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Hard to tell if my guinea pig has head tilt
04-23-2013, 04:26 AM,
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Hard to tell if my guinea pig has head tilt
Ok more with my motley crew of misfit guinea pigs, LOL.
Burrows is an older piggie. He lost sight in one eye from an infection. Lately, I have been noticing him flopping his head down quickly when I pick him up. I was just thinking he was being very snuggly, but I see him holding his head slightly to one side when walking. I know it's rare for them to get head tilt, which is from mites or infection in the ear.

So I'm thinking maybe he is doing this to compensate for having sight in just one eye. He holds the side with the good eye down more to the ground. Does this sound right?
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