7 Guinea Pig Illnesses That Don't Require A Vet!
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- I'm a volunteer at www.laguineapigrescue.com/ We see many types of illnesses, but not everything requires a trip to the vet. Here's my list of 7 Illnesses that don't require a vet visit. If you are unsure, please go to your vet. Guinea Pig Vets Worldwide: www.scottysanimals.com/guinea... Joshua Tree Jade Necklace www.etsy.com/shop/ScottysAnim...
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I have a recommendation for giving your guinea pigs enough vitamin c, giving them a belle pepper every other day is a great source of vitamin c!
I built a greenhouse to grow peppers year round for my piggies. Some of them choose to live in the greenhouse and help themselves to the peppers.
2 years later and this info is perfect for anyone that worries about their animals, I’m so happy people care about these small animals just like I do I love my Janice and coconut ❤️❤️
This is such great info to know when vet visits aren't absolutely necessary. Will help so many owners and piggies.
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I had a piggy break his front paw in an altercation with his brother. I called our vet and we concluded that the only treatment possible was painkiller. I had Metacam on hand from another pig’s serious bite wound, so we didn’t have to go in.
You can also treat lost front teeth at home by hand feeding and julienning the veggies! The teeth grow back really fast,
Hello 👋 Janna
How are you doing today
Your website and videos are amazing. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this information, Scotty. Very informative. I have learned a lot from your channel!
Gosh... you have no idea how much I appreciate this video. Thank you scotty's animals!!
Thank you for sharing this Scotty all amazing information,you have helped so many guinea pigs & their parents xx 💕🐹💕🐹💕🐹💕🐹💕🐹💕
Scotty, you've helped me and entertained me a lot .Now my pig is under the weather and we are with you again....much love from Alaska!!
Wow, one of the most useful videos I've ever watched on youtube. Thank you for the quality information. Best to you.
Good to have all this imformation in one video scotty makes it easy to review🙃🤗
Thank you such for this video! We had a hay poke yesterday and his eye looks soooo much better today thanks to your advice. I thought we needed a vet visit for sure. You are the best!
You are a life saver and money saver from a trip to the Vet! Lol.
Thanks sooo much for this video!
Thank you so much for doing these kind of videos. You have such a kind and loving soul to take the time and energy to share your knowledge to help people care for their piggies!
Hello 👋 micaela
How are you doing today
Please please please keep making these videos you are the one educating me on everything about these little boogers I trust your word over anyone elses you love them with your heart and soul but you are also very educated
Thank you so much for all that you do! This information is fantastic. I can't wait to adopt my piggies now!
Great video Scotty! You always give great advice for caring for guinea pigs. I am still on the hunt for a good piggie vet, so I am happy to have the benefit of your expertise.
Check out my website because I have hundreds of vets listed there
I loved this video - I have been watching piggie videos from L.A. rescue Saskia and now I have found you! I do all the nail trims/ear cleaning/ and boar cleaning that I have learned to keep our pig healthy. Such great information!!! so valuable to piggie owners of all age pigs. I had a strange poo smell during lap time with our piggie last night and I knew where to go for help - thanks to your great advice, I ordered benebac and will give that as well as cut down on the greens a tad. I am on top of it now so I think our piggie will be fine :) You are a great resource, thank you for all the videos - it helps so much to inform the public!!!!
Love your videos and information. So helpful, going to make a kit up right away
Great info, Scott. I’ve been pretty fortunate and haven’t experienced most of these issues. I can, however, speak about good experiences with Benebac. A couple of times now, I’ve found soft or weird looking poop coming from one pig. I was able to figure out which pig it was and then give her a few doses of Benebac. I’m not sure what was wrong but her poop stabilized pretty quickly.
I have had Scotty Doesn't Know stuck in my head all day today and now I'm here by a fluke and his video perhaps saved my piggys life! I thought she'd been vitamin deficient but the mites/parasites made so much sense. I went up and checked through her and found scabs! Thank you!
Great video. Really helpful!
My piggie had ringworm on her ear and the head and shoulders and athletes foot cream worked like a charm.my piggies also got hay mites and the ivermectin works like a dream!
Hows your piggy doing now?
Which medicine did you ise for the Ivermectin?
