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Squeaking cannot wee

Ok, at the moment they are seeing/ pooing all over the place and the flower is drying quickly. The fleece is wicking properly as i have seen them see and it go straight through
 
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Ok, at the moment they are seeing/ pooing all over the place and the flower is drying quickly. The fleece is wicking properly as i have seen them see and it go straight through
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Thats good that’s it’s wicking properly. That’s one thing to cross off!

I would still advise the use of pee pads under hides or using squares of VetBed etc while dealing with bumblefoot.
 
Yes. I also apply an antibacterial spray in his paws as well as a cream from the vets to help with the bumblefoot.
 
My guinea pig is on enrocare 0.4ml x2 daily with a suspected UTI and mild bumblefoot. He’s not really pooing but if he does it’s soft and almost tear shaped. Is this normal? He doesn’t seem to eat his pellets but still loves his salad
 
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My guinea pig is on enrocare 0.4ml x2 daily with a suspected UTI and mild bumblefoot. He’s not really pooing but if he does it’s soft and almost tear shaped. Is this normal? He doesn’t seem to eat his pellets but still loves his salad
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I’ve merged your new post with your previous thread. We do ask that new posts on the same issue are kept together so we have all the information in one place.

Hay is the most important part of food intake - it makes 80% of what a piggy needs to eat in a day. Eating veg and pellets alone is not enough, but it also doesn’t matter if he isn’t eating pellets given their part in the diet is not a big one - pellets making just 5% of the daily food intake. Veg is just 15%.
Lack of poop output can be because he is not eating enough hay. You must weigh him daily and step in with syringe feeding. Poop output is 1-2 days behind food intake so by the time the amount of poop reduces, they already haven’t eaten enough hay fibre for a day.

Antibiotics can occasionally cause a digestive upset. As he has soft mushy poops, then you need to remove all veg from the diet, feed increased amounts of hay, step in with syringe feeding.
You can also give a probiotic 1-2 hours either before or after the antibiotic dose (never at the same time as) to help combat digestive issues.
 
They have loads of hay in their cage and i see them eating it however probably not enough. How do i encourage him to eat it more ?
 
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They have loads of hay in their cage and i see them eating it however probably not enough. How do i encourage him to eat it more ?
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You cannot judge hay intake by eye - you must weigh him daily to monitor how much hay is being eaten while he is unwell.
As I have said, you need to step in with syringe feeding a fibre rich recovery feed to replace any lost hay intake. You need to syringe feed as much as is necessary to keep his weight stable each day.
A poorly piggy will reduce the amount of hay they eat - he probably won’t eat enough again until he is feeling better. This is why it is essential you syringe feed him until he is well again, and give a probiotic.

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ok thank you, the pops from this eve/ morning are from when the problem started which explains the sudden change, hopefully it won’t stay like this for long
 
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ok thank you, the pops from this eve/ morning are from when the problem started which explains the sudden change, hopefully it won’t stay like this for long
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If it’s caused by the antibiotic and is only mild, then please do give him a probiotic for the whole time he is on an antibiotic, and you can continue to give a probiotic for a couple of days after the antibiotics end.
If it turns to full on diarrhoea, then please see a vet as an emergency.

The other thing is to use poop soup which can directly replace the gut microbiome from a healthy companion to a poorly piggy.
Put his healthy cage mate into a carrier for a short time and feed him some of his favourite snacks.
Collect up a few of the companion’s poops as soon as they are produced and soak them in water. It needs to be immediate soaking because the gut bacteria start to die as soon as the poops are out.
Soak the poops for 10-15 minutes. Then, discard the poops but keep the water and very carefully syringe the water to your poorly piggy (you just syringe water carefully so as to not risk aspiration).

As I say though, it is essential you weigh him this morning and compare it to yesterday’s weight and so forth while he is unwell. If you don’t have a recovery feed, then mix some of his normal pellets with warm water until they go mushy. If you use pellet mush rather than a proper recovery feed, you will need to cut the tapered end off a 1ml syringe - pellet mush is more coarse and slightly harder to get through a syringe.
 
I will do a weight check to see if there is a change and take steps from there to decide what i should do next
 
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I will do a weight check to see if there is a change and take steps from there to decide what i should do next
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You are more than welcome to post details of your weight check records if you need help
 
thank you! At the vets on saturday and 2 weeks ago he was 1030g i think
 
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thank you! At the vets on saturday and 2 weeks ago he was 1030g i think
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Use normal kitchen scales to weigh him at home weekly as part of routine care, but daily now he is unwell.
You‘ll need to weigh him today to get a baseline on your own scales given his last weight check was Saturday on a different set.
 
Yes, that’s what i will be doing. I’ll record the results and weigh more often to gauge any changes in weigh
 
I’ve just given the piggies a compressed 100% Timothy hay ball which they’re eating happily. I guess it’s good that he’s at least getting some fibre from that
 
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I’ve just given the piggies a compressed 100% Timothy hay ball which they’re eating happily. I guess it’s good that he’s at least getting some fibre from that
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Those compressed hay items don’t really count - it’s more enrichment/fun not actual food intake.
He needs to be eating proper long strand hay and being syringe fed.
 
yes i get that, but if it contains fibre surely isn’t it in some way beneficial to a guinea pig who is reluctant to getting fibre from other foods?
 
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yes i get that, but if it contains fibre surely isn’t it in some way beneficial to a guinea pig who is reluctant to getting fibre from other foods?
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No because it won’t be anywhere near enough and is terribly misleading.
If he isn’t eating enough hay, then the only way to replace the amount of fibre that is needed is with syringe feeding.
 
He weighs 1010g.
On the vet scales he weighed 1030g and a loss of 20g in weight wouldn’t be a surprise due to his lack of eating. However it’s possible that the difference in weight is partially due to the use of different scales
 
I’ve watched him let out droplets of darker wee, is this normal? Also, I’ve noticed some strange poos from my other piggie. I’ll attach a picture
 
These are the poos and the droplets of wee i saw
 

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The poops are a digestive upset and lack of fibre - as I say, remove veg, give probiotic and syringe feed him.

You won’t know about his weight accurately until tomorrow.
After tomorrows weight check, you will be able to adjust syringe feeding amounts accordingly.
 
By syringe feeding, do you mean something similar to critical care? And shall u syringe feed him water aswell?
 
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By syringe feeding, do you mean something similar to critical care? And shall u syringe feed him water aswell?
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Yes critical care or mushed pellets (if you use mushed pellets see my comment earlier in the thread about cutting the end off the syringe).

The guides for linked in fully explain syringe feeding
 
ah ok, I’ll se me how i go. They’re drinking and eating hay more now
 
He’s weeing blood now. He has another vet appointment tomorrow. This is so frustrating! Is this normal with meds or deffo just another sign of a UTI?

I know it’s deffo him as i out him on a white fleece which we’re blood on
 
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He’s weeing blood now. He has another vet appointment tomorrow. This is so frustrating! Is this normal with meds or deffo just another sign of a UTI?

I know it’s deffo him as i out him on a white fleece which we’re blood on
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It’s possibly just because of the UTI. With a UTI signs can be inconsistent initially.
 
how long can a UTI take to fully clear. He’s almost halfway through his course of antibiotics and only now showing these signs
 
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how long can a UTI take to fully clear. He’s almost halfway through his course of antibiotics and only now showing these signs
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It can be a few weeks - a 7 day course may not be enough. He may even need a different antibiotic.
 
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