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change in behavior

lala252

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Hi,
I've made an appointment with my vet, but they are so busy right now, I can't see them until early next week. My guinea pig has generally been happy and interactive, but yesterday all of a sudden she became very nervous and jumpy and generally stuck to one corner of her cage. She was continuously sniffing the air and making a tiny squeaking sound. She still loves to eat, but I basically had to put the food right in front of her. I took her out of her cage a few times, and she calmed right down, and seemed just like her old self again, but when I put her back in her cage, she seems nervous. There is a lot of construction noise outside of my apartment at the moment, and I thought that this might be stressing her out. Her eyes are still bright, and like I said, she is back to her old self if I'm holding her, so I'm hoping it's just stress. Or could it be something in her cage is making her sick? Consequently, I had earlier this week been looking into finding her a companion guinea pig, and actually found one which I had previously arranged to adopt today before this behavior change happened. I've had her for about two months, and have wanted to get a second guinea pig pretty much from the start. Is it possible she's lonely, and needs companionship? I'm worried she is sick as well, and I know it's a general rule to keep new guinea pigs seperated, but I don't want my new piggie to get sick too!
 

Ziggy&Herald

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If you do proper quarantine, the new pig wont get sick. Keep them in seperate rooms. Change clothing and wash hands before moving on to the next pig.
 

Ly&Pigs

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I think a vet visit is in order. Guinea pigs hide illnesses all to well.
 
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