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Thank you for your response - I felt guilty after my update as I realised I should just be monitoring at this point and contacting the vets if I noticed her struggling or she doesn't wee regularly, and others may need the response more! Meloxicam is 1.5mg dog strength. It's very helpful to...

I’m sorry to hear she had a stone. Most calcium comes into the diet via pellets and drinking water. Ensuring you feed no more than one tablespoon of pellets per pig per day and filtering water is recommended. It is possible to go pellet free or if not totally free, then feed less and then you...

You need to do it daily in order to stimulate the growth of the specialist bacteria but start with a tiny amount and then feed a little more with each passing day until you have reached the intended portion size. You can take bigger steps from about half the ultimate size onwards or leave a day...

If she has a healthy companion not on antibiotics then you may want to consider poo soup (i.e. live microbiome transfer). If made correctly with absolutely freshly dropped poos it is more effective than probiotic powders although you can give those additionally. It also mirrors natural behaviour...

Morning all, again thanks for your message @Wiebke. We haven't really done adjustments to Ginny's diet, she still has pellets and normal bottled water so calcium intake should not be too low. We'll open a thread for Ginny in the health section after seeing the vet, as this is not really the...

Hi if you are not happy with your pellets, just leave them out all together (they should be only 1 tablespoon per piggy per day anyway and are the one of part of the diet that is expendable) and supplement with fresh and dry forage instead. Pellets are only one small part of the diet; there...

Jake as well? :xd: He prefers a wet diet and obviously lettuce, which is 99.9% water, isn't wet enough. :xd: Has he been free from issues with his bladder?

...is going to find different things work better for them. I’m in a hard water area so shouldn’t feed much high calcium veg but my piggies are pretty much on a pellet free diet so actually I have a balance and can feed a bit more in the way of calcium veg due to them not really getting pellets

Thank you so much! This was beyond helpful! Last night I started trying to determine the best course for food for them. I added a little green pepper back into the diet. Freya and Loki were so happy. I noticed though Blake, while pooping fine now, definitely struggled overnight. So green bell...

We have a herd of four guinea pigs. Three of them are at a healthy weight, but the fourth one, Penne, has gotten a bit too chunky. Penne is around 9 months old and the dominant sow in the herd. Once she was fully grown, she slowly started to grow in width. Her weight is not immediately...

Please don’t let this worry you - you won’t find a long term owner on here who tracks it in that way. You don’t need to - simply ensure you aren’t over feeding their portions and then If one gets more one than then the other has chance the next. Veg and pellets arent their main diet and are...

I see! I stopped using bowls and I also bought a snuffle mat. During the days that I give them pellets, I’ll toss it in there! I was definitely over feeding pellets but it’s good to know now. Also, regarding the nutrients they need, do you recommend feeding them supplements from Oxbow? Like...

Hi The problem with over-supplementation is that the body accustoms to the higher levels and ignores them. Then when the vitamin C level suddenly drops, it can lead to acute scurvy symptoms even though the actual levels are still above normal. Most of the very rare scurvy cases we have seen...

Good morning, this isn’t urgent, but I could do with some advice please. Bandit has been getting treatment from our vet since the Friday after Christmas when she was doing red pees.They’ve checked a urine sample and there were no crystals or bacteria (this is a new level to me, I’d previously...

Thank you for your information. The vet said sadly some pigs can just be prone to crystals/ stones, that genetics can play a factor. Current Diet: There water is all filtered we live in a soft water area They have large hay piles and get fresh meadow hay daily (the bulk of their diet) 1 TbSp...

It’s lots of hay and grass which will help them to gain weight. Giving unlimited pellets at any time is not a healthy and a sustainable way to keep weight on them. It can actually do the opposite - they may have some left but it could also mean they are still overeating pellets (ie empty...

Thank you for all the links, this is all so helpful! I had considered getting some alfalfa hay for them, so I will definitely get that. I’m not in the Uk so it can be hard finding the good pellets brands here, but I’ll try and find some alfalfa based ones. I’ve started given them a tbsp each...

...Step 6: Tell Billy to stop begging & go look for pellets. Now…. Step 1: Make sure Billy’s distracted. Step 2: Sneak Hamish a few pellets! Billy is officially on a pellet free diet. Hamish is getting elderly and has earned the right to continue having a few, despite his awkward neighbour.

Not all commercial products are healthy. Pellets in general are not needed in their diet at all. Personally my piggies are virtually pellet free. They each get just five pellets and are only given then twice a week as a treat. Their diet is purely hay and grass based with one cup of veggies...

My apologies, CALCIUM! I was tired when I wrote the above. No excuses! I do give veg with VC, however I only give and reccommend unlimited of fruit and veg without vitimin c as I found they quickly get too much and this can also cause problems. My piggies only have unlimited access to...