Shirii
New Born Pup
Hello,
a week ago, I have visited a vet, as the poops of one of my guinea pig, Chiro, started to seem a little too small. They checked his teeth, which were okay, and send poops from different days to be checked. On Wednesday they told me results, which confirmed that he has no parasites, that could be causing it and everything, besides that he has not enough good bacteria, was okay as well.
I bought him protexin bio-lapis and today will be the third day he will get it. I have been weighing him and he is still losing weight and his poops look smaller and weirder every day and only the color is still fine.
He drinks a lot, which is good, they also have a lot of good quality hay, but he has always been a little lazy with eating, at least when compared to his big bro Kiro, who has 1490g.
I was told not to give him any green vegies, so he gets only red pepper and carrot, hay, some pellets, and a bit of critical care (not too much, I wouldn't want him to develop teeth problems, but just so he would gain a bit weight).
That week ago he had around 1097g, on Wednesday 1020g, and today only 970g. He is not so active, but so his brother, I think it's because of the terrible heat. And he also scratches his butt and hips a lot, so I gave him a chamomile bath.
I really don't know what else I could do for him to get better. In my opinion, I started giving him protexin late, as we have visited a vet on Friday, when he already had small poops for two days, and they told me to buy protexin next week on Wednesday.
I just really hope, he will be okay. They just turned to be two years old and the other piggy is the healthiest and happiest pig I know and since last week he has not left his brothers side and is keeping an eye on him.
Smaller poops are Chiro's and the big one is Kiro's
The ginger one is Chiro and the gray one is Kiro. This is a photo from a week ago.
a week ago, I have visited a vet, as the poops of one of my guinea pig, Chiro, started to seem a little too small. They checked his teeth, which were okay, and send poops from different days to be checked. On Wednesday they told me results, which confirmed that he has no parasites, that could be causing it and everything, besides that he has not enough good bacteria, was okay as well.
I bought him protexin bio-lapis and today will be the third day he will get it. I have been weighing him and he is still losing weight and his poops look smaller and weirder every day and only the color is still fine.
He drinks a lot, which is good, they also have a lot of good quality hay, but he has always been a little lazy with eating, at least when compared to his big bro Kiro, who has 1490g.
I was told not to give him any green vegies, so he gets only red pepper and carrot, hay, some pellets, and a bit of critical care (not too much, I wouldn't want him to develop teeth problems, but just so he would gain a bit weight).
That week ago he had around 1097g, on Wednesday 1020g, and today only 970g. He is not so active, but so his brother, I think it's because of the terrible heat. And he also scratches his butt and hips a lot, so I gave him a chamomile bath.
I really don't know what else I could do for him to get better. In my opinion, I started giving him protexin late, as we have visited a vet on Friday, when he already had small poops for two days, and they told me to buy protexin next week on Wednesday.
I just really hope, he will be okay. They just turned to be two years old and the other piggy is the healthiest and happiest pig I know and since last week he has not left his brothers side and is keeping an eye on him.
Smaller poops are Chiro's and the big one is Kiro's
The ginger one is Chiro and the gray one is Kiro. This is a photo from a week ago.
Weight loss and small poop means that the intake is not sufficient. Please increase the critical care you are giving to him as he really needs you to feed him more directly. Teeth are a secondary worry. Have. His teeth been checked? Sometimes if there is a tooth problem that is why they don’t eat enough for themselves. But for now, the most important thing is to increase the syringe feed of critical care or mashed pellets as he needs more food inside him to maintain and then increase his weight.