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piggie sneezing and more?

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Question
My piggie named Piper I got her on dec 29th 2006 and she female and very small and kinda skinnie she sneezes alot when i hold her and she not very active and she eats but not as much she suppose to and wheezes alittle. 3 days later her eye along with sneezing and wheezing i mean her eye closes alot and one time i pick her up she couldnt open her eye and i did it for her and this stuff on the eye lid was solid like dried up liquid but this is only one eye and on other eye its fine. Her poops (turds i call it) are fine and no discharge from nose or other eye and she doesnt make noises at all sometimes small noise like a real pig noise when she goes about but it sounds like pig underwater noise. THis is my 5th day and i bought her at petco what bothers me about petco they never clean their cages my god theres hundreds of turds (poops) and they not over crowd them which is good unlike rumford pet store who pets 9 piggies in a small cage that not enough big than for adult piggie oops sorry back to my question my question is whats wrong with Piper she eats not much and not active no more only had her for 5 days and eye is closing and sneezing and wheezing? I just hate it that pet shops dont take care of guinea pigs and other small animals.

Answer
She has an upper respiratory infection, which can be deadly if not treated. I have the treatment and more information about URIs on my website under guinea pig information, http://woopets.bravehost.com . If she stops eating or drinking, or starts to not move and looks unthrifty then she will need to see a vet immediatly. The cough syrup and Vicks should help a lot, but if she does get fully better with in 3 days, or gets worse then she will need to see a vet.
Brittany