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I checked with the pet store, they say the only veggies they feed their guinea pigs are the freeze-dried kind marketed for reptiles. So perhaps the short-haired needs a proper introduction to fresh vegetables. The long-haired eats vegetables wholeheartedly without hesitation. The combining...

The short-haired has developed lesions at the base of his genitals, with the appearance of crusted-over/scabbed cold sores (photos below). I put some antibiotic ointment (Neosporin) on the sores with a cotton swab. After a brief text/picture message exchange, the vet says to continue to apply...

The short-haired stopped taking Critical Care on Saturday Dec. 24, and dropped 50 grams in weight. So we took him back to the veterinarian. His stool sample tested positive for multiple parasitic infections, ascarids and giardia. We left him at "in-patient care" over the holiday weekend so...

Noted, thanks. These two are not that young, about 5 or 6 months old according to the pet shop and independently confirmed by the vet.

So, the short-haired didn't eat any of the vegetables all day, and seemed to not have taken any water or eaten any pellets or timothy hay compared to the long-haired's consumption. The short-haired did produce some fresh, normal looking stool. After consulting with the advice hotline vet tech...

Perhaps timothy hay and some pellets were consumed by the short-haired overnight. I'm mainly watching the fresh vegetables (green leaf lettuce, carrot, bell pepper, a sliver of apple) and the water bottle. The vegetables in the short-haired's cage were replaced in the morning as they seemed...

This was not a fast purchase; we observed the guinea pigs three separate times over five days and then made a decision. The short-haired was active and playful with his litter brother in his cage at the store, but seems remarkably different here at home. Dimmed the lights and sat for 30 min...

Hello, We have two young male guinea pigs purchased from a pet store 12 hours ago, one short-haired and one long-haired. They were not paired at the store, are from separate litters, and are for the time being living in separate cages. The long-haired is eating well (hay, pellets, vegetables)...