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About Nicole Bury
Expertise
I can answer every question anyone has! I am always willing to hit the books for other owners! I and my husband between me have 6 guinea pigs and one expecting, that we intend to keep 2 of. I can help with idle questions, everyday problems to serious health problems but I always sugget seeing a vet!

Experience
I have had 14 guinea pigs in my life with more to come. I have volunteered at the local shelter just to work with the small animals on a weekly basis and I have been to countless vets to soak up there advice, as well as looking in my 50 something books on guinea pigs. I know almost everything I can wrap my head around about guinea pigs! Sometimes my husband, who is an exotic bird vet/guinea pig fanatic helps me with the questions to!

Organizations
I belong to S.A.R.S. BC. It stands for Small Animal Rescue Shelter.

Publications
The Vancouver sun.

Education/Credentials
I have taken community courses for pet care, including small animals, but I have not been to school formal education (I am not a vet). Currently I am in the process of becoming a published author and I have my degree in creative writing. Someday I will have my masters. I teach local classes for advanced creative writing and literature for teens.

Awards and Honors
I have had my writing published in the paper for the fourtenth time about animal pet care facts. Nothing big, just me and a few other writers.

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Guinea Pigs - Guinea Pig won't eat

Expert: Nicole Bury - 11/10/2009

Question
We have 2 guinea pigs - we had recently built a large cage and housed them together, and normally when they played together they were fine. However, within a few days they were fighting horribly so we've separated them. One gets the original, smaller cage and one gets the larger, new cage. Recently we swapped them out so that the one in the smaller cage could have some more room. (We are working to expand their current new cage with some dividers). The pig we moved to the smaller cage has stopped eating and spends time sitting in his igloo. Could it be the environment change or is he potentially ill? He also 'seems' to have lost some weight...

Answer
Hello Melissa!
I have put in a link to my favorite guinea pig health site, it goes directly to the 'not eating' and does include that environmental changes can effect the pig (loss of a friend) and I suggest trying out some supervised play time to see if it was temporary fighting (dominance).

http://www.guinealynx.info/anorexia.html

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