One out of 4 of my new guinea pigs have started letting me touch her nose does this mean I’m on the right track?😂
Yes, keep talking to them and bribing them with treats
my new piggys will accept food from my hand but if I try to treat them: RUNNN
Thank you so much, you have helped me and my piggies so much
The one thing I’m terrified of is teeth overgrowth. I really hope it doesn’t happen to them.
A big THANK YOU for this information!!
This is very helpful! Thank you for the video
Hi Scott! Great advice you give✌🏼
Yeah man. You are very knowledgable about piggies. Thanks for all the help you have given my pigs Bacon and Presley Jo. Piggies are the cutest animals in the world!
You were spot on when you told people not to use alcohol on a wound. Sure, the alcohol will kill germs but it also kills animal cells. The only use for alcohol is disinfect instruments or intact skin.
Great video ! Keep up the good work! 👍
Hello 👋 Claire
How are you doing today?
Thank you so much! My guinea started showing some symptoms of being sick a few days ago and I don't have enough money for a vet so I had been looking around the web searching his symptoms for help. I thought my guinea pig was going to have to die because I couldn't find anything besides people saying go to the vet. I watched this video and thought, "man, no luck here either". The next day my guinea lost mobility in his legs and I was so bizarrely happy because then I knew it was scurvy. The vitamin C you recommended came in today and I just gave the first dosage for my guinea pig! I'm SUPER EXCITED to see him get better.
Thank you so much!!
@LondynSpillsTea He was getting better and out of nowhere he passed away. 😭 Maybe I didn't give him the dosages in time before it really got to him.
Thank you very much! Very useful video
We have been with Nationwide for more than 20 years and obviously happy with them. Super excited when they started offering insurance.
Omg!!! Thank you so much!!! I’m new to the GP family and it’s been a hard adjustment. I’m grateful for your vet list I live in colorado and I thought all vets treat all animals. I think my older boy Guinea pig might have scurvy since he doesn’t move around the cage like he used too especially when I give them veggies normally he would get up on his hinde legs
😱!Oh no!🐹
Thank you so much this information helped me a lot, I noticed my piggie had a cloudy eye and i started to get very worried
Very thankful for this video. My boar had haypoke and I have high hopes of this helping the issue. It'll be good to have around as well just to have it on hand for any future eye problems.
Thank you. A very useful content. Subbed
Thanks I’m always looking for things to put in my vet kit this way I’ll be prepared for everything or at least everything that you can do at home
WHAT AN ANGEL🌟😇 LOVE YOU SCOTTY❤❤
Great information 👍😊
Helpful video Scotty. After many years of being a guinea pig slave & foster pig mum I’ve seen many of these. So many vet trips in the beginning but with experience comes knowledge & lots of tricks. Always got a medical kit full of stuff to help these treatable illnesses. 😁
thanks a lot for this great video! 🙏
Really great info Scotty. Hey, congratulations! You have +25K subscribers 😁😘♥️♥️♥️
We did it!
@@ScottysAnimals Honestly, you deserve many more than this. Wonder at the end of this year how many you will have 🤔
Thank u we appreciate u n ur care. I have 2 guinea pigs
Thank you so much
Great content! I had no idea about Nationwide. We already use them for our cat and dog!
Hey Scotty. Yes. We had a scare when I first got our Max and Peanut. There are now bonded. But when we were trying to get them together , peanut didn’t like max so he bit him right between the eyes. It was a huge chunk. So I cleaned it and kept triple antibiotic meds on it. And it took probably 2 weeks to fully heal. It was a thematic experience. But they are now living happy and healthy. Max still picks on Peanut. But he’s just stays in the igloo. LOL. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You are the best. You also helped me with when I emailed you about play dates with my other piggie that was single. Take care.
I have also had trouble bonding some of my boys (girls are so much easier to bond, although 1 of my girls decided to torture 1 of her penmates). I had a pen of 3 boys who happily got along until they all hit their teenage stage. Zoomie tore a hole in Zorros' back leg, close to his backend. Both boys are much happier with different penmates, Zorro with Houdini Boy and Zoomie with Roadie. The 3rd boy Squeak is loving life living with 8 girls. Squeak, Zoomie and Zorro were all neutered after that incident. Squeak was seperated at the time due to an illness.
Thank you so much!
Really happy to hear about the nationwide insurance. It's very expensive to treat guinea pigs.
thank you so much for the info!!!
Great Info Scotty!!! You are an Angel 💝💝
Hello 👋 Sheri
How are you doing today
@@alexdiaz4181 Hey Alex ! Happy Tuesday 💗💗
@@SheriMorgan Where are you from?
