Comments on: The Most Common Guinea Pigs Health Problems http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/ Secrets of Raising Healthy, Happy Guinea Pigs Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:57:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Amanda Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:07:12 +0000 http://www.guineapigstips.com/?p=3#comment-33 Guinea Pigs- they will try to assert dominance and may appear to be "mean" to one another when this is natural. They will chase each other, nudge each other in the butt or nose, chew on each other (not leaving marks), and jump in the air. These are all normal. If they start rumbling very loudly, chattering their teeth very loudly, or rear up on their back legs while approaching the other pig than the fight is on. Use a towel to separate the two. I have recently gotten into Guinea Pigs and feel very privileged to have a friend that works with an exotics vet. My question is this- I have a guinea pig that urinates every 15-20 minutes while the other will wait hours to urinate. All of the information I have points to problems. Does anyone else have a piggy that waits a long time to urinate? Guinea Pigs- they will try to assert dominance and may appear to be “mean” to one another when this is natural. They will chase each other, nudge each other in the butt or nose, chew on each other (not leaving marks), and jump in the air. These are all normal. If they start rumbling very loudly, chattering their teeth very loudly, or rear up on their back legs while approaching the other pig than the fight is on. Use a towel to separate the two. I have recently gotten into Guinea Pigs and feel very privileged to have a friend that works with an exotics vet.

My question is this- I have a guinea pig that urinates every 15-20 minutes while the other will wait hours to urinate. All of the information I have points to problems. Does anyone else have a piggy that waits a long time to urinate?

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Lizzie Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:27:42 +0000 http://www.guineapigstips.com/?p=3#comment-29 I have 10 guinea pigs, 1 boar that has been castrated and 9 females, all from the age of 4 years of age to about 8 years old. they live outside in a big run that is secure there is one cage for sleeping in etc and 1 dog kennel for eating in. i feed them guinea pig muesli and loads haylage, hay with fruit and veg, when the weather is good then they run about the garden freely and are locked back up when it gets dark, lately i havent been able to clean them out as much as usual ( about every 5 - 7 days) due to illness (its been 10 days) i have had and i have 1 guinea pig with a sore looking eye, it has a light grey skin flap that has been pushed to the middle of her eye and very red looking, i cant afford to take her to the vet as i have not been working as i have shingles, what advice do you have thanks Lizzie I have 10 guinea pigs, 1 boar that has been castrated and 9 females, all from the age of 4 years of age to about 8 years old.
they live outside in a big run that is secure there is one cage for sleeping in etc and 1 dog kennel for eating in.
i feed them guinea pig muesli and loads haylage, hay with fruit and veg, when the weather is good then they run about the garden freely and are locked back up when it gets dark, lately i havent been able to clean them out as much as usual ( about every 5 – 7 days) due to illness (its been 10 days) i have had and i have 1 guinea pig with a sore looking eye, it has a light grey skin flap that has been pushed to the middle of her eye and very red looking, i cant afford to take her to the vet as i have not been working as i have shingles, what advice do you have

thanks Lizzie

]]> By: Lauren Ditmore http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Lauren Ditmore Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:50:28 +0000 http://www.guineapigstips.com/?p=3#comment-17 Hi. I just purchased a guinea pig three days ago. I felt i needed another guinea pig to acompany my first guinea pig, so the day after i got my first one, i went to a different store and got another guinea pig. They're both males. We put the newest one in the cage with my first one and they got along fine for the first couple hours. They were even snuggling in the same dome. But a few hours later the first one i got started chasing and pulling my other guinea pigs fur. We seperated them. The next day we went out and bought a little kiddy pool and bought another dome, we thought this might solve the problem. We put them in both at the same time but the first guinea pig I got would go into my other guinea pigs dome and attack him. I felt really sad and seperated them again. Later my mom called her friend who has a lot of guinea pigs and knows a lot about them told me to put them back together in the kiddy pool. I did so but the same thing still happens. Over night it has gotten better. If the fighting continues should i seperate them again? Hi. I just purchased a guinea pig three days ago. I felt i needed another guinea pig to acompany my first guinea pig, so the day after i got my first one, i went to a different store and got another guinea pig. They’re both males. We put the newest one in the cage with my first one and they got along fine for the first couple hours. They were even snuggling in the same dome. But a few hours later the first one i got started chasing and pulling my other guinea pigs fur. We seperated them. The next day we went out and bought a little kiddy pool and bought another dome, we thought this might solve the problem. We put them in both at the same time but the first guinea pig I got would go into my other guinea pigs dome and attack him. I felt really sad and seperated them again. Later my mom called her friend who has a lot of guinea pigs and knows a lot about them told me to put them back together in the kiddy pool. I did so but the same thing still happens. Over night it has gotten better. If the fighting continues should i seperate them again?

]]> By: Alice http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Alice Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:20:18 +0000 http://www.guineapigstips.com/?p=3#comment-14 Hi, my guinea pig is constantly itchy but I have found no mites or lice or dandruf but he is constantly scratching him and It is worrying me.Not to mention he has moments where he randomly running around and he seems upset but shows no direct signs of wanting food or needing something is that normal? Hi, my guinea pig is constantly itchy but I have found no mites or lice or dandruf but he is constantly scratching him and It is worrying me.Not to mention he has moments where he randomly running around and he seems upset but shows no direct signs of wanting food or needing something is that normal?

]]> By: rachel http://www.guineapigstips.com/3/the-most-common-guinea-pigs-health-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-12 rachel Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:26:16 +0000 http://www.guineapigstips.com/?p=3#comment-12 hello i have swine flu myself, i have noticed that my female guineapig has a little bit of a watery eye, and keeps closing it, i also noticed this morning that she has i think been sneezing or has a runny nose , as i noticed some dried up fluid by one of her nostrrils, i wont handle them at the minute as i am un well, so my son does this, i get him to bathe her eye in cool boiled water, her eye does not seem to be sore, she is still up and running around, her brother that is the same age as her , he is just fine, they are both 5 mths old approx, could my guineapig have caughjt something from me before i was confirmed as having swine flu, the last thing i want is for my little piggie to die, as i love so very much, could you please help on this matter, many thanks from rachel hello i have swine flu myself, i have noticed that my female guineapig has a little bit of a watery eye, and keeps closing it, i also noticed this morning that she has i think been sneezing or has a runny nose , as i noticed some dried up fluid by one of her nostrrils, i wont handle them at the minute as i am un well, so my son does this, i get him to bathe her eye in cool boiled water, her eye does not seem to be sore, she is still up and running around, her brother that is the same age as her , he is just fine, they are both 5 mths old approx, could my guineapig have caughjt something from me before i was confirmed as having swine flu, the last thing i want is for my little piggie to die, as i love so very much, could you please help on this matter, many thanks from rachel

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