Guinea Pigs Flashcards
How long should you keep Guinea pig food for? Why?
3 months; vitamin C breakdown
Name 3 breeds of GP
Hartley,’Abyssinian,’Peruvian’
How long do GP live for?
4-6 years
What does GP urine look like?
White/Chalky (high in calcium), and can have pigments
How should you breed guinea pigs w.r.t. age?
Make sure you breed before 1 year or else the pelvis will fuse.
Venipunctures
Saphenous, cephalic, anterior vena cava
When are spays/neuters done in guinea pigs?
6-8 months of age (recommended)
Open castration often
What type of surgeries are done on GP?
Caesarian'section' • Spay and neuter' • Cystotomy • Fracture'repair' • **Dentistry**
Describe a Guinea pigs’s GI
Monogastric Don't vomit Palatial ostium Large cecum Coprophagy Open rooted incisors/molars GI transit time 20 minutes
Palatial ostium
Connects oro-and caudal pharynx
How are extractions done on GPs?
This is difficult, and may cause a fracture of the mandible. Can be attempted or may require euthanasia
How susceptible are GPs to antibiotics?
Toxic:
Penicillins
Cephlosporins
Macrolides
When might you give a guinea pig an enema?
For fecal impaction (mild enema)
What bacteria causes enteritis in guinea pigs
Salmonella, e.coli, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, C.piliforme, C. difficile (and others)
GP viruses
Corona virus
wasting & enteritis
GP parasites
Eimeria caviae
Cryptosporridia wrairi
Resp diseases in GPs
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Strep pneuminiae
Strep zooepidemicus
Adenovirus
What can cause cervical lymphadenitis
Strep zooepidemicus
How do you treat dystocia in GP
Common
Ga gluconate + oxytocin for inertia or C-section
Problems in female reporduction
Pregnancy toxemia
Cystic rete ovaries
Mastitis
Dystocia
What is the pathogenesis for pregnancy toxaemia in GPs
Fat sow goes off feed (stress etc)
Mobilization of body fat
Ketosis
High mortality
Circulatory pregnancy toxemia in GP
Weight on the aorta, compression of uterine vessels
Reduction in blood supply & urteroplacental schema
Transient hind end peruses
Ketosis & fetal death
What are cystic rate ovarii in GPs?
Para ovarian cyst
leads to hair loss, and sexual behaviours
How do guinea pigs get scurvy? clinical signs
Skin conditions in guinea pigs
Barbering Pododermatitis Hormonal alopecia (cystic ovaries) Mange (Trixacarus caviae) Dermatomycosis - T. mentagrophytes (zoonotic)
Other conditions in GPs (neoplasia etc)
Chinchillas (weight, etc)
Chinchilas - GI problems
