Question by : What is wrong with my friend’s guinea pigs?
Ok bear with me here.
I’ve known this girl since the ninth grade. When i met her she had four GPs. over the course of i’d say three years she went from having four, to seven, to ten, then eight and now six.
Increase was due to mating and decrease was due to death. And that is all in THREE years. They all died from either the babies falling out of the bucket she keeps them in, or having some sort of seizure or shrinking to literally nothing. I’ll explain.
Every time i go to her house i play with one in particular. His name was Butters. Butters was big and plump and friendly. Then after a while, i think she had him for 6 years, she told me he was dying. That he was literally shrinking in size. When i went to her house he went from long and chubby, to HELLA SHORT and SKINNY. When i saw him i was like “WTF?!, is this even the same animal?!?” then i went to go pick him up and guys when i tell you i felt every bone in his body… i freakin felt every bone in his body. His spine almost punctured straight through my hand. Ok… thats a bit of a hyperbole but you get it. Thats how much i could feel his bones and his spine was that sharp for some odd reason.
She found another paralyzed in the bucket and the babies died because they chewed a hole in the bucket, and fell through and down to the ground. She kept the bucket on top of her dresser. NONE of these GPs have every seen a vet or had any medical attention.
Now, i’ve never had a GP before. I don’t know how you take care of them. I do know, that she isnt doing it right. One of the babies has this “Eye infection” and his pupils are grey. I don’t even think he can see. Before me and a friend MADE her buy them a proper cage, she kept them in a bucket. And even now the cage is too small for 5 adult GPs and a baby one. I know this is some sort of neglect, but is that the reason why all of her GPs die of some strange illness, accident, or this weird shrinking disease? One of them is currently shrinking down to nothing now.
If she took better care of them, would they live longer and better lives?
Also, i think proper nutrition has to do with it because they live off of lettuce, and occasionally carrots IF she has any. They don’t eat GP food AT ALL.
I know it was long, but thanks…
Best answer:
Answer by Pink Panther
Awww that’s just sad… Yes if she would of properly care for them they would of live a long and healthy life. Guinea pigs are supposed to live 5-7 years or EVEN longer.
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