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Hopping Guinea Pig

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My friend's Guinea Pig is in a 2X3 with 2 other Guinea Pigs :sad: and recently she's been hopping around. Her front paw seems a little swollen and she's not moving very much. Any advice I can give her?
 

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Get her to the vet. She might have an infected paw or bumblefoot.
 

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I think perhaps that maybe because the cage is pretty small, it would get dirty with three pigs in it. It's possible that this might have casued bumblefoot. What kind of bedding is she using? I s the pig eating and drinking? I think if it doesn't get better she needs to take her piggy to the vet - i'm no expert by any means but it sounds painful for the piggy!
Also, why has she got three pigs in a 2 by 3?
 

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Um yeah, take it to the vet!!!

If you are worried about hurting your friend's feelings, I'd #1 suggest the vet and #2 suggest this site and Guinea Lynx for her to look at to "get ideas why her pig's foot is swollen." Hopefully, she'll come across things in her search that she will notice she needs to change....i.e. cage size!!
 

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Well see that's not her only problem...myself and my girlfriend have told her otherwise...but two of the Guineas are Males...and no matter what we tell her...she won't separate them...I think it's her room mate, cause her room mate is going totally crazy with animals...I was wondering if maybe there was something I could say to her to scare her into separating them?
 

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I will have her read it, I read it and it hit me hard, so I'm hoping it will have an effect on her. Thank you.
 

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Tell her that the sow could die and the pups could die as well if she gets pregnant. Tell her there are many pregnancy complications that can happen to and ask her if she has a few hundred dollars saved up in case of said pregnancy/labor complications.

The pig needs to see a vet about the foot. https://guinealynx.info/feet.html
 

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Would your friend let you take the little girl? You need to have a serious discussion with this person. Maybe you can help her find a new home for the piggie. In the meantime it's very important that she gets to a vet.

Good luck! I hope that you can talk some sense into her.

~Julie
 

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I hope so too, and thanks.
 
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