Update: We found blood in his urine. I looked on Guinea Lynx and found a new vet. This one was MUCH more cavy savvy. Xrays, bloodwork, subcutaneous fluids. Found a bladder stone and some age related arthritis. She basically doubled his medicam dose, and now he's eating more on his own and...

Yeah. There's a chance. Guinea Lynx suggests separating males from the mother and sisters around 3 weeks of age. The earliest brother-sister pregnancy they know of is 24 days. Yours have been together for more than twice that amount of time, assuming they're from the same litter (likely)...

UPDATE: After this post, I decreased Duke's daily C dosage to something more reasonable (over 50mg, less than 100). I started giving acidophilus in pedialyte at least twice a day, and also added it to his critical care mixture. I toweled his cage, mostly to clean up after his messy poop, but...

Side note: I feel like the vet and the vet techs are just focusing on my C dose instead of healing my damn pig.

Thank you, bpatters. This made me feel better. Don't worry, his not liking the hand feeding isn't stopping me. It was just concerning to me that it got harder. Do you have a suggestion for probiotic? Do you usually use a healthy pig's pellet (I have a lot available) or do you use...

Hi, I've been a lurker for years, but I haven't posted in a while. I'm Alex. I'm 24. I'm very close to having a degree in chemical engineering. I have 6 guinea pigs, all but one were adopted. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about cavy care, as I own and have read many books on the...

I had to guess the age of my skinny pig (I had a big internal struggle at the pet store, but I bought her. I knew it was better that I got her than some kid that lets her freeze to death). I knew she was young, but I wasn't sure how young. I weighed her and then compared her weight to this...

Never mind. I found a schedule.

Sigh. I realize the forum is anti breeding. I wasn't actually going to ask because I was afraid of a response like that. To be honest, I've seen posts about getting pigs for show here before. IF it makes you feel any better I'm not looking to purchase or show Any pigs. I adopted both of...

I would really like to go to a guinea pig show! Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding any. I live on the US East Coast. Anybody know of any nearby?

I think I'll leave them where they are for the night and maybe watch them on the floor together tomorrow. It's cage cleaning day anyway, so I'll get it extra clean and maybe extend it by a few grids so we can try this again.

The shelter said Duke was at least a year old probably older, and that was about 6 months ago, so he's probably closer to 2 or 3 now. I'll check out those resources and clean him up a bit more, thanks.

Today I came home to guinea pig disaster. I rescued another boar, Butters, to keep my existing boar, Duke, company. After introductions, I kept them together on the floor for at least 3 hours and cleaned every bit of my 2 x 4 c&c cage with vinegar. When everything was finally done, they...

If you find deposits, I would think that you could just change their diet. It means that they're excreting too much extra calcium.. So give them less calcium? Guinea lynx has this to say: Pellets Use a lower calcium timothy pellet and consider limiting or using no pellets at all. Some...

I have a 2 x 4 with a 2 x 1 coroplast kitchen area on a single level. Honestly, it works beautifully for keeping wastes in one place, and there is a bit of added odor control with carefresh. The only unfortunate side is that he often pulls bedding onto the fleece, which can be a big pain to...

You could also just monitor their urine, checking for white deposits. It's pretty easy if you use fleece bedding. I feed romaine on some days and green or red leaf on others. I figured, much like us, guinea pigs can benefit from variety.

No, I'll have to look into that one! I've emailed "Have a Heart" in NJ a few times.

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Yeah.. That's silly.. There are pages about making the cages yourself...

You know, I asked the same question. Not only is he pretty, but he has a super personality! The shelter said that previous owner didn't have time or cash for him anymore. And, yeah, the area is really nice. I actually just moved up here from Houston, Texas in March of 2012. I would...