Guinea pigs

What is Dr. C’s favorite pocket pet?

Guinea Pigs!!

Guinea pigs proper name

Cavia porcellus

What was the purpose of guinea pigs?

Raised by incus for food

Dental Formula

2(I 1/1, C 0/0, P 1/1. M 3/3)= 20

What is the angle of the oblique occlusal plane of the cheek teeth?

30 degrees

Are Guinea pigs Mouth breathers or Nasal breathers?

Nasal

Coprophagy

Poop eater for Vitamin B

How long is the GI transit time?

20 hours

Boars

Male

Sows

Females

Boars have what kind of inguinal canals

Open

What kind of pubic symphysis doe guinea pigs have?

Fibrocartilaginous and can separate during parturition?

What might happen if sows are not bred within 7 months?

Pubic symphysis can calcify and cause dystocia

When are boars sexually mature?

2 months

When are sows sexually mature?

3 months

Where are antibodies delivery to baby?

Through the placenta not through colostrum

Can guinea pigs still die if not given mothers milk?

Yes

Can guinea pigs jump?

Yes

What kind of flooring should a guineapigs cage have?

Soild flooring

Thigmotactic

Likes to hide or stay close to walls

Optimal temp for cage?

65-79 degrees

Placentophagy

Eats the placenta

When do diet Vitamin C lose is effectivness?

90 days

How much daily supplemental ascorbc acid should guineapigs receive?i

Adults= 10mg/kg

Pregnant females= 30mg/kg

Scruffing?

Never

What Kurloff cells

Large mononuclear granular lymphocytes, produced by the thymus or spleen

T or F: Guinea pigs can vomit?

False

How long should a guinea pig fast before Sx

1-2 hours

What can cause perianesthetic ileus, hypoglycemia and negative energy balance?

Prolonged fasting

Perianesthestic ileus

Slow gut

Bordetella bronchiseptica

Kennel cough

Cervical lymphadenitis

Strepobacillus spp. or Strepococcus spp.

What causes lumps?

Bite wounds

Pododermatitis

Sore feet caused by wire flooring

Clostridium difficile

Causes GI dysbiosis

Elodont dentition

Dental disease

Skin mites causes

Pruritus

How to administer euthanasia?

Inhalant anesthesia- IC injection of barbiturate