Thank you so much for all the information, especially the Vet Clinic locations locations. I was worried that my piggies get sick and don't know where to go because most of the Vets only take Dogs and Cats
Thank you so much 🙏🏾
HAHA omg scotty i actually love you! Your such a cool dude 😆☺️ thanks for this video it helped out alot ❤️
Thankyou so much this was so helpful! 🐹
My Guinea Pig had diarrhea and the Benebac cured it.
Thank u!!!🤗
Hi, my guinea pig currently has diarrhea and I was wondering will benebac also help my baby with her diarrhea it completely messed her stomach up and makes her not want to eat
Thank you so much for this vid. It helped me know what to do with one of my boys. I thought he just had dry skin, but now I think it might be fungal and I’ll treat him for it.
I know he is awkward but this man is a gem, thanks u helped me alot
He's not awkward. He's an Earth Angel 😇
Hi Scott thank you for the amazing job with all of your videos. I’m from Brazil mom of 3 guinea pig I currently live in USA but in Brazil many cities is very hard to find a exotic pet veterinarian and the cost is very high. Some people unfortunately can’t afford and the issues are usually the ones you talking about in the video. I would like to know if you allow me to make a video in Portuguese of everything you mention in your video kind of a translation in my channel to help the Brazilians owners so they don’t need to leave their pigs suffering at home. Hope to hear from you ❤️
I love you and your babies, you’ve helped me so much. I love the rescue she is so helpful I love to watch the health checks. Thank you guys so much
Your videos are very informative, i have a one year old guinea pig and he is my baby
Thanks
When 1 of my gang injures their eye. I use the ointment my vet prescribed and take pigtures and a video(if possible), and send them to my vet and my vet will let me know if I need to take that piggy to the vet. I also have Meloxicam my vet prescribed to help the piggy with any pain they may have from the eye injury. Someone mentioned on 1 of the live feeds that you should design a shirt saying 'Lice, Mites and Internal Parasites'.
Just last week my Piggie had sudden paralysis in his back legs and he very quickly lost the strength to lift his head. He seemed fine in the days prior. Unfortunately we had to put him down. R.I.P. Peanut
fly high peanut, rest peacefully. I know that nothing can take away the pain your feeling but please know you’re not alone. My piggie, Squeakers, has lost a lot of weight drastically and we took him to the vet two weeks ago but they didn’t know what was wrong and kept speculating. Later today, we took him to a different vet and we were told he has liver cancer. He’s on meds that will hopefully keep him comfy and help him continue eating but the vet said we only have a few weeks left with him and that when it gets to the point that he no longer seems himself, to go back and get him put down. I’m sure Peanut was beautiful and I hope you are ok
@@erynmccarthy9349 Thank you so much. I appreciate your support. I'm so sorry to hear about Squeakers. This too will pass 😞. We rescued 3 guinea pigs the day Peanut passed away so there is a happy ending after all. I am sure there is a happy ending for you too 💞
Omg!!!!! Thank you for posting about the piggie insurance!!! I never knew that exists. I love my piggie Dr. But its $90 just to walk in the door.. xoxo 💗
What is the name of the pet insurance company?
@@sarahcosenza9844 he said progressive gives great pet insurance.
@@cme1027 thanks! Here in NJ they are quoting much higher remounts ☹️
Thanks!
You're Welcome Morgan, and Thank you for supporting my rescue efforts!
I have a yearly appointment with my vet early July, but one of my piggies has a strange eye. I have washed it with water only and it looks way better already.
I still ordered terramicyn and eye wash solution, in cases needed.
Super useful info!
Every time I rescued a piggy with head tilt, my vet found ear infection. Maybe because it’s cold here and warm in California, it’s different for you. But it’s very cold here and infection is common.
If you are Saskia or Scotty, they know what mites are compared to fleas or lice. But most folks won’t. (Like me!!) Your vet will know. Better to be safe. If you can get to Saskia, sure go to her first.
I am fortunate to have four good exotics vets here. If you aren’t close to any, of course try home remedies first. Scotty has excellent information and of course Saskia and skinnypigs1 have helpful videos.
3 times I have had head tilt here: 1 was an ear infection, 1 vertigo and 1 was a stroke.
skinnypigs1 a stroke?? Oh dear! Which piggie had that? Could the vet treat that? You certainly have been through tough times with your fur babies.
