put a grid down the middle of romeo and marble now, and yes i was thinking of tryinng marble with hartley, when everything has settled down, as i believe now that both of these boys were the less aggressive in their previous groups, i havve two weeks off over christmas , so may try then,honestly , i started off with three happy, together and two happy together,, now i have two happy together and three seperate ! its a good job we love our piggies, and will persevere!
I can't offer an explanation for the eyes squinting, other than to agree that it is likely they are stressed from fighting/not being able to get away from the other.
I would like to share something I found with my two though, about the blood and the perceived lack of injury.
Branston and Pickle get on fine most of the time, but occasionally one of them decides he's frisky, and chases/mounts/dominates the other relentlessly for a few hours. It stresses them both out for a small while, then they go back to being best of friends.
Usually we don't intervene unless they are really about to get stressed (and by intervene I mean seperate them), but on two occasions I've had to do so - because Pickle got so fed up with being chased that he bit Branston on the nose.
It was unusual for a couple of reasons - firstly, there was loads of blood, probably because those incisors are so sharp; secondly, because within about ten minutes you wouldn't be able to tell there had been a bite.
Before I'd had chance to wipe the blood off/stem the bleeding, Branston had completely cleaned himself of any blood, and the cut was nowhere to be seen.
I believe that, like some other prey animals, guinea pigs have amongst their defence armoury an extra coagulant or clotting saliva, which enables them to hide injury from predators.
Basically, he's cleaned himself and licked the cut, and it's sealed and closed very quickly, and combined with his hair, it's now invisible.
So if you have come home to find a piggy that has blood where he's been sat, and either no blood on him or no injury, it could well be that he's taken care of it himself.
Sorry for the long post, just my thoughts on the subject. Hope your pigwigs get well soon, and can stop scrapping![]()