A male guinea pig had acute abdominal pain and fever.
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The guinea pig had a painful swollen abdomen one month ago. He liked to eat anything. A cane basket weaved with sharp pieces of rattan was his den. He would have eaten the cane. He passed smelly intestinal gas. He stopped eating for several days.
Some guinea pigs cannot accept a variety of food and like to chew any object causing intestinal ulcerations and pain. There was gastro-intestinal ileus. In this case, the guinea pig passed away the next day as there might be perforation of the intestines. No autopsy was authorised by the owner.