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Cavy Slave
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I've had my guinea pig for 4 years. We've never really had any health issues with her and she has never acted as if anything has been wrong.
As of late, she's been acting a little.. odd, if that's the appropriate word for it. She's still eating her full meal of veggies (twice a day) and she's eating her hay and dry food, as well as drinking her water. No issues there. She also still moves around and isn't just sitting in one spot all day.
The thing is, she's just been acting weird. She's a very docile animal normally, and she's litter trained and never goes to the bathroom outside of her cage. That has changed a little bit lately though. She seems a lot quieter than usual, and then she'll have days and moments where she's very loud and squeaky. No, she's not in heat. Additionally, both of her eyes (ESPECIALLY the right eye), are watery, but not crusty. It can be wiped away and sometimes she even uses it to clean herself, but there is an unusually large amount of it. The water in the left eye is somewhat minimal, but the right eye is double of what the left eye has. Her litter training has also seemed to escape her a bit. For every meal, I take her out of her cage and hand feed her. After she's done eating, I let her sit with me and I just give her attention for an hour or two. She poops, but doesn't pee, on the towel. She tries especially hard to conceal it and I can tell that she's trying not to go on the towel. This problem only arises after she's just ate though. If I take her out at like 12 noon and hold her for 3 hours or so, there isn't an issue. Her breathing is normal and it's not wheezy or anything. (from the looks of it) her eye doesn't seem to have anything lodged in it either. She isn't sneezing a lot either, just the occasional sneeze like humans.
Two days ago, we took her to the vet since we're really perplexed by her behavior. The vet examined her and couldn't find anything wrong with her. I'm aware that the watery eyes can be a sign of a URI, but the vet couldn't find anything else really. The vet said that if there's a chance that she has a URI, it's a very early sign and it can't really be investigated at this point.
All of this started unfolding the day before Christmas, maybe a few days earlier. Could it be just a "cold" or "phase" that she's in? I don't think either would last as long as they have, but she can't talk obviously, so I really can't diagnose anything beyond physical appearances.
As of late, she's been acting a little.. odd, if that's the appropriate word for it. She's still eating her full meal of veggies (twice a day) and she's eating her hay and dry food, as well as drinking her water. No issues there. She also still moves around and isn't just sitting in one spot all day.
The thing is, she's just been acting weird. She's a very docile animal normally, and she's litter trained and never goes to the bathroom outside of her cage. That has changed a little bit lately though. She seems a lot quieter than usual, and then she'll have days and moments where she's very loud and squeaky. No, she's not in heat. Additionally, both of her eyes (ESPECIALLY the right eye), are watery, but not crusty. It can be wiped away and sometimes she even uses it to clean herself, but there is an unusually large amount of it. The water in the left eye is somewhat minimal, but the right eye is double of what the left eye has. Her litter training has also seemed to escape her a bit. For every meal, I take her out of her cage and hand feed her. After she's done eating, I let her sit with me and I just give her attention for an hour or two. She poops, but doesn't pee, on the towel. She tries especially hard to conceal it and I can tell that she's trying not to go on the towel. This problem only arises after she's just ate though. If I take her out at like 12 noon and hold her for 3 hours or so, there isn't an issue. Her breathing is normal and it's not wheezy or anything. (from the looks of it) her eye doesn't seem to have anything lodged in it either. She isn't sneezing a lot either, just the occasional sneeze like humans.
Two days ago, we took her to the vet since we're really perplexed by her behavior. The vet examined her and couldn't find anything wrong with her. I'm aware that the watery eyes can be a sign of a URI, but the vet couldn't find anything else really. The vet said that if there's a chance that she has a URI, it's a very early sign and it can't really be investigated at this point.
All of this started unfolding the day before Christmas, maybe a few days earlier. Could it be just a "cold" or "phase" that she's in? I don't think either would last as long as they have, but she can't talk obviously, so I really can't diagnose anything beyond physical appearances.