@@kayesguineapigs it was Hobbes. We gave him baytril and metacam and he pulled through. He was forever tilted but did well and lived another year.
I’ve also had head tilt in piggies that wasn’t blindness, I think it’s a good idea to get any head tilt checked out by vet. I had one piggy with an ear infection, cleared up and tilt went away after antibiotics and had 1 piggiy with head tilt caused by neurological issues.
@@ValeriesZoo I agree. When a head tilt all of a sudden appears, that is serious. Barnaby had the ear infection and within a day he went from just a minor tilt to very bad. He was seen the next day and forever kept a bit of a tilt. So people shouldn't wait or assume what it is. He need a month of antibiotics.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello 👋 more
How are you doing today
You do make good videos and give out a lot of important information. I just wish you would stay focused and on topic more.
I rescued my pig from a dumpster. He was left in his cage in the hot July sun but his owner, screaming for water. I've loved him for 4 years since, but now he needs help.
It started with his hind legs being paralyzed, he was dragging them. Now his front legs are barely working. He doesn't eat much, the side of his body he lays on is being matted in poo and the hair all knotted up.
The bones are almost flattening there too from him favoring that side to lay on.
I just started giving him vitamin D supplements crushed inside of mandarin oranges (not the best delivery method, I know) and am just hoping that some functionality may return to bring him a bit more comfort.
His name is Ziggy and he really needs a miracle.
Hi, did it work?
@@KPlyf no
Thank you so much my guinea pig is doing a lot better from you I just can’t thank you enough just for this I’m going to subscribe and like this video😊
i honestly just watch these cause of your personality
My boy Zorro was bitten on his back leg by his then penmate, I took him to the vet and the vet stitched the wound because it was so close to his backend. A couple of days later the stitches were removed. Zorro the 'little toad' decided to chew on his stitches. He has had no ill effects from that bite.
How come you have so many homeless Guinea pigs in LA? I plan to move around there after nursing school. My daughter and I wish we could adopt them all but we will when we move there. Thanks for what you do. They are so sweet.
10:51 wow thanks for the info
Unfortunately there were a few on the list that I have been noticing in my back yard squirrels. Possibly ring worm and or mange. Plus one has a head tilt. I started feeding them coconut oil and this has seemed to help a bit since it is suppose to be a natural fungal fighter. If you know any other natural remedies for wild animals I would love to hear them. I have 2 guinea pigs and a chinchilla in my home so I try to be mindful of not bringing anything back in the house. Plus I feel sorry for the squirrels that have bald spots and are scratching a lot.
I would reach out to a wildlife rehabilitator
Headandshoulders is good... Thank You a great video?! 👍🐼🌿🍀💚🌿🐼🌿💚🐼💚🌿🍀🌿
Thanks for the video, Scott ☺️
I watched when it first came out, and rewatched a few weeks ago because my 3 piggies have been scratching LIKE CRAZY! They’re skinnies, so no loss of hair to make it obvious it’s mites...
But one of them has a tinyyyy spot on her nose with hair loss,and all of the have scratches no matter how much I trim and file their nails..
I gave them the ivermectin (the paste), today I gave them the 3rd dose.. and still the scratching doesn’t stop 😔 Do I need to wait more for the result? Or should I just make an appointment with their vet?
Does anyone have experience with this that could help us out? 😢
you saved me from a way overpriced vet visit🙏🏼thank you so much
Thank you for the information about mites and how to get rid off them i feel so sorry for the little guinea pigs that get the mites. Because it’s like torture for them sweet little piggies they don’t deserve it. By the way I haven’t seen your adorable.piggies. Can you please make a video
I have not seen your piggies for couple of weeks
Scotty recently had Laryngitis, so he took a break from filming to rest his throat and voice.
Thank you for
Thank you. Karalee Trapp Scot hope you get well soon
@@tammylines2779 Hello 👋
How are you doing today?
Does ringworm remedy and treatment apply to skinny pigs?
He is so itchy and I do see patches of
Flaky skin.
I’m a new foster parent so..I’m learning as I go.
