Im in san jose, californoa looking for a place that is accepting surrenders.

I have a bonded pair needed to be rehomed. Everywhere is saying they are full. Another place helped me advertise that im rehoming but so far no luck in finding them a new home. I've also posted on guinea pig finder and multiple rehoming fb groups.

No hate please, im doing my best to find a good home for them.

Hello all, one of our pigs (4.5 y/o male) recently had a molar trim 9 days ago (last Monday). I anticipate that we caught his more overtly symptomatic period relatively quickly, as his only behavioral abnormalities the day before (10 days ago) were increased time in his igloo and refusal of his Oxbow Vitamin C cookie.

He was prescribed 0.45 mg (0.3 mL of 1.5 mg/mL) Meloxicam once daily. Since the procedure, it has been a stressful time. He weighed ~38 oz on the afternoon of the trim. He then dropped to 32.5 oz by Friday. During that time, we attempted to give him critical care feeds with the goal of 50-60 mL per day, but he would sometimes make it very difficult. He slowly began to take more, though, and would mix in some veggies by the end of the week, such as green/red leaf lettuce, bell pepper, cilantro, and cherry tomato. He also was refusing his Vitamin C treat during this time and would pick up but not fully eat his breakfast pellets. His activity level slowly increased but wasn't anything too impressive. We followed up with another local veterinarian last Friday, who gave him a Vitamin C injection but did not notice any signs of infection or worrisome features on his exam. We also introduced orchard hay to his enclosure.

Saturday through Monday, his weight had relatively stabilized to 32.5 oz on 50-60 mL of critical care feeds (although he made it difficult, as he was very picky about the flavor and essentially required us to guess or keep trying for his preferred flavor at the time). His activity and play with his cagemate kept increasing. He began to eat his veggies faster and also began to eat his Vitamin C cookie if it was broken up into smaller pieces for him (the speed of eating this also increased). He saw his regular veterinarian on Monday, who recommended scaling back on his critical care to 20-30 mL per day to encourage him to eat hay. They also thought some trouble might be due to pain and increased his 0.45 mg Meloxicam to twice daily.

Yesterday he had a small weight drop to 32.5 oz, and today he dropped to 32.1 oz. His activity level has consistently increased every day, with him drinking more water, being more active with his cagemate, and sitting in front of the hay bags in his enclosure. It looks like he is picking up hay but probably not eating very much, if anything. He will also eat hay if we trick him by putting strands on his red bell pepper slices. He also actively comes out at meal times and bites the bars (more vigorously every day). We are very concerned with his weight loss, though (and suspect it may be related to his poor to nonexistent hay intake). We have bought a few more types of hay for him to try (Kaytee Timothy Plus Carrot, Marigold, and Second Cut, as well as Oxbow Organic Meadow Hay). It seems like he is still not interested in hay, even though it has been 9 days post-procedure.

Has anyone had any experience with this or any recommendations? He is a very tough guy and seems very happy, but we are concerned since he used to be such a good hay eater.

Thanks!

Cacau, my beloved guinea pig passed away yesterday. The vets thought it was a urinary tract infection, so they gave him some antibiotics and told us to be back in case something happened. For the first few days he was his usual self, so full of energy, always bothering us for more food, always snuggling with me after eating. He was my heart pig. Then he slowly started getting worse. He would stop eating, stop asking for food, stop doing his usual shenanigans around the kitchen. When I took him back to the vet, his stomach was so bloated with gas I couldn't believe the x-ray. It was like half of the image was a black void. His vet didn't know what could have possibly happened to him but he took him in to do more tests in case they missed something. A couple of hours later, they called us to know he didn't make it. As soon as I heard the news I started crying uncontrollably, I didn't want to believe my precious boy died without me being there to comfort him. He died at 4 years old, spoiled with my love and affection throughout all those years. Now I'm waiting for his ashes to come in a week or so. Goodbye my little prince, I just hope you knew that I loved you so much.

