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Mr. Darcy was having symptoms of not feeling well and with blood in his urine, so his mom brought him to see Dr. Meredith Kennedy for a thorough exam. During his exam, Dr. Kennedy palpated Mr. Darcy's bladder, and noticed he was uncomfortable. As part of his routine diagnostic tests a radiograph was taken. Mr. Darcy has not one, but two, stones in his bladder. Do you see them in this radiograph, just to the right of center? If you can't see them this view might help It is not too often that Guinea Pigs get these stones. Bladder stones

We neuter (castration or orchiectomy) Guinea Pigs in a manner similar to other animals. We always use the laser for its major advantages of minimal to no bleeding during surgery, and minimal to no pain, swelling, and inflammation after surgery. Those of us that have had surgery are aware of how much pain there is after surgery, and we do anything we can minimize that pain for our patients. Our laser is warmed up and calibrated for the specific surgery we are doing before we start the procedure The laser is so important for our patients we use it on

This little guy is laying on his back, with the front legs towards the top. The big dark spot the arrow is pointing to is air in the intestines, and is normal. Did you notice he is missing one of his front legs? It was amputated years earlier. This is the same pig from the side view. Can you tell he has only one front leg from this view?

This cute little one had a problem with his eye. There was a congenital problem with the hair above the eye. It was overgrown and irritating the cornea. The extra lash is easily seen on this magnified view  The cornea is the outer clear part of the eye. This extra hair can cause severe problems to the cornea if the problem goes on long enough. There will be a corneal ulcer, which is painful. As time goes on the cornea can become thickened and vision loss will occur. In severe cases the cornea can be perforated from this ulcer and the

Mange in Guinea Pigs is caused by a parasite that is similar to the scabies parasite in people. It is seen more often in households that have several pigs. This disease occurs in other animals also, including dogs and cats. Cause Mange is caused by a parasite know as Sarcoptes. It is transmitted by direct contact, usually when a new pig that has the mite is introduced with pets already in your household. The mites that cause mange in guinea pigs does not affect humans. Symptoms Most Guinea Pigs that have Mange are itching and have patches of hair loss. Some