The Guinea Pig Forum

Hello, I hope you all are doing well today considering it a hot weather today and worrying about our piggies.



I have read through Hot Weather Management, Heat Strokes and Fly Strike that Wiebke kindly created and recommended.



I have 4 guinea pigs which is 2 female and 2 males, separate cages and away from each other. My two female’s are ou...

Hi there! I have two 6 yo sows, who - up until 2 years ago when they underwent spays for ovarian cysts - have (touch wood) been pretty healthy. Winnie has had osseous metaplasia which I've been told is nothing to worry about. However, have noticed over a week or so her eyes have become cloudy and blueish: her left one in particular. I don't recall her having hay poke or doing an...

So Freddy is my skinny pig and was diagnosed with a lump on 05/06/26
The needle biopsy couldn’t determine what is was and I decided against invasive biopsy/ blood tests etc under ga
So I don’t what this lump is and nor does our Vet.
Initially Freddy lost 110g inbetween his weekly health checks before the lump was discovered.
He was 1070g
He is still eating,...

Hi everyone
I have an alpaca guinea pig called Bovril who is probably barely a year old. He is very quiet (always has been) isn't a massive fan of anything really which always makes me sad. A few weeks ago he got what I thought was a uti. Went to the emergency vet who prescribed antibiotics anti inflammatories and pain medication. Took a while to stop hearing him cry when h...

My 6 year old guinea pig girl, Panda, died today 6/22/26 and I and two vets don't know why. I would like to list some details as to what happened and see if anyone has any knowledge or suggestions as to why this happened. A few months ago Panda started to drool at the mouth a great deal. She still ate and drank very well and pooped well and had plenty of energy. But after this w...