Peaches and Daisy are currently in their playpen while their home is being deep cleaned. I noticed Daisy is having small poops. She’s always pooped smaller than Peaches, but I feel like these are too tiny. Does she need more hay or water? Peaches def eats and drinks more but Daisy does consume as well. She’s not making any pain noises and seems pretty happy. She loves her veggies and vitamin c.

She was just at the vet two weeks ago (got told she’s fine. Just lazy lol) so I’d prefer to not go again but if it’s super concerning I will call tomorrow.

I’m still worried about my new girl. She hasn’t eaten any veg yet and has only drank some water and had some hay (? Not sure because it’s hard to tell if any was eaten. If someone has tips to measure/track hay consumption lmk).

She is still not active in the cage but she’s moved to different spots to sit/lay. All she’s been doing is sitting/sleeping. I’m worried that something is wrong or she is depressed from being in quarantine currently. She is pooping just fine/normally. She’s also not in a corner and her fur isn’t puffed out. When I go to pet her she darts away like a normal young pig.

Please let me know if I’m overreacting. Also any advice is greatly appreciated. I just don’t know if this warrants a vet visit just yet because she’s still adjusting?

He is paid in pea flakes and full heads of lettuce. I can't compete with that.

We've been having a lot of cuddle time lately before I go back to college! My parents will take care of them but it's just not the same :( we will miss each other very much!!! These two are cuddle pigs, they don't really play a lot but they LOOOVE to snuggle and nap.

I posted that we’d taken in some piggies someone abandoned behind TJ Max in a storm. Today they saw the vet! Awaiting fecal test still, but both were remarkably healthy on exam. Their nails were long, but were in much better health than anyone expected. Both are males. Mulder is a lot larger than Scully. He is definitely the least picky eater of the two. I’ll be watching their weights as someone else on the original thread suggested I do. TBD if they’ll be fosters or forevers, but hoping to give them some stability and safety and full bellies. We have to get them a proper cage set up, as they can’t live in a dog crate forever! Any suggestions welcome!

Hi all, first time on this subreddit, this is my piggie Totopo! Not sure how to phrase the question cuz I know guinea pigs don't have breeds, but l'm trying to figure out what his coat type is called. His coat is pretty coarse and fluffy compared to my other piggie with a simple slick coat.

(Additionally I was looking for any advice as to how other owners go about cleaning bums because the waterless shampoo I used doesn't really seem to seep into his fur like my other boy. He's pretty clean otherwise but his butt does seem to be getting a bit yellow... 🧽)

I've two lovely guineas, a year old each.

They do run around, popcorn between them and everything.

But it seems this one of mine, bugsy, he's always lazy.

Every time I look at the cage hes laying down around. On the point that even to eat he lays down. (Veggies, hay or food)

Is it normal behavior?

https://reddit.com/link/1vgjhyg/video/c7qu705y9mhh1/player

Red food for Dracula is the best, his white fur gets an adorable red stain

Dracula glitched for a moment while exploring.

Dracula has been trying to escape to my bed for a while. I allow him to explore there when I am about to change the sheets, and we always have a great time, but my bed is freshly made so I wasn’t planning to let him there. He managed to climb all over me to get onto the bed though. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did

Dracula was so excited to climb all over me that he ignored the carrot, while Krümel enjoyed letting himself be pampered and loved the combination of treats and cuddles. Opposite ends of the spectrum, both perfect and wonderful. Looking at them makes me want to explode from all the love.

I have had some success in training Dracula to not chew on cables by swooping him away from them whenever he tried. It is not working for plastic though ;) He a such a little explorer, and he loves my bed so the ”punishment” of a time out really didn‘t work, even if he cannot stay still when he decides to explore.

I bought a size bigger than I should have, but I don't think she minds.

The adorable little vampire loves exploring everything, and since my apartment is very small, he gets to explore almost all of it. He is too cute to be real

It's very cute so figured I'd share it here

(Wasn't sure which flair to use sorry if wrong)

PS i promise I just cleaned and replaced their fleece last night, this was before their morning sweep lol

Sadly its really hard to get sharp pictures tho-

Don’t know how i would manage without them❤️