1 What are Wiebke's Home Care Support Guides?
2 Contents list with direct links
- Inter-species contagion and cavy care during human illness/pregnancy/immuno-suppression
- Wiebke's Guides to the Body: Normality and Illness
- Health monitoring and pain assessment
- Acute crisis and post-op care; heat strokes
- Practical tips for dealing with some common illnesses (incl. ringworm)
- Long term conditions and disabilities care
- End of life care and bereavement support for cavies and humans
1 What are Wiebke's Home Care Support Guides?
This subforum contains detailed advice for supportive care at home to compliment any medical care.
You can access it via this link here: Wiebke's Home Care Support Guides
The guides contain support care tips for health monitoring, human/guinea pig contact during illness and pregnancy or cancer treatment, acute illness care, dealing with common health issues in guinea pigs, long term frailness/disability support, end of life care and bereavement.
For medical and home care advice for critically ill guinea pigs please see our Emergency Care subforum.
Emergency Resources and Critical Illness Care - Subforum Link
The home care guides do NOT replace veterinary care but are focussing on what you can do for your guinea pig at home during any medical treatment or in need of long term support.
Some guides may also contain advice on what concerns to raise with a vet not experienced in guinea pigs and what to look out for in terms of possible longer term complications.
Any special medical and medications advice has been proof-read and recommended by an experienced exotics nurse. I have included active ingredients in medications to allow your vet to find an available corresponding brand in countries other than the UK or US.
Please respect that we cannot type out the full care advice laid out in our various guides to every single member and that the advice can often not be condensed into just two short sentences. The guides are there to give you the full in-depth information and practical how-to tips.
2 Contents overview with direct links
Inter-species contagion and cavy care during human illness and pregnancy (incl. Covid)
Contagion - Pet Care During Owner Illness (incl. Covid)/Pregnancy&Immuno-depression/Zoonosis
Wiebke's Guides to the Body - Normality and Illness
Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones
Wiebke's Guide to Poops
Wiebke's Guide to Tummy Trouble
Boar Problems 'Down Below' (Penis, Impaction, Testicles & Neutering, Mammary Tumours & Grease Gland)
Sow Problems 'Down Below' (Ovarian Cysts, Super-seasons, Womb Infection, Pregnancy & Mammary Tumours)
Health monitoring and pain assessment
Weight Monitoring and Management
Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support
Signs of Pain
Acute crisis, post-op care and heat strokes
Emergency Resources and Critical Illness Care - Contents list and subforum link
Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency
A Sensitive and Practical Guide to Dying, Terminal Illness and Euthanasia in Guinea Pigs
Looking After Guinea Pigs With Limited or No Mobility
Tips For Post-operative Care
Neutering operations: Considerations, post-op care and a successful recovery example
Hot Weather Management, Heat Strokes and Fly Strike
Common illnesses care
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
Digestive Disorders: Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement) And Not Eating
Female Health Issues of the Reproductive Tract in Guinea Pigs
Long term conditions and disabilities care
Neurological Issues (Seizures, Strokes, E.cuniculi etc.) - Symptoms and Care
CBS Syndrome (Calcified Bulla Syndrome/Walled-in Otitis Media - Symptoms and Care
Looking after guinea pigs with limited or no mobility (includes back leg paralysis or care for severely ill piggies that are not moving much)
End of life care and bereavement support
Caring for Older Piggies and Facing the End - A practical and supportive information collection
A Practical Guide to Dying, Terminal Illness and Euthanasia in Guinea Pigs
Looking After a Bereaved Guinea Pig
Human Bereavement: Grieving, Coping and Support Links for Guinea Pig Owners and Their Children
2 Contents list with direct links
- Inter-species contagion and cavy care during human illness/pregnancy/immuno-suppression
- Wiebke's Guides to the Body: Normality and Illness
- Health monitoring and pain assessment
- Acute crisis and post-op care; heat strokes
- Practical tips for dealing with some common illnesses (incl. ringworm)
- Long term conditions and disabilities care
- End of life care and bereavement support for cavies and humans
1 What are Wiebke's Home Care Support Guides?
This subforum contains detailed advice for supportive care at home to compliment any medical care.
You can access it via this link here: Wiebke's Home Care Support Guides
The guides contain support care tips for health monitoring, human/guinea pig contact during illness and pregnancy or cancer treatment, acute illness care, dealing with common health issues in guinea pigs, long term frailness/disability support, end of life care and bereavement.
For medical and home care advice for critically ill guinea pigs please see our Emergency Care subforum.
Emergency Resources and Critical Illness Care - Subforum Link
The home care guides do NOT replace veterinary care but are focussing on what you can do for your guinea pig at home during any medical treatment or in need of long term support.
Some guides may also contain advice on what concerns to raise with a vet not experienced in guinea pigs and what to look out for in terms of possible longer term complications.
Any special medical and medications advice has been proof-read and recommended by an experienced exotics nurse. I have included active ingredients in medications to allow your vet to find an available corresponding brand in countries other than the UK or US.
Please respect that we cannot type out the full care advice laid out in our various guides to every single member and that the advice can often not be condensed into just two short sentences. The guides are there to give you the full in-depth information and practical how-to tips.
2 Contents overview with direct links
Inter-species contagion and cavy care during human illness and pregnancy (incl. Covid)
Contagion - Pet Care During Owner Illness (incl. Covid)/Pregnancy&Immuno-depression/Zoonosis
Wiebke's Guides to the Body - Normality and Illness
Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones
Wiebke's Guide to Poops
Wiebke's Guide to Tummy Trouble
Boar Problems 'Down Below' (Penis, Impaction, Testicles & Neutering, Mammary Tumours & Grease Gland)
Sow Problems 'Down Below' (Ovarian Cysts, Super-seasons, Womb Infection, Pregnancy & Mammary Tumours)
Health monitoring and pain assessment
Weight Monitoring and Management
Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support
Signs of Pain
Acute crisis, post-op care and heat strokes
Emergency Resources and Critical Illness Care - Contents list and subforum link
Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment
All About Syringe Feeding and Medicating Guinea Pigs with Videos and Pictures
How to Improvise Feeding Support in an Emergency
A Sensitive and Practical Guide to Dying, Terminal Illness and Euthanasia in Guinea Pigs
Looking After Guinea Pigs With Limited or No Mobility
Tips For Post-operative Care
Neutering operations: Considerations, post-op care and a successful recovery example
Hot Weather Management, Heat Strokes and Fly Strike
Common illnesses care
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures
Digestive Disorders: Diarrhea - Bloat - GI Stasis (No Gut Movement) And Not Eating
Female Health Issues of the Reproductive Tract in Guinea Pigs
Long term conditions and disabilities care
Neurological Issues (Seizures, Strokes, E.cuniculi etc.) - Symptoms and Care
CBS Syndrome (Calcified Bulla Syndrome/Walled-in Otitis Media - Symptoms and Care
Looking after guinea pigs with limited or no mobility (includes back leg paralysis or care for severely ill piggies that are not moving much)
End of life care and bereavement support
Caring for Older Piggies and Facing the End - A practical and supportive information collection
A Practical Guide to Dying, Terminal Illness and Euthanasia in Guinea Pigs
Looking After a Bereaved Guinea Pig
Human Bereavement: Grieving, Coping and Support Links for Guinea Pig Owners and Their Children