Hello everyone,
I have two guinea pigs, both female, and they are cage mates. One of them is about 3 years old and the other one is about 4 years old.
Last weekend I discovered that the 3 years old piggy was behaving a little abnormal, after a vet visit it turns out that she's not pooping well, and some medication from the vet did the trick quickly. I was worried that she might have URI at first (which I don't have any experience with) but it turned out fine.
However I just found out that the 4 years old piggy have a slightly watery nose. It's not clogged and doesn't look like the liquid is coming out, her eyes are clean, she's eating well as far as I can tell, and I don't think there's any noticeable change in behavior. (For example, she doesn't like me holding her in my hands, so when I pick her up, she still resists quite strongly like always)
She is breathing normally, but when you get really really close to her (like put your ear next to her nose), you can hear the breathing noise from the slightly watery nose(just like when human get a watery nose).
The slightly watery nose IS a come and go thing, it first appeared once on Sunday, then it's gone, and came back again Yesterday, it's pretty inconsistent and it does not look like it's getting worse.
Do you think this is something I should really worry about? Any advices would be greatly appreciated. (I just learned about guinea pig URI last weekend when I was searching online, and I'm not sure if I'm just paranoid or not)
Also, when I took my other piggy in for a vet check last weekend, the exam cost was $65, I have never taken them to a vet before so I don't know if this is reasonable or not. (I'm in Houston, TX)
I have two guinea pigs, both female, and they are cage mates. One of them is about 3 years old and the other one is about 4 years old.
Last weekend I discovered that the 3 years old piggy was behaving a little abnormal, after a vet visit it turns out that she's not pooping well, and some medication from the vet did the trick quickly. I was worried that she might have URI at first (which I don't have any experience with) but it turned out fine.
However I just found out that the 4 years old piggy have a slightly watery nose. It's not clogged and doesn't look like the liquid is coming out, her eyes are clean, she's eating well as far as I can tell, and I don't think there's any noticeable change in behavior. (For example, she doesn't like me holding her in my hands, so when I pick her up, she still resists quite strongly like always)
She is breathing normally, but when you get really really close to her (like put your ear next to her nose), you can hear the breathing noise from the slightly watery nose(just like when human get a watery nose).
The slightly watery nose IS a come and go thing, it first appeared once on Sunday, then it's gone, and came back again Yesterday, it's pretty inconsistent and it does not look like it's getting worse.
Do you think this is something I should really worry about? Any advices would be greatly appreciated. (I just learned about guinea pig URI last weekend when I was searching online, and I'm not sure if I'm just paranoid or not)
Also, when I took my other piggy in for a vet check last weekend, the exam cost was $65, I have never taken them to a vet before so I don't know if this is reasonable or not. (I'm in Houston, TX)