Hi everyone!
I had a question about my Guinea pig, his name is Obbie short for Oberon. I have had Obbie for a few days now and he is completly normal, he is a but skittish because we aren't very familiar with each other but he eats, drinks, poops and walks around.
A little back story about Obbie is he is estimated to be about a year and four months old. He was owned by a family for about a year and their children soon got bored of him and dropped him off at a Petco and not a shelter. It is unknown if they got him form a pet chain store but regardless they dropped him off and surprisingly the Petco near me took him in. He was there at the Petco for about five months because nobody wanted to adopt him from there. I was on the hunt for adopting a Guinea pig for a LONG time and a friend of mines relative worked at the Petco and knew about Obbie. I went to visit him a day or so after she told me and I ended up getting him. If i am completely honest, I was a bit hesitant. After talking to my friends relative he was very honest with me which I appreciated. He told me that they had been struggling to find a home from him and I couldnt just walk away knowing I could give him a good place to live.
So far he has been doing excellent I just noticed he sneezed a few times a day, yesterday he sneezed twice while eating and today he sneezed three times in a row. I know how serious URI's can be and it got me a little nervous. He doesn't constantly do it and he shows no other signs like the puffing of the coat, not eating, being lethargic, no crust around eyes or nose, nothing. I wanted to see if this was cause for concern before I took him to the vet, I am not in anyway opposed to taking him, but before scaring the poor little guy to death I wanted to make sure I had enough reason to go!
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!!
I had a question about my Guinea pig, his name is Obbie short for Oberon. I have had Obbie for a few days now and he is completly normal, he is a but skittish because we aren't very familiar with each other but he eats, drinks, poops and walks around.
A little back story about Obbie is he is estimated to be about a year and four months old. He was owned by a family for about a year and their children soon got bored of him and dropped him off at a Petco and not a shelter. It is unknown if they got him form a pet chain store but regardless they dropped him off and surprisingly the Petco near me took him in. He was there at the Petco for about five months because nobody wanted to adopt him from there. I was on the hunt for adopting a Guinea pig for a LONG time and a friend of mines relative worked at the Petco and knew about Obbie. I went to visit him a day or so after she told me and I ended up getting him. If i am completely honest, I was a bit hesitant. After talking to my friends relative he was very honest with me which I appreciated. He told me that they had been struggling to find a home from him and I couldnt just walk away knowing I could give him a good place to live.
So far he has been doing excellent I just noticed he sneezed a few times a day, yesterday he sneezed twice while eating and today he sneezed three times in a row. I know how serious URI's can be and it got me a little nervous. He doesn't constantly do it and he shows no other signs like the puffing of the coat, not eating, being lethargic, no crust around eyes or nose, nothing. I wanted to see if this was cause for concern before I took him to the vet, I am not in anyway opposed to taking him, but before scaring the poor little guy to death I wanted to make sure I had enough reason to go!
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!!