Posts Tagged with 'Health Care '

Medical Monday: Weekly Weigh In!

Weighing your guinea pigs regularly is probably one of the most important things you can do for them, a guinea pig who is rapidly losing weight is an ill guinea pig. Guinea pigs are prey animals so they’re really good...

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A Healthy Guinea Pig’s Diet – Part 1

In its natural habitat, a guinea pig would ideally like to eat small meals regularly, so here at NEPB we try to do the best we can to accommodate this. Our routine: Usually, the guinea pigs have a bowl of...

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Medical Monday: Impaction

Impaction affects most guinea pigs, usually older boars. The muscles of piggies suffering from impaction have weakened which means they can no longer pass the soft poos in the perineal sack. Guinea pigs usually eat their own poos as part...

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