Copyright 2011 © Guinea Pigs Australia. All rights reserved Health Care Chart Identifying illness promptly is a key component to maintaining your guinea pigs health. Always weigh your cavy weekly! Please see our chart below for signs of what is normal and abnormal. Please feel free to print off and use as a reference. Nose Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Clear No Discharge Skin Clean Ease of Breathing Clear Symmetrical Open Clean Inside of ear clear Teeth Straight Clear of debris Closes easily Clean Clear skin Oval Shape Brown/Black Urine Clear Alert Active Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Abnormal Discharge Runny Sneezing Crusty Wheezing Cloudy Discharge Crusty Squinting Redness Bulging Eyes Crusty Skin Peeling Inflamed Difficulty Eating Slightly Ajar Salivating Hair Loss Scratching Balding Diarrhoea Blood in Urine Incontinence Lethargic Loss of appetite Eyes Ears Mouth Fur Fecal/Urine Behaviour Printable Version Click Here