Question:
My guinea pig, Lucy, is blind. She can only see light and shadow. Because of this she won't run around. The only place she'll even move is in her cage, and that's if a veggie is three inches in front of her. Exercise is totally unheard of for her -- she already has about five chins, and the family doesn't want her to have any more.Please help us. Lucy is an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle of our lives.
A.G. (age 9), Washington, DC Jul 03, 2005
Answer:
Guinea pigs, also known as cavies, are highly sociable and friendly creatures. Your blind Lucy will have a new lease on life if you get another girl guinea pig for company. They will interact and Lucy will become more active and start to lose weight. The other guinea pig will probably become her seeing-eye guide. Be sure to get a much bigger cage for them (2 feet wide by 4 feet long, for instance), and let them have the run of your room for as long as and as often as you can (making sure to unplug any electrical extension cords that they might chew through, as a precaution).
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