Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / October 2007

I have a 15 days guinea pig very sick, he has got bronchitis until his lower
chest.
the vet told me to give him baytrill and cebion...
he has taken only 3 doses of baytrill and he quite stopped sneezing and it

My guinea Darla who is about 2 seems to get a wet chin quite
frequently. I'm aware that this could be a sign of teeth problems or
wasting disease, but I really don't think that this is the problem.
Whenever she eats (especially things like tomatoes or peppers) she

Hi all, I posted a few weeks ago about our guinea pig, two year-old
Wiggles who sadly died. Her sister Nubbin was lonely, so we got her a
new roomie, a grey/white baby (she was six weeks when we got her) whom
we named Weeble. Nubbin was always the submissive guinea pig, her

An hour ago Beer (Bear in English) died suddenly without stress. He
was friend of Monster, an über cavia that I had a very special bond
with. Monster died 4 months minus a day ago. I didn't had that special
connection with Beer but I will miss him.

Can anybody help? We have a female and a male guinea pigs and the
female is pregnant.
Do I have to seperate them as I have been told the male will eat the
babies?

Hi Friends,
Before my last computer crashed, I noted a bookmark of a Guinea Pig
website that had a wonderful animated gif of a cavy, in conjunction
with a campaign they were running. The picture showed a cavy, and with

I have a black bear hamster and it is losing hair but I don't think it has
mites so what else could it be?  Also she use to be a black charcoal grey
color and now her fur is turning lighter and brown, is this normal?