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Pellets contain a lot of calcium and can really affect bladder issues, which is why even low calcium pellets need to be kept limited. Pellets along with unfiltered drinking water (in a hard water area) contribute most calcium to the diet.

Hi bit of a strange question. Can changing your guinea pigs hay, cause a bladder flare? Its just that, my Squeak is awaiting results from a urine culture from the lab. He's been on baytril & metacam for a month. I thought it was over, as last week, he went nearly 4 days without a single...

I get my advice from a guinea pig rescue & she serves beetroot. Ok, will drop that. Broccoli high in calcium, so I only feed once a week. I feed tomato once a week. Can I feed that twice then? They have science selective grain free pellets

When he did a wee last night, it was quite white with calcium, & obviously squeaked when doing the wee. The only change for last night, was one of them grass turf things, with flowers on top. Rosewood nibble & dig meadow they are called. I'm wondering if it was that, as like I previously said...

Hi Spinach is both high in oxalates and calcium; both of these contribute to the formation of stones. Aubergines are not something that piggies are keen on in the first place. Carrot is nutritionally like eating a bar of chocolate for humans. Please take the time to read our diet guide. It...

Gotcha! I had used the Ca: P calculator that is on Guinea Lynx to try to find a good balance and included all their veggies & pellets, but as you said there are obviously other factors the calculator couldn't account for. After some more research just now I was able to find a grain-free &...

Sterile Interstitial Cystitis (IC) presents with UTI symptoms but it is recurrent (interstitial) and without bacteria being present (sterile). It affects the glucosamine layer in the bladder which causes pain when urine comes into contact with the bladder tissue. A bacterial UTI will be cured...

She's with an experienced vet for guinea pigs. I don't know if she does bladder flushes though because it's not been mentioned. She's on dog metacam so I think she's well dosed. She's on 0.4ml twice a day and she's 1000g approx. Not sure it's doing anything mind, but it's not a really low dose...

I use the science selective grain free - my two boars love it …..less calcium and no grains Worth looking at the info on diet with a list of pellets Diet Guides

Hi and welcome What a saga, but what a lucky piggy to have found you! Pellets are the one part of the diet that is disposable. Please keep in mind that pellets soften very quickly when in contact with saliva (i.e. they turn to mush in the mouth before they are swallowed) and that they contain...

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Me neither, I’m also gluten free! Thank you for the advice. So much conflicting advice on here, you never know what to believe!

Hi I am very sorry. The more we learn about guinea pigs in terms of diagnostics, the more complicated it gets. The majority of the digested food matter can be found in the caecum (the largest and last of the fermentation tracts in the lower gut) at any given time and it spends the longest time...

Penny was spayed last month and is recovering well. Since the spay she started having squeaky noises when urinating. The vet checked her bladder while she was in for the spay and said there were no issues. I've been a little out of sorts over the past week and forgot to sprinkle some pellets...

Ah poor piglet - you’re right to be wary of calcium in a piggy’s diet. You’ve had great advice from Piggies&buns. Filtered water is essential and those pellets that are very low or calcium free. Hope Piglet is back to normal asap 🥰

Fellow rat owner here. While rat rations have a great variety of mixes for rats which many of us swear by, the same can't be said for guinea pigs. Muesli is junk food for guinea pigs. Yes they'll eat it and some go crazy for it, it's like taking a child McDonald's Vs giving them a healthy...

I now feed non soya pellets. Usually Verselle Laga or Burgess adult and less than a tablespoon daily. The vet I originally saw with my rainbow bridge piggies who had bladder problems advised against soya, she had seen a lot of guinea pigs with stones and kept notes of their diets. Sadly she left...

There are other pigs on here with a pellet-free diet. If it makes the difference for him that's great. There are forum tips for general balanced diets and this includes special needs piggies if you read down far enough - just in case you haven't found it yet Long Term Balanced General And...

Welcome to the forum! 1. No, that food isn’t the best for guinea pigs as from what I can see it is a muesli type nugget, which leads to selection of the tastiest pieces and not proper nutrition. What you are looking for is a plain pellet, I can’t actually find the nutritional value of the...

Hi, by picky I mean she will refuse to eat different fruits and vegetables that she has ate previously and picks things out of the herbs I give her, leaving other ones. Their cages are on top of each other but when I let one out to free roam when the other one realises it wants to come out and...