Vocalizations - guinea pig

Guinea pigs make a variety of noises, some of which most guinea pig owners will recognize. Contented guinea pigs just going about their day often make a variety of squeaks, chortles, and quiet grunts. • Wheeking: This is a distinctive and common vocalization, and is used to communicate excitement, particularly about being fed or simply a call for attention. It sounds like a long, loud squeal or whistle. • Purring noises: These have different meanings depending on the pitch of the sound. Guinea pigs that are feeling contented and comfortable will make a deep sounding purr. A short purr may indicate fear or uncertainty • Rumbling: This is a deeper rumble than the purr. This noise is made by a male romancing a female, and sometimes also by females in season. While courting, a male usually purrs deeply, swaying and circling the female in a behavior called "rumble strutting". This is also called as motor boating. • Teeth chattering: This is a sign of an agitated or angry guinea pig and is an aggressive vocalization. It is often accompanied by showing the teeth and means "back off" or "stay away." • Hissing: like teeth chattering • Cooing: It communicates reassurance and is a sound most often made by mother guinea pigs to their young. • Shrieking: A piercing, high pitched squeak that can be mistaken as a call of fear, or pain. If you hear this type of sound, it is good to check on your guinea pigs to make sure everything is okay. • Whining: a whining or moaning type of squeak can communicate annoyance or dislike for something you or another guinea pig is doing. • Chirping: Sounds just like a bird chirping; this is perhaps the least well-understood noise guinea pigs make.

GUINEA PIG

GUINEA PIG - IMPACTED COLON

A guinea pig with impacted colon...

SKIN INFECTION - GUINEA PIG

GUINEA PIG FOOD

OVERGROWN TEETH OF GUINEA PIG

A guinea pig with overgrown teeth is in so much pain that he refuses to eat. Please take care of your guinea pig before you loose him.

(HASH) GUINEA PIG - OVERGROWN AND TRIMMED TEETH

over grown teeth of a guinea pig - causing difficulty in eating food

After trimming the teeth---happily started eating his food

NEUTERING A GUINEA PIG

Performing a surgical procedure on any animal involves the risk of death from complications--either on the operating table, post-operatively, or later during recovery at home, sometimes due to infections.

Neutering a guinea pig inherently carries more risks than neutering cats, dogs or other larger animals. The guinea pig is smaller, the operation is complicated by the nature of the scrotal area and open inguinal canal. They are harder to surgically prepare. They are more susceptible to anesthesia reactions, stress, and post-op infections.

If you are prepared to accept these risks to your guinea pig and take responsibility for the consequences, you should realize it is your duty to minimize those risks as much as possible. 

OVER GROWN TEETH OF A GUINEA PIG

This guinea pig has great difficulty in eating his food. Teeth are over grown and was loosing weight day by day. After examination, teeth were trimmed and he started eating immediately after that. Now he is happy and has put on weight back.

GUINEA PIGLET WITH SPLINT

Guinea piglet with the splint.....will have speedy recovery

GUINEA PIG BABY - FRACTURE

This guinea piglet was hurt by his mother and had injuries over the face, eye which lead to bleeding from the nose and eye and also the leg got fractured. Treatment was given and the splint was applied to support the broken leg and for quick recovery.

NATURE'S LOVE

FOOD FOR THE GUINEA PIGS

DIARRHEA IN GUINEA PIGS

Diarrhea in guinea pigs is an increase in the water content of faeces and an increase in the frequency or volume of the bowel movements. Any changes in the normal appearance of a guinea pig’s fecal pellets should be taken seriously.

There are many causes of diarrhea - Drugs especially antibiotics, Inadequate amounts of roughage in the diet,
Stress, Infectious agents, Metabolic diseases, Intestinal parasites.

your guinea pig need emergency treatment as this can lead to serious health hazards.

GUINEA PIG - BATHING

Guinea pigs don't need bath in routine until they are soiled or you want to take them for show purpose. It is stressful for them but if you are good with bathing them, they will not have much troubles. You can use baby shampoo or mild kitten shampoo or soaps with aloe vera and neem based. Guinea pigs need frequent bath when they are infested with ectoparasites.
After bathing they should be towel dried properly and care should be taken that water does not enter their eyes and ears. They should be kept at dry and warm place for proper drying.

GUINEA PIG WITH OVERGROWN TEETH

this guinea pig had overgrown teeth and was not able to eat anything and lost quite a lot due to starvation. despite owner concern she was not responding to any treatment given by the other vet. Finally, i did the trimming of teeth and she started eating slowly and enjoyed apple that day for the first time. she will take some time to recover and slowly her body will improve. Poor little guine pig....suffered coz of wrong treatmet....

GUINEA PIG FAMILY

GUINEA PIG

cute guinea pig sleeping after hard work.

GUINEA PIGLETS FOR ADOPTION

These four guinea piglets are for adoption and are about 2 months old. two are males and two are females.They got their first shots and need nice homes for them.

GUINEA PIG FEEDING

Guinea Pigs make fantastic pets for children. Also known as a “Cavy” and they are social and very affectionate. Apart from a regular checkup with your local vet to catch any potential illness ahead of time, there is no reason for a Guinea Pig to be any more trouble than a cat or a dog.


Parasites can become a problem, but generally aside from lice and mites not many other bugs affect the furry little creatures. Caring for your guinea pig should be a loving activity. As they like to sleep in and under straw, hay, and other soft surroundings, new bedding can be a problem with mites and lice. Lice can be seen in some cases, and if they are present, they can cause intense itchiness for your little friend.

Feeding your guinea pig is dependant on what you feed them in the first few weeks of their life. They will take a fancy to whatever it is you feed them during this time, and that will tend to be their preferred diet for life.In the initial phase of their life, feed them a good range of food, like grass, hay, fresh fruit and vegetables. Occasionally feed them pellets, but caring for your guinea means providing a good balanced diet, so don’t overdo the pellets.