Hi everyone
For those who know me already will know that we lost Tufty a few weeks ago, we believe to old age and possible bloat. We lost another guinea Squeak before Christmas who was terribly small and we think she was too cold even though we gave her plenty of bedding and a large heat mat and she was with her sister. Tonight we have suddenly lost one of our others. When I went to check on them all this morning he was absolutely fine, food had been eaten, water drank and he was snuggled up with his cage friend and looked absolutely fine. I have been in to see them all tonight, feed them again etc and he had gone. He wasn't cold so I'm reluctant to think the cold has got him. There was no physical sign of trauma or injury so I cannot believe that he was sick in any way. I cannot understand why he has so suddenly died. He is housed with a rabbit and has been since the beginning. They get on really well and have never ever shown any sign of agresssion towards each other. Rebel is a very small netherland dwarf and the guinea was about the same size as him. I find it extremely unlikely that Rebel has done this to him, especially when the rabbit himself was showing increased signs of distress as he was taken away. They always snuggle up together, eat together and get on very well. Last night we did put Snowball and Rebel on straw as bedding overnight. Could this have caused it? I doubt it, not so quickly. There have been no immediate changes in diet. They were on rabbit pellets for a very short time but the vet said it would be ok for him. They were put back onto guinea pig pellets about 4 weeks ago and they were, for the most part, on guinea pig pellets the whole time so again I'm reluctant to think this has killed him and indeed so quickly. Both Rebel and Snowball were 3 in November (even this is not certain). Could it have been a heart attack or possible stroke that got him? He wasn't cold when I found him and rigor mortis hadn't set in at all. He is still limp now but I'm fairly certain his life has gone as his heart doesn't seem to be beating and he isn't breathing and isn't showing any signs of life. Could anyone possibly give me a reason why this may have happened? He was absolutely fine this morning, squeaking and carrying on as usual and this evening he has gone.......8...
For those who know me already will know that we lost Tufty a few weeks ago, we believe to old age and possible bloat. We lost another guinea Squeak before Christmas who was terribly small and we think she was too cold even though we gave her plenty of bedding and a large heat mat and she was with her sister. Tonight we have suddenly lost one of our others. When I went to check on them all this morning he was absolutely fine, food had been eaten, water drank and he was snuggled up with his cage friend and looked absolutely fine. I have been in to see them all tonight, feed them again etc and he had gone. He wasn't cold so I'm reluctant to think the cold has got him. There was no physical sign of trauma or injury so I cannot believe that he was sick in any way. I cannot understand why he has so suddenly died. He is housed with a rabbit and has been since the beginning. They get on really well and have never ever shown any sign of agresssion towards each other. Rebel is a very small netherland dwarf and the guinea was about the same size as him. I find it extremely unlikely that Rebel has done this to him, especially when the rabbit himself was showing increased signs of distress as he was taken away. They always snuggle up together, eat together and get on very well. Last night we did put Snowball and Rebel on straw as bedding overnight. Could this have caused it? I doubt it, not so quickly. There have been no immediate changes in diet. They were on rabbit pellets for a very short time but the vet said it would be ok for him. They were put back onto guinea pig pellets about 4 weeks ago and they were, for the most part, on guinea pig pellets the whole time so again I'm reluctant to think this has killed him and indeed so quickly. Both Rebel and Snowball were 3 in November (even this is not certain). Could it have been a heart attack or possible stroke that got him? He wasn't cold when I found him and rigor mortis hadn't set in at all. He is still limp now but I'm fairly certain his life has gone as his heart doesn't seem to be beating and he isn't breathing and isn't showing any signs of life. Could anyone possibly give me a reason why this may have happened? He was absolutely fine this morning, squeaking and carrying on as usual and this evening he has gone.......8...
guinea pigs do have very soft insides which can be damaged very easily which can cause internal bleeding, i doubt it would be aggression from the rabbit but has you said this morning he was fine and we on here has seen and heard of many of cases were rabbits and guineas have been living together for years then the rabbit has bucked his legs and some real bad damage has been done,this is the only thing that i can think of why your guinea died.
