danuutka
Junior Guinea Pig
I just wanted to get some opinions of people who are a lot more knowledgeable than me. I have a couple of piggies who are extremely prone to UTIs/stones/sludge. We have been managing this with diet, have been giving the Oxbow Urinary Support tabs (on the recommendation of our vet), increased exercise etc.
I was scrolling through some websites and found the: Supreme Science VetCarePlus Urinary Tract Health Formula for Rabbits
It appears that a lot of rabbit owners swear by this as helping their rabbits with their sludge issues. I know guinea pigs and rabbits are different species, but I know people often used “rabbit” products for guineapigs - for example, Fibreplex. As such, I was wondering if it would be worth me trying to incorporate this into the piggies diets?
They would still get all of the veg, low-calcium pellets etc, but maybe also this alongside? I know that the company also used to have a guinea pig specific version, but that seems to have been discontinued/is currently unavailable.
I already encourage exercise, filter water, give watery veg, give low calcium diets etc, so I was literally just wondering if it’s another one of those things that could be a good supplement!
I will post the ingredients below - I’m just very curious to what you all think!
Composition
Ground timothy hay, soybean meal, ground peas, oat flakes, dried alfalfa protein concentrate, linseed (1.5%), locust bean meal, dried echinacea (1%), dried dandelion (1%), dried nettle, soya oil, dried cranberries (0.25%), dried bilberries (0.25%), calcium carbonate.
Additives
Vitamin A 15000 IU, Vitamin D3 1500 IU, Vitamin C 500mg, ferrous sulphate monohydrate 152 mg, calcium iodate anhydrous 1.5 mg, copper sulphate pentahydrate 20 mg, manganese oxide 38 mg, zinc oxide 62 mg, sodium selenite 0.2 mg.
I was scrolling through some websites and found the: Supreme Science VetCarePlus Urinary Tract Health Formula for Rabbits
It appears that a lot of rabbit owners swear by this as helping their rabbits with their sludge issues. I know guinea pigs and rabbits are different species, but I know people often used “rabbit” products for guineapigs - for example, Fibreplex. As such, I was wondering if it would be worth me trying to incorporate this into the piggies diets?
They would still get all of the veg, low-calcium pellets etc, but maybe also this alongside? I know that the company also used to have a guinea pig specific version, but that seems to have been discontinued/is currently unavailable.
I already encourage exercise, filter water, give watery veg, give low calcium diets etc, so I was literally just wondering if it’s another one of those things that could be a good supplement!
I will post the ingredients below - I’m just very curious to what you all think!
Composition
Ground timothy hay, soybean meal, ground peas, oat flakes, dried alfalfa protein concentrate, linseed (1.5%), locust bean meal, dried echinacea (1%), dried dandelion (1%), dried nettle, soya oil, dried cranberries (0.25%), dried bilberries (0.25%), calcium carbonate.
Additives
Vitamin A 15000 IU, Vitamin D3 1500 IU, Vitamin C 500mg, ferrous sulphate monohydrate 152 mg, calcium iodate anhydrous 1.5 mg, copper sulphate pentahydrate 20 mg, manganese oxide 38 mg, zinc oxide 62 mg, sodium selenite 0.2 mg.
