By Sherry Young
When you have a guinea pig as your pet, you must know what type of guinea pig diseases that might infect your pet. Extra care and attention should be devoted to your pet as guinea pig is more prone to illness and diseases than other type of pets.
You have to know the health of your pet in general to make sure your pet stays healthy and happy always. Healthy and happy pet makes it more fun to play with.
The following are list of the common health problems that may affect your pet:
Generally, frequent sneezes indicate that your guinea pig might have some allergy towards his surrounding. The material use for his bedding in his cage might be the cause of the sneeze. The bedding is there to keep him warm and provide comfort to him. Change the bedding entirely to a complete new set and see whether that helps to reduce the sneeze. If that does not improve, put the cage in a different location instead. If your pet always rubs his nose and you notice that there is some sort of discharge from his nose, send him to the vet immediately.
Scratches is good to help clear away any minor irritants. But if your pet likes to scratch his body consistently and frequently, this might indicate he has some problem on his skin/body as fungal or parasites might have infected him. You can easily spot any brown insect that cling to his body if you were to comb his hair gently with a pet brush. Just clean or wash that area with a medicated shampoo to help get rid of the lice. You should also clean and disinfect the cage regularly to clear any parasites problem.
Take notice to the colour of the urine. Slightly milky colour is normal but if the urine is white in colour this could indicate the presence of high calcium level in his diet which is higher than the normal intake. If there is traces of blood in his urine resulting to the colour red or pinkish to his urine, this indicate that your pet might have stones in his bladder. Take him to see the vet for further advice.
Your guinea pig will get watery eyes if some foreign elements such as too much dusts or allergy is presence in his eyes. Please head to the vet to seek advice on how to get rid of the irritants. The presence of cyst may also result in watery eyes. If this is the case, you need to get professional help from experience vet surgeon to help remove the cyst.
You must feed him adequate amount of Vitamin C daily as the lack of it may result in him to suffer from scurvy which cause him to have stiff joint. He cannot move properly. The daily recommended intake of Vitamin C should be at least 10 milligram. You can feed him with tiny pieces of carrots as a source of vitamin C.
