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Abscesses
Alopecia
Anal impaction
Anemia
Anesthesia in guinea pigs
Anorexia
Antibiotic sensitivity
Antibiotic treatment
Arthritis
Bathing your guinea pig
Behaviour – an overview of normal behaviour
Bite wounds
Boredom – keeping your guinea pig amused
Breeding from your guinea pig
Bumblefoot
Children and pets
Choosing a guinea pig
Common health problems
Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
Cystic ovarian disease
Cystitis
Dental checks – how to check your guinea pig’s teeth
Dental disease
Diabetes mellitus
Diarrhea
Ear disease
Elderly guinea pigs – how to care for them
Emergencies
Emotional support animals – the benefits
Euthabag pet body bags – all you need to know
Euthanasia – saying goodbye
Excessive drinking and urination
Exercise – keeping your guinea pig fit
Eye problems
Fecal testing
Feeding your guinea pig
Fleas – an itchy business!
Fluid therapy
Fly strike
Fractures
Frostbite
Gastric torsion
Gastric ulceration
Gastrointestinal stasis
Grooming your guinea pig
Guinea pig companions
Guinea pigs and rabbits
Guinea pigs: a history
Hairballs
Handling your guinea pig
Health checks – what to do!
Health insurance for your guinea pig
Heart problems
Heat stress
Hospital-associated infections
House guinea pigs – guinea pig proofing your home
Housing your guinea pig
Hyperthermia – overheating
Hypothermia – low body temperature
Illness – caring for your guinea pig
Impactions – what’s the blockage?
Injection techniques
Intestinal obstructions
Is a guinea pig right for me?
Kidney problems
Limb amputation
Medicines – how to administer them
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
Microchipping – permanent identification of your guinea pig
Moist dermatitis
Nasal discharge
Neutering – why and when
Obesity in your guinea pig
Ocular discharge
Ovarian remnant syndrome
Paralysis
Parasitic skin diseases
Pet loss – explaining it to children
Pet loss – how to cope
Pet medicines – a danger to pet caregivers?
Plants poisonous to guinea pigs
Pneumonia
Poisoning
Pregnancy – the pregnant guinea pig
Ptyalism – excessive salivation
Rearing orphan pups
Red urine / hematuria
Ringworm
Routine health care
Samples – how they help your veterinarian
Sarcoptic mange
Seizures – convulsions/fitting
Sinusitis
Skin problems
Skin tumors
Spinal injuries
Stress in Guinea Pigs
Summer safety
Surgery – pre- and post-operative care
Syringe feeding your guinea pig
Teeth problems – overgrowth
Traveling with your guinea pig
Urolithiasis
Uterine problems
Weight loss
Wildfires and smoke inhalation
Winter worries – caring for your guinea pig in winter
Worming
X-ray and ultrasound
