Recent content by guinnythepig

Thank you jaycriae! I honestly feel the same about her. She has always been so special to me. When I first got her I didn't know much about guinea pigs, I was a student living in a dorm. My hamster passed away and someone told me that a guinea pig is like a big hamster LOL. How wrong was that...

That's what I'm worried about too. She's been slightly bloated since the episode of bloat she had few months ago, and given that all these courses of antibiotics really messed her stomach flora up I'm a little concerned she would bloat up badly again. Especially with a really harsh AB regimen...

I think I have discussed the dose with them, but since they had to order a bulk of it from somewhere, the AB's came in a form of small powder balls, not pills. They apportioned them into little sachets and I had to administer one sachet to my pig daily. It didn't work, at all. Her UTI showed...

Of course you are right! My bad! Shes a sow.. I dont know why I wrote boar, I think my brain is just overloaded at this point. I apologize.

Thank you so much! It means so very much to me to hear these supportive words. Bless u<3

Exactly! Its outrageous and so frustrating, but it is not surprising nevertheless. The medical services here are not nearly as progressive as abroad. Tbh with you, I had to go abroad many times to get treatment for the simplest things. Everybody thinks that Denmark is so progressive, but its...

It really is!! I almost wish she was the weaker kind of piggy, you know the sort that just goes down quickly and quietly, but shes a fighter, she really hangs on to life, and it so hard to take it away from her when she seems to want to live so badly.. Im still amazed at her will to live...

Hey guys.. Really need ur advice on this, I dont know what to do anymore. Long story short: My 5 year old boar got sick with a really bad UTI in November 2015. The vet put her on doxycycline for 4 weeks, and it wasn't doing anything, in fact she got worse. Turned out it was pyometra, so we...

Thanks @Pinky and @Spy9doc. I clipped her hair on the bum last week, it helped a little and I got a special cream from the vet for her tummy. The vet says that the incontinence might never go away O_o she says that my pig might have a damaged bladder, or nerves (she thinks that this might be the...

hm im not so sure myself, its just some sort of wood shavings they sell in the shops here. Ill ask next time. I disinfected the cage like you advised me to, thanks for letting me know, didn't think about that. Her droppings are fine, and I've been putting this cream + vaseline on her stomach...

Thank you pinky for your reply. She has a normal cage with hemp & wood shavings, which I change every week or so, and spot clean daily. She has also an attached large pen, where she runs. So all in all the area is 78 inches x 78 inches or so. She also had a "second floor", where she would often...

Hey guys, So heres the deal. My pig is 4,5 year old sow. Last Saturday evening I noticed how she was hopping instead of walking, and that her butt was totally wet. I took her to the vet first thing in the morning, and the doc took the sample of her pee said it was a real bad infection (a lot of...

Okay, so do you guys think that she will be quiet eventually? It's just a new thing for me, cause my older pig never made any of those noises, but her personality is also very different, she is shy and lazy, very non vocal. I just wanted to make her a happier pig, but it's been causing a major...

Thank you every one for your replies, I appreciate it. I'm definitely going to look into the white noise machines.. I'm just hoping this babbling can pass eventually, I just wonder what if it wont, I would really like to have some peace once in a while at least :( I know that at this point she...

Hello dear cavy slaves. I desperately need your expert advice. I have purchased a small baby girl few weeks ago, cause I wanted my older pig to have a friend and be happy. They are now together and get along just fine, there's just one BIG problem, and thats the noise. The new guinea pig is...