![]() Pro Tip: Consider adopting a guinea pig from a local rescue or shelter instead of purchasing from a store. Always budget additional costs for guinea pig supplies such as a cage, bedding, hay, and food. Remember that prices may vary based on location, and some stores also offer special deals and discounts on certain guinea pig breeds. Here is a breakdown of the estimated cost of guinea pigs at Petsmart: As of the updated price list, the average price of a guinea pig at Petsmart is around $20 to $40. Hello everyone, this is my first post so I'm not so sure how this all works.The cost of a guinea pig at Petsmart varies depending on several factors such as the breed, age, and store location. I'll start by saying that I did impoulse buy my guinea pigs. I bought my daughter a guinea pig for her birthday, from Petsmart (named piglet). After getting him home, i researched like crazy knowing that i was now a guinea pig mommy. I read that guinea pigs were much happier in pairs and went back the next day to buy a second one (named Pork chop) as a companion for the first. ![]() Petsmart assured me they were both males. ![]() Piglet was very calm from the time we met him but as soon as he was introduced to Pork chop he was very active and playfull (i knew i had made a good decision in getting him a friend). About a day later i came accross a post saying that pet stores often missex their guinea pigs so i researched how to sex them and sexed them myself. Piglet looked like a girl to me (im sure Pork chop was a boy) so i called the vet to have Piglet sexed in a couple of days. Fast forward to today (exactly 1 week after purchasing Piglet). We woke up and noticed that Piglet was sitting in the open, breathing heavily and not moving much. I called Petsmart and told them i thought he was sick and asked what to do. We ended up taking both piggies in to be checked through the petsmart vet. Not an hour after dropping them off, petsmart called saying that Piglet died of pneumonia durring an x-ray at the vet. ![]() They also said that Pork chop had severe pneumonia but that he had antibiotics perscribed and that they (petsmart) would keep him until he was better. I did call the vet and was told that Piglet had been put down as he was too sick to have anything done about. Petsmart offered to give us another guinea pig in exchange for Piglet but im not so sure i trust them after selling us 2 sick piggies. I dont know what the right thing to do is? Should i go back for Pork chop and buy another piggy so he has a friend? Should i find a rescue for another guinea pig companion for Pork chop? Is it okay to get an adult rescue with my baby Pork chop? Should i not take him back? im pretty upset over the loss of my guinea pig (that was aparently sick when we got him). Can we trust that Petsmart will make Pork chop better? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.Īs you know what vet Pork chop is with it would pay to research if they are an exotic vet or not. A vet who is only a small animal vet (small animal meaning cats and dogs in this context) may not know what they are doing when it comes to guinea pigs and have been know to prescribe medications that are very dangerous to guinea pigs but safe for other animals, read this link for more info Typically petsmart vets are not qualified to treat guinea pigs who require an exotic vet. You probably don't have much choice at this point in time about whether or not you can get Pork chop back. As you have already handed him over to petsmart they will not release him back to you until he has finished being treated. I would however recommend you not buy another from petsmart, as you are very likely to get another sick and/or mis-sexed individual and buying another will contribute to the store ordering in more. You would be much better off waiting to see what happens with Pork chop (if you do want him back), then look into adopting. Typically the age of the guinea pigs doesn't matter much when it comes to them getting along or not, your options for a new cage mate are either another young boar, and older boar, or a spayed sow. Depending on where you are located will depend on whether or not an adoption place will have spayed sows as not all places will desex sows. Regardless of what you decide to do if you have two guinea pigs who have not been together before make sure to introduce them properly, after ensuring everyone is healthy, for info on how to do this read Peanut_Butter2 While I'm sure you have good intentions the advice you just gave was misguided. A wall from the C&C store will not prevent a contagious organism from spreading as they are often airborne. The only safe way to ensure an infection will not spread from an existing guinea pig to a new one you are bringing into the home, or vice verse, is to quarantine in a completely separate room.
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