Guinea Pig! plz I need some answers anyone know?

Question

Okay, I have a female guinea pig and she's almost a year old. She's doing this weird thing with her mouth. (it is NOT her chewing on something, eating her poo, or grinding her teeth, it's different).

It's like she shwishes her mouth from side to side or like she's "chewing" on air... When she does it her mouth sticks out flat (it's kinda hard to describe..) and it moves around as if she was gnawing on something (and she has things in her cage to gnaw on so it's not that she doesn't have something to gnaw).

(It's kinda like when a person looses a tooth and they keep moving their tougne into the hole and puffing or moving their cheeks/mouth around)

It;s rly weird, she never did that before and just started a few days ago... like theirs something sticky in her mouth or a cut and her ceeks go out (I checked her mouth thers nothing wrong with it?)

She does it just a few times a day.

Anyone know what she's doing???

Answer 1

it could be an abses or a mouth ausa if they get them or mabe she has lost a tooth or i could be a gum infestion

Answer 2

sounds like an abses i would take her to the vet!

Answer 3

She could have teeth problems or an abscess - I would take her to the vet who could look at her more carefully and, at the very least, put your mind at rest

Answer 4

Ever had a popcorn hull stuck between your tooth and the gum, way in the back of your mouth? She could have a piece of hay stuck in her gums and is trying to get it out. Just a thought.

You do, however, need to keep any eye on her to make sure its not a dental problem. The molars of a guinea pig cannot be seen by just opening the mouth. Their mouths are very narrow and the teeth are far in the back. A vet will need to use buccal pad separators to view them to determine if they are overgrown. If your piggie has ANY difficulty eating or drinking, she needs to see a vet and have her teeth checked.

Answer 5

I think your guinea pig is suffering from mineral deficiency. Please include mineral supplement in her diet. Do ask your vet to prescribe the best one available in the market.