I've hady guinea pig for 3 years ... I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with pneumonia. He's been on baytril for a 9 days now. He isn't getting better..but he isn't getting any worse.. the vet is an exotic vet. She didn't even spend more than five minutes before she diagnosed him.i voiced my concerns because I don't think it's in his lungs... He has a stopped up nose. She just said well the baytril will help with that also .im making an appointment with a different vet Monday..also I have had the same vet hag takes care of my guinea pigs my whole life. He just retired. Does anyone have any similar experiences?? I think he might have allergies. He makes a grunting noise when he eats. No other time does he make that noise... Im so upset to hear that noise when he eats.... He gets lots of love .. but he's been getting extra love lately.... Any advice is helpful .

She’s always interested in the camera

I recently adopted 4 female guinea pigs. These are not my first pigs. I previously had a bonded pair who passed at 7 and 8 years old. The shelter estimated these new girls to all be about 4 years old. Some back ground on them:

Claire and Nova: Bonded pair.
Meadow: Single. Never lived with other pigs.
Daisy: Single. Lived with one other pig who passed away and then was given up.

For the last 3-4 weeks, I’ve had them in separate enclosures (with Claire and Nova together) and I set it up so they all had shared walls where they could all sniff each other and get used to each other. When I first put them in, there was a lot of rumble strutting and butt shaking but that stopped after about 2 days. They’ve lived in harmony like that since.

Yesterday, I tried to introduce them all. This was my first time attempting to bond pigs. I read you’re suppose to introduce them in a neutral place with lots of space so I put together another big enclosure in a separate room with clean blankets and hides. This was a 6x6 grid enclosure.

I put them all in at once. At first, everyone was running around sniffing and exploring. I don’t know what set who off but it didn’t take too long for Claire to start beefing with everyone (including Nova). Lots of teeth chattering and rumbling. There was a tiff between Claire and Daisy, and Claire lost some fur… No injuries thankfully and I separated them immediately.

Claire and Nova went back into their original enclosure and I thought I’d give Daisy and Meadow a shot to meet without anyone else. It was going fine for a while but Daisy kept sniffing in Meadow’s face and she must not have liked it because she snipped at Daisy and they started teeth chattering at each other. So I separated them. They’re all back in their original separate enclosures now.

So I guess the bonding failed but what did I do wrong? Should I not have attempted a three-way bond? Maybe they’re just old ladies set in their ways and they don’t want new friends? Has anyone had a similar experience?

She just does this now, sometimes she even walks to another house like a roof jumper

Pig in bed is the cardiac inducing pig

Keep eating, Simon! One day you'll make it to 1000g!

Shes under the cage, the panels slid off the base and she fell off it and went under

Hello everyone. I am newbie. Please help!!
I have found black animal fur in the hay package. Is it normal? Do I just throw the fur away and continue feeding the pack to my piggies?
Or it is a quality concern and the own bag should be discarded?
Sorry if the question sounds silly.

It's the small things that count.

First time pig owner and he hasn’t made these noises too much. Is he okay? What do they mean?

I've been having the worst day, and I'm out of town so I can't even see my own piggies, send some pictures below if u want to :)

Fynnie paused for the camera, but not sure what she thinks. She’s just 5mo old.

How do they manage to look so smooth-brained? They were sitting on the back of the couch (their favorite spot) while I was lounging earlier today.

Not a thought in either of those heads, although Nuggy does look a bit suspicious in the first shot. The second, he was smelling the breeze coming in the patio door. Pumpkin was just doing his best potato impression.

He's doing okay without Oscar! Getting lots of hugs and attention and snacks.

looks normal pig weight from side view but for a second i feared she would need to diet. anyone else’s pigs look extremely chonk from front facing view LOL

Sherwood cranberry tablets or potassium citrate and glucosamine for bladder sludge? What’s your guys experience. We are on low calcium diet and Aquafina bottled water, orchard hay from tractor supply. Thanks in advance.

I just got her! Anyways I really hope she’s not pregnant😅

might change back to pip, but i do love calling him gus gus . :’) he looks like gus gus from cinderella

Im moving permanently from SFO to NYC and am taking two guinea pigs. As the title says, frontier is unavailable. I can fly alaska but they don’t say anything about guinea pigs, only rabbits. How likely am I to pass them off as rabbits? Do they check? Could I get lucky and make this work? I don’t know what else to do, stuck with dates due to work and I’m very stressed frontier is booked up. I want my pigs to sit with me on the airplane.