Thanks for all you do Scotty 🥰
Thank u you don’t know how worried I’ve been about her poops there a little bit weird shaped and a little squishy I’m going to try the benebac if it doesn’t work than I’m going to get a check from the vet 😀
So. My guinea pig Finn can't walk. On Thursday night I was picking him up and then I put him down for a second and I saw his front paw slightly go in. And then I picked him up again and he squealed very loudly. And then he wobbled over to his hidey when I set him down. He stayed in the same position the whole night and then I picked him up the next morning and he squealed loudly again
Then I separated him from alex and put everything close to him. He wasn't drinking his water and he stayed in the same spot standing the whole day. Then fast forward to today and him and Alex are being bonded again because they forgot each other. I'm going to put them back together. But he can't walk. When he gets startled he tries to run but instead he falls. He can scooch over a inch or two. I have had to give him water through a syring because he is dehydrated. We called the vet but they did not know what to do. They said going there for a check up is 75 dollars. The only reason we aren't gonna go is because they would probably examine him and say to just give him rest and then they will get 75$ for nothing. Or they will give us medicine that will probably not work. If worst comes to worst we might go. But do you have any advice to improve the way I'm caring for him? Or any medicine I could find somewhere that could help?
Great vid, thank you Scotty.
One of my boys had soft poops and thanks to YOU I got some benebac (not easy cause we are in UK) but it helped within 2 days xxx
Fibreplex is the best UK alternative. Fantastic product ☺
@@eriathwen1320 oh really, I appreciate that thank you 🙏 xx
You're welcome! ☺
@@eriathwen1320 ordered some for the emergency kit, thank you, guinea people are the best people xxx
You can orderst from Germany as well
Thank you very much! Can I ask you, is Head and shoulders Fresh Apple OK? does that also contain Zink?
Great video Scotty!! Give Nails a kiss from me 💋
Head tilt can be very serious, it can mean an ear infection which can kill Guinea Pigs and a head tilt could also mean they have previously had an ear infection but always keep an eye out for a head tilt or or other abnormalities
I've Rennie and Buscopan in my piggies medicine
If you suspect your piggie has bloat, it can save them if you can't get to a vet straight away
Hi Scotty! I have a pig with an eye infection/injury of some kind. I went and got the terramycin and put a good glob in last night with a qtip but I’m wondering how long to do this/how many times a day? Sorry if you already answered the question somewhere else in the comments.. I appreciate any advice you have ☺️
Hey scotty. Question. I have two piggies. One is an adult .one is a pup. They seem to get along okay. Although the pup (s'more) can be stubborn and the adult ( bear) can bully a lil bit. Mostly just chasing him around. No biting that I've noticed or fighting. Within the last week I've noticed several bald scaly patches pop up on s'more that bear doesn't seem to exhibit. So my question being does s'more perhaps have ringworm (maybe mites) -but wouldn't bear catch it to possibly- or is he possibly barbering him and I'm not noticing?
Hi Scotty. Thank you for this video. After watching I checked my pigs for lice & just as I suspected my babies are mildly infected! I live in the City of St. Augustine Florida. Can you please help point me in the right direction for treatment. What should I buy them? I do live on a fixed income. Please halp!
Hey scotty and piggies. With the vitamin c. Do you give the same amount for the baby piggies as the adults? 😁
Can you do a video on vertigo and how to treat it pleaseeee😭
PLEASE HELP ME SCOTTY!!! My 2 boys got into a fight and one of them has a nasty wound. His bottom lip got cut in half 😰😰😭😭😭 it looks so bad but thankfully he's not bleeding and I just saw him eating grass like nothing. I really think he needs stitches but I also know about their ability to heal quickly. What is your opinion on this, I would love to hear it.
Ps: I love your videos, always great content. Keep up to good work!!!
My one rabbit I had got a cut on her nose I uses Neosporin
Hi, I was wondering my guinea pigs have bald spots but it isn’t itchy . One guinea pig had bald spot behind one ear and the other has small bald spot on the top of her head and along with small behind both ears both do not itch at all and eating normally . Also they have separate cages
I wish you were into ratties! Rats are my poison 😁 but what a great resource for piggy lovers! All your videos make me want to adopt piggies! 😀
Hi Scotty! I always see my Guinea pig cleaning and scratching himself! But I have checked his fur and there aren’t any bold points, no thin hair in spots, no flakes , no mites or lice. Skin is rosy as a rose. But I am worried. He is an abyssinian! Mainly white and badge and there is patch or coffee brown on the face and the butt. Which is really hard to see anything. But I checked so many times and I am worried! Please advice. And I wash him every week with baby shampoo.