Research

You can help provide valuable data for Wheektown’s research on guinea pig medical treatments, diet, and disease.​​

Medical treatments

​​If you have ever taken your guinea pig to the vet or otherwise treated them for a condition, you can help provide
valuable data for Wheektown’s research on guinea pig medical treatments. You can share information on any
​medications, diagnostic tests, and surgeries they have had.
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Report the success, failure, or side effects of a medication your guinea pig has taken

Share x-rays, CT scans, endoscopic photos, and other diagnostic images and techniques
 
Report the success, failure, or side effects of a surgery your guinea pig has undergone 
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Diet and edibility

​If your guinea pig has ever had malocclusion, bloat, or bladder stones — or even if they haven’t — then you can help provide valuable data for Wheektown’s research on the relationship between diet and disease. You can also share information on any unusual fruits, vegetables, or other plants that you have fed your guinea pigs to help us get a better understanding of the edibility of these foods.
 
Report the occurrence (or absence) of malocclusion in your guinea pig

Report the occurrence (or absence) of bloat and other gastric diseases in your guinea pig

Report the occurence (or absence) of bladder stones and other liths in your guinea pig

Report the edibility of a fruit, vegetable, forage, or other plant

Report the occurrence and the outcome of choking
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Conditions and diseases

 
​If your guinea pig suffers from a congenital defect (a problem they were born with), has ever been pregnant, has a special need (such as blindness, deafness, paralysis, epilepsy, Diabetes, etc), or otherwise has a health condition, you can help provide valuable data for Wheektown’s research on the prevalence and management of disease.
 
Report the occurrence of congenital abnormalities and diseases

Share information on your guinea pig's pregnancy, labour, babies, and related health

Share information on your guinea pig's special needs and care
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Report the occurrence (or absence) of any other health conditions and share information on them
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Other

Submit a photograph of your guinea pigs

Submit a useful anecdote about your guinea pigs

Share a scientific paper