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Niki

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My Albie's poops are nearly always soft lately. He's not losing weight, he's gaining every time i weigh him.
I with-hold veg & they get better but it seems as soon as i intro anything green, they go soft again.
Any ideas on how to keep them normal ? All the piggies have the same veg/fruit & he's the only one this affects
 
For some reason Duke's always been a bit like this too, but Sully wasn't, so maybe it's a hereditary thing ? ?
Hopefully somebody else may have the answer :)
 
Is it only a certain type of the green food that you give him? Cabbage leaves? Beans etc?
 
kellyandpiggies said:
Is it only a certain type of the green food that you give him? Cabbage leaves? Beans etc?

It's spring greens & kale, maybe green pepper oh & broccoli, especially if i feed any 2 dyas in a row, which i sometimes do because Maddie shares & also just to test him. His poops are never runny; sometimes clumpy but mostly just soft. When i think back he's been like this ever since i got him, the first time i thought i'd over done it with the veg, but maybe it's just him. :-\

I was going to buy diacalm to see if that'd make a difference but they're capsules not tablets.
 
Maybe give him greens every other day Niki, or limit the greens to 1 a day... I give mine greens everyday but if I have kale, spinach etc they will be alternated to avoid giving them the runs :)
 
Beks said:
Maybe give him greens every other day Niki, or limit the greens to 1 a day... I give mine greens everyday but if I have kale, spinach etc they will be alternated to avoid giving them the runs :)

I'll try this with him & if that doesn't work i'll try no green food at all for a few days & see what happens, poor Maddie, she'll wonder what's going on ;D
 
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