The Guinea Pig Forum

Sooo Addy is 6 years and 9 months old, has arthritis and some bladder inflammation (ic). She's on a very good regime of metacam, laser therapy (even her bladder gets lasered) and cartrophen monthly. Shes also bedded on vetbed. She's been sleeping a lot more and mobilising a lot less and generally being an old girl. Anyway she decided to randomly loose weight so the obvious thing...

It’s been a tough few months (won’t bore you with it) but Hetty finally has the all clear so can be bonded with Bertie. He is a rescue aged about 1yr 4months. I’ve had him 6 weeks but the whole time Hetty has been isolating and unwell so they’ve been side by side with Perspex between. Tomorrow is the day! I’ve bonded lots of piggies over the year but this is my first boar sow mi...

Hey guys, I have a male boar from pets at home (yes i know they are notoriously terrible) and a cage that is a little bit too small (95x57)- but he free roams all day and I'm home studying, interacting and giving him pets ect, to be honest he basically owns the house at this point he has so many tunnels and hideys that we swap out and change every night to keep him excited to e...

Hi all.

My bloat prone sow finally got a diagnosis a few days ago, giardia! A parasite that my vet found after looking at poop samples. She was started on Flagyl 0.3ml twice a day for 3 days, so 6 doses. We have had dose 5. Also on infacol.

Now the last time she pooped was a good 4/5 hours ago and it is of course midnight so I can't reach my vet.
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Hello everyone,

My girl Bea got her ovaries out a few months ago. Overall, she’s improved significantly and seems less painful. The staining on her hind end continues though. She’s white, so I know some of it might just be appearance wise, but she still gets urine matted fur chunks. I trimmed up her bum hair, but today when washing her hind and brushing the very sho...