[OSUCavies]

I had a similar situation happen a year ago. I bought my pig Shelby from Petco (before I knew better). She was almost dead when we got her home due to a terrible URI. She was half dead the next morning when we woke up. We took her to the store and made sure they took her to a vet. They had her for a couple of weeks and quarantined her in the back of the store. We called almost every few days and checked up on her (luckily they took her to a cavy savy vet, oddly enough). I made sure to be persistent so that they kept taking care of her and making sure she got her Baytril, etc. I got lucky that they did what they were supposed to and took care of her, but by no means would I EVER buy from a petstore, again.

I doubt they took your pig to a cavy savy vet (again, I got LUCKY Petco did, I really didn't expect this). And you must be persistent. There are horror stories that are out there of petstores taking the ill pigs and just throwing them in the back and not caring. I was SHOCKED they even sold me my guinea pig because even when I got her she had greenish yellow gunk in her eye. And a MANAGER gave her to us. Just wiped it off and said "oh! Just a little sleep!". I mean, I really think if we had waited one more day, she would have been dead. Now she is a healthy, happy, popcorning girl living in a huge cage getting veggies, hay, playing with her fellow pigs, etc.

This is what happens when you buy from breeders/petstores. The pigs are ill and suffering. This is why we are anti-breeding at this website and we are strong supporters of rescuing and adopting homeless pets. PLEASE take the information you learn here and run with it and make sure your piggies have the best life. And PLEASE if you are going to trust Petsmart to take your piggy to a vet, be persistent and make sure they are taking care of him/her. We even visited Shelby TWICE while she was quarantined in the back of the store. JUST to make sure she was getting what she needed.

Good luck with your piggy, I hope he/she gets well.