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What is a guinea pigs chest supposed to sound like

sorryinternofthemoon

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Hello I’m a relatively New Guinea pig owner as my boys are just shy of 2 years. They went to the vet in August for a check up and everything seemed fine. I’m a paranoid patty so I check their chest regularly. I hear a louder noise than their hearts I wouldn’t say it’s popping but it’s a louder badum if that makes sense. I just want to know what it is before I take them to the vet.
Anything is helpful
Thank you
 
I’m afraid it would be impossible for us to say. We can only ever advise a vet check is you are worried.

We would advise you increase the routine weight checks if you are worried about them so you can more closely monitor hay intake
This link below is the more up to date version of the one added above and should be accessible.

Weight and Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support
 
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