Post by zipsterdo on Aug 18, 2011 12:59:41 GMT
(I had an account a while ago, but got busy with the real world and went inactive, so had to start a new one so some might reMember me.)
Zippers is one of my my female guinea pigs. She is almost nine years old, she'll be nine next month. But there are things worrying me and to me, its signs of old age but I just wanted to get some opinions.
This past year she has dropped a lot of weight. She's very thin now but continues to eat with no problems (no overgrown teeth, no dietary changes ect.). She's just not keeping her weight like she used to. The past few days she has been drinking more than usual also. Not a lot more than usual, but enough for me to notice it. She has no discharge from anywhere, eyes, nose, ect either. She still moves around with no obvious problems, stools and urine are normal as well. Another worrying factor, she isn't acting normally. Normally she throws her house around her cage and she hasn't touched it lately, just goes in and out of it, no playing with it. She hasn't been as active or perky as normal either. She still wheeks and goes crazy for food or treats when she hears a bag but she doesn't move around with as much entusiasm and stuff as she normally does. The less active-ness started about a week ago, drinking more started just a few days ago. But with no other obvious signs of illness (not obvious to ME at least) I thought I'd come here and get some opinions. Thanks guys (:
Heres a photo of her from the beginning of July. I'll try to take some pictures soon and get them up if I can get my camera to work.
Zippers is one of my my female guinea pigs. She is almost nine years old, she'll be nine next month. But there are things worrying me and to me, its signs of old age but I just wanted to get some opinions.
This past year she has dropped a lot of weight. She's very thin now but continues to eat with no problems (no overgrown teeth, no dietary changes ect.). She's just not keeping her weight like she used to. The past few days she has been drinking more than usual also. Not a lot more than usual, but enough for me to notice it. She has no discharge from anywhere, eyes, nose, ect either. She still moves around with no obvious problems, stools and urine are normal as well. Another worrying factor, she isn't acting normally. Normally she throws her house around her cage and she hasn't touched it lately, just goes in and out of it, no playing with it. She hasn't been as active or perky as normal either. She still wheeks and goes crazy for food or treats when she hears a bag but she doesn't move around with as much entusiasm and stuff as she normally does. The less active-ness started about a week ago, drinking more started just a few days ago. But with no other obvious signs of illness (not obvious to ME at least) I thought I'd come here and get some opinions. Thanks guys (:
Heres a photo of her from the beginning of July. I'll try to take some pictures soon and get them up if I can get my camera to work.