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Diet To Avoid Further Stone(s) Forming

@furryfriends (TEAS) I see. I am coming to the conclusion that the most important thing is that the consommation of hay / timothy should be the largest part of her diet with no pellets. I might give Kosson just one dessertspoonful of nuggets a day as a treat. If I follow this the choice of veg would not cause much problems normally. Lovely to hear that the guineas you take care can have some high-calcium vegs but have no bladder stone issue. That means, maybe from time to time Kosson can still enjoy her favourites from time to time.
 
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@furryfriends (TEAS) I see. I am coming to the conclusion that the most important thing is that the consommation of hay / timothy should be the largest part of her diet with no pellets. I might give Kosson just one dessertspoonful of nuggets a day as a treat. If I follow this the choice of veg would not cause much problems normally. Lovely to hear that the guineas you take care can have some high-calcium vegs but have no bladder stone issue. That means, maybe from time to time Kosson can still enjoy her favourites from time to time.
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I scatter some pellets in the hay, so they can find them as they eat the hay. Yes definitely give her some favourites from time to time. I’m so looking forward to the spring, so I can get the piggies out on the lawn, eating lots of grass! xx
 
@Jaycey I am glad to hear that I do not have to cook the oats. I gave her uncooked directly from the bag ! It is encouraging to hear your stone guinea seems no problem after you changed his diet. I just hope the little stone passes (the exotics vet who carried out the ultrasound said that its size was fairly small so normally it passes) and with the new diet she never has the urinary tract problems!

200g loss sounds a lot, even your guinea sounds quite a big boy! To be honest I am a little scared that Kosson would refuse to eat hay/timothy/oats as she is not in a good health at the moment. But I must not spoil her, otherwise the stone can form bigger:no:.
 
@Kosson 200g was a lot but it was lost over a period of a few months. He was also monitored closely by his vet throughout and she wasn't worried at all.

It goes to show how fattening pellets are doesn't it?!
 
@Jaycey True! Piggy can gain grams very easily with pellets. Actually I am rather worried about Kosson's weight loss right now. I will create a new post about it to see how cavy savvy people (like you) think, before rushing in the vet.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Our vet, Simon Maddock, now advises stopping pellets completely for piggies who have had previous bladder stones and feeding porridge oats instead. Those who have had reoccurring stones have been stone free since no longer feeding pellets.
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I’m interested in this as I would like to go pellet free. So you just use regular whole oats dry? How much do you serve? And what nutrition does t provide? Fiber/ protein?

Thanks so much!
 
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