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Clumped Poop

danteruno

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Hi everyone! I have a skinny pig named Dante and I took him to the vet last week. They gave us medicine and we just finished 2 of his meds after 3 days. He’s still taking meds for pain, we’re finishing it for 7 days. He seems like he’s himself again, vocal and having zoomies but I noticed today his poops are clumped. While he was taking his medicines, a day or two ago, it kinda had pointy ends and I assumed it was just the medicine but now it’s clumped and a little soft. Do you guys happen to know the cause, explanation or have any advice?
Thank you!
 
Can you please tell us what medicine he was taking, and the issue he was taking it for?

Antibiotics can cause digestive upsets, but without knowing what he was on we can’t really comment
 
Can you please tell us what medicine he was taking, and the issue he was taking it for?

Antibiotics can cause digestive upsets, but without knowing what he was on we can’t really comment
We took him to the vet bc he was looking bloated, sleeping more and not being as vocal. He was also itching too much and we thought it might be mites.

The vet did an x-ray and saw that there was a little bit of gas blockage so they gave us GI meds and gas relief for 3 days and pain meds with food for 7 days which we are still giving him (2 more days to go). They also put an ointment on his back for possible mites.

All day yesterday (I posted my thread yesterday night) his poop was clumped and he barely did pop, he was looking bloated again, wasn’t finishing his pellets and back to sleeping a little more so we gave him another gas relief with his pain meds last night. After that he kinda started having little zoomies and popcorn.

This morning his poop looked normal shaped but almost twice as big.

Is clumped poops normal while/after medication? I saw that the bloating went away but should I be worried he’s getting bloated again?

Thank you!
 
Please be aware that the poo indicates whatever was going on 1-2 days ago.
Some medication can upset the digestive system and affect appetite so we always recommend daily weighing instead of weekly as hay intake can't be reliably judged by eye.
If a piggy loses more than 50grams it's advisable to step in with support feeding.
 
We took him to the vet bc he was looking bloated, sleeping more and not being as vocal. He was also itching too much and we thought it might be mites.

The vet did an x-ray and saw that there was a little bit of gas blockage so they gave us GI meds and gas relief for 3 days and pain meds with food for 7 days which we are still giving him (2 more days to go). They also put an ointment on his back for possible mites.

All day yesterday (I posted my thread yesterday night) his poop was clumped and he barely did pop, he was looking bloated again, wasn’t finishing his pellets and back to sleeping a little more so we gave him another gas relief with his pain meds last night. After that he kinda started having little zoomies and popcorn.

This morning his poop looked normal shaped but almost twice as big.

Is clumped poops normal while/after medication? I saw that the bloating went away but should I be worried he’s getting bloated again?

Thank you!

His poops are indicative of his bloat episode and disrupted gut motility.

Bloat can come in waves so they can appear to get better but can then go downhill with it again.

The routine care for bloat, alongside prescribed meds, is switching from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weighing him every morning. This enables you to more closely monitor hay intake. Hay is the most important part of the diet and it’s intake cannot be monitored by eye. Weight is lost and gut function compromised when hay intake isn’t high enough.
You must step in with syringe feeding a recovery feed, to replace the loss in hay intake and in enough of quantity to keep his weight stable each day (a minimum of 40ml but ideally at least 60ml per day).

I have added lots of guides below - they all detail everything I’ve mentioned in further detail. Do give them a read

 
Please be aware that the poo indicates whatever was going on 1-2 days ago.
Some medication can upset the digestive system and affect appetite so we always recommend daily weighing instead of weekly as hay intake can't be reliably judged by eye.
If a piggy loses more than 50grams it's advisable to step in with support feeding.
Thank you so much. We’re getting him a scale to monitor his weight
 
His poops are indicative of his bloat episode and disrupted gut motility.

Bloat can come in waves so they can appear to get better but can then go downhill with it again.

The routine care for bloat, alongside prescribed meds, is switching from the routine weekly weight checks and instead weighing him every morning. This enables you to more closely monitor hay intake. Hay is the most important part of the diet and it’s intake cannot be monitored by eye. Weight is lost and gut function compromised when hay intake isn’t high enough.
You must step in with syringe feeding a recovery feed, to replace the loss in hay intake and in enough of quantity to keep his weight stable each day (a minimum of 40ml but ideally at least 60ml per day).

I have added lots of guides below - they all detail everything I’ve mentioned in further detail. Do give them a read

Thank you! These are really helpful.
 
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