Isabellajones
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello everyone,
Just a bit of information about my piggie before I go into detail:
I adopted a boar in December last year, I’m not sure of his age but Pets At Home said he was about 9 months at the time of his adoption.
He is on a table spoon of burgess nuggets. Silky soft hay (a mix of Timothy, rye and fescue) from Little Hay Co. Small potion of veggies a day.
These vary from day to day: cucumber. Carrots. Sweet peas. Parsley. Egg plant. Red and green peppers. Baby corn. Parsley. Coriander. Apple (very occasionally). Cabbage (very occasionally). Romaine lettuce (two small leaves daily one morning and one evening). He has his veggies around 11am every day and it is a small potion or two different veggies.
He has unlimited hay in a pile (no hay rack as I don’t agree with then) which is completely changed out twice daily, morning and evening with a little top up in the afternoon and before bed.
He lives in a 2x4 C&C cage on Kavee liners.
Yes he is by himself as he is very pig aggressive for some reason, I am with him 24/7 as I work from home and I have a studio flat so he is constantly with me.
Ever since I have had him, he has weird poops. They tend to be pointy all the time and a few days ago he randomly developed some constipation where he didn’t poop all night and in the morning passed a small mass of poops all clumped together. For that morning his poops were squishy and light in colour but seemed to get better as the day went on. I withheld veggies that day and the next and limited his pellets and his poops quickly went back to “normal” at least normal for him the points.
I read online that they have pointy poops because they are not getting enough fiver, but he eats TONS of hay! What else could cause pointy poops?
Also, are fresh vegetables a necessity? I would like him to be on a hay and limited pellet diet only as I feel that is what is most beneficial to them. That was what my bunny had and he lived to be 15 years old. He had a mixed hay only diet with very limited pellets and the occasional pea flake.
Could the veggies be causing his digestive issues?
This evening I gave him some Bene Bac as suggested by Scotty from Scott’s Animals. Is this someone I can give him once a week to help his digestion?
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks for reading!
Just a bit of information about my piggie before I go into detail:
I adopted a boar in December last year, I’m not sure of his age but Pets At Home said he was about 9 months at the time of his adoption.
He is on a table spoon of burgess nuggets. Silky soft hay (a mix of Timothy, rye and fescue) from Little Hay Co. Small potion of veggies a day.
These vary from day to day: cucumber. Carrots. Sweet peas. Parsley. Egg plant. Red and green peppers. Baby corn. Parsley. Coriander. Apple (very occasionally). Cabbage (very occasionally). Romaine lettuce (two small leaves daily one morning and one evening). He has his veggies around 11am every day and it is a small potion or two different veggies.
He has unlimited hay in a pile (no hay rack as I don’t agree with then) which is completely changed out twice daily, morning and evening with a little top up in the afternoon and before bed.
He lives in a 2x4 C&C cage on Kavee liners.
Yes he is by himself as he is very pig aggressive for some reason, I am with him 24/7 as I work from home and I have a studio flat so he is constantly with me.
Ever since I have had him, he has weird poops. They tend to be pointy all the time and a few days ago he randomly developed some constipation where he didn’t poop all night and in the morning passed a small mass of poops all clumped together. For that morning his poops were squishy and light in colour but seemed to get better as the day went on. I withheld veggies that day and the next and limited his pellets and his poops quickly went back to “normal” at least normal for him the points.
I read online that they have pointy poops because they are not getting enough fiver, but he eats TONS of hay! What else could cause pointy poops?
Also, are fresh vegetables a necessity? I would like him to be on a hay and limited pellet diet only as I feel that is what is most beneficial to them. That was what my bunny had and he lived to be 15 years old. He had a mixed hay only diet with very limited pellets and the occasional pea flake.
Could the veggies be causing his digestive issues?
This evening I gave him some Bene Bac as suggested by Scotty from Scott’s Animals. Is this someone I can give him once a week to help his digestion?
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks for reading!