aren't supplied with a balanced diet that encourages chewing. If your guinea pig is not eating or is salivating excessively, please contact the clinic for an appointment.
At the Rowville Veterinary Clinic we strongly recommend desexing your male guinea pigs if you do not want to breed and you have a mixed pair.
Castration will not always be successful if you have 2 males and they are fighting.
Guinea pigs can suffer from a mite which causes scabies. This mite causes extreme itchiness and guinea pigs will often be seen to scratch until they bleed and pull their fur out.
If you think your guinea pig has mites, please make an appointment to see the vet at the clinic
Guinea pigs do NOT require vaccination
Guinea pigs do not suffer from pathological intestinal worms and therefore unlike dogs and cats, they do not need to be wormed.
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