BlueBird
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi there,
Is it normal for guinea pigs to lose weight after travel?
I had my guineas looked after by my parents for the week while we were on holiday. They live an hr and a half drive away. All three of our pigs lost a significant amount of weight when they came back. (It happened last time they pig sat for us too). Unfortunately, I'm bad at weighing them at the same time and I weighed them as soon as they got back so they may have already eaten etc so i cant be sure of the exact weight loss but they all lost 50-100g. Normal weekly fluctuation seems to be about 25-40g.
The oldest pig who's 4/5years was the 100g. So I'm going to get a vet appointment asap just in case. She seems ok, eating normally etc. Maybe it's the stress of travelling? Two of them definitely go into freeze mode when they are in the travel crate.
Important to note they are all still within the "ideal" guinea weight bracket.
Is it normal for guinea pigs to lose weight after travel?
I had my guineas looked after by my parents for the week while we were on holiday. They live an hr and a half drive away. All three of our pigs lost a significant amount of weight when they came back. (It happened last time they pig sat for us too). Unfortunately, I'm bad at weighing them at the same time and I weighed them as soon as they got back so they may have already eaten etc so i cant be sure of the exact weight loss but they all lost 50-100g. Normal weekly fluctuation seems to be about 25-40g.
The oldest pig who's 4/5years was the 100g. So I'm going to get a vet appointment asap just in case. She seems ok, eating normally etc. Maybe it's the stress of travelling? Two of them definitely go into freeze mode when they are in the travel crate.
Important to note they are all still within the "ideal" guinea weight bracket.