Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / June 2005

RIley's got a bum hip.  Vet says he's got necrosis. The xray didn't show
pieces of bone--indicating fracture.  
I wonder if he's got a deformed hip......I also have necrosis in my
wrist--unknown to me my wrist was broken in a fall--and wasn't aware of

Yes, my cats love guinea-pig meat !
Meow !

One of my Piggies has had trouble passing poo it looks like its getting
stuck
now he doesn't use his back legs he just drags them behind him is this
connected

I wrote to let you know of our sick boy a while ago, and have posted a
few updates.  We're desparate.  Here's the story from the beginning.
Bud began getting urine in the blood, about 3 months ago.  After a week
we decided to take him to the vet.  He was acting FINE.  Then, the

i have adopted 2 GP one male and a female ( 3 month and 8 months approx.)
which I am told have been quite beaten up by the previous owner (...).
infact they appear quite shy , nervous and untolerant even to petting .
what are the chances for both of the m to recover psicologically ...

I'm getting another pig tomorrow - he's going to be living alone until
he's been neutered, hopefully sometime this summer - his owner is moving
and gave the pregnant female to someone else; I said I'd take the male
since I have an extra cage (kept Princess') and can keep him away ...

I'm new to the newsgroup but not new to piggies.  I haven't had a piggie for
about 10 years.  I have two (human) boys who are 5 and 3 years old and
thought it would be nice to get them into caring for pets now.  They both
are so good with small pets and have a real heart for ...

It was too late for Noodles to be saved. I took her to the vet ASAP since
she had breathing difficulties and hadn't eaten all morning. As soon as the
vet started checking her, she began to bleed from her nose and died
immediately.

Hey there,
My guinea pig has a jaw problem. Because of this problem he cannot eat
solids, but since I feed him with "science-recovery" through a seringe,
he's feeling quite well. In fact, we managed to get him up and going

Today my GP started sneezing quite often. This morning she hasn't eaten.
Yesterday she ate quite a bit. She looked very healthy yesterday, but today
she is showing signs that something is not quite right.
She was sneezing all morning and didn't come out to eat. She is inside her

I got myself and my wife a new pet yesterday, a nice young GP who we call
"noodles". She was acquired from a pet store and was the friendliest one of
the cage.
I regret not reading more about GPs so I can give her the best from the

So I'm spritzing the boy off after the ride today and he moved his head and
I sprayed some water into his ear.  He shook his head a lot and then kept
the ear back for about 10 minutes.  Then he held it normally mostly but not
completely.  I watched him for a while and that's ...

OK, a while back I wrote that we had Bud, a 2.5 year old boar who we
were surprisingly told was a female!  Also, that Bud was very sick.
Well, Bud has started to eat and play and act like his/her self.  The
only thing is that we've still been seeing very red urine, like an

Ok I have a question. What else can we feed the guinea pigs. I give them
pellets. They dont seem to like carrots.
Kathy