Rinn
Junior Guinea Pig
Long story short: One of my female pigs is having diarrhea and i went to the vet yesterday, he told me that it might be an allergy to pesticides or that she is having some bacterial infection. So he prescribed vitamin c and antibiotics to her. He also told me to give her baby food only for one or two days along with the medicine.She has good appetite and eats her veggies, hay and pellets though. So i was searching online and some people recommended not to give just baby food, but give it together with mushed pellets or else her digestive system might not be able to handle other food later on. Is it okay to just give baby food for two days? I'm feeding carrot and sweet potato baby food which has no added sugar, and that was the only veggie-based one i could find.
Long story : One of my pigs, which is a female had diarrhea since more than a month ago. She was pregnant and gave birth to 3 pups 3 months ago. The male was seperated and kept with the dad. She still has appetite and is active just like before. She is about 1 years old. A month ago i was giving her timothy hay, alfafa-based pellets and about a cup of vegetables a day. There was romaine lettuce, corn husk,cucumbers, carrots,cherry tomato,green red yellow capsicum. I seperated her from her 2 female pups 3 weeks ago so I would give her more fibrous veggies.
Around here, we dont have vets who expertise in guinea pigs. I bought her to the vet a few weeks ago and they said to stop feeding cucumbers and to feed capsicum and pepper only, along with her alfafa based pellets(i cant seem to find timothy pellets around here) and timothy hay.The vet also gave some probiotics for her.
Yesterday I bought her to another vet which has more experience with exotic pets. He said that her stomach was a bit bloated and told me it might be a bacterial infection in the gut. He also said that she might be allergic to the pesticides on the vegetables. So he suggested that i feed her baby food for a day or two and observe her poop before i change her back to her normal diet. He presribed vitamin c and antibiotic to syringe feed her. I searched online and they suggested to feed baby food with mushed pellets because just baby food might cause the gut to not be able to handle harder food later on. So is it okay to just feed baby food for two days? I'm feeding carrot and sweet potato baby food which has no added sugar, and that was the only veggie-based one i could find.
Long story : One of my pigs, which is a female had diarrhea since more than a month ago. She was pregnant and gave birth to 3 pups 3 months ago. The male was seperated and kept with the dad. She still has appetite and is active just like before. She is about 1 years old. A month ago i was giving her timothy hay, alfafa-based pellets and about a cup of vegetables a day. There was romaine lettuce, corn husk,cucumbers, carrots,cherry tomato,green red yellow capsicum. I seperated her from her 2 female pups 3 weeks ago so I would give her more fibrous veggies.
Around here, we dont have vets who expertise in guinea pigs. I bought her to the vet a few weeks ago and they said to stop feeding cucumbers and to feed capsicum and pepper only, along with her alfafa based pellets(i cant seem to find timothy pellets around here) and timothy hay.The vet also gave some probiotics for her.
Yesterday I bought her to another vet which has more experience with exotic pets. He said that her stomach was a bit bloated and told me it might be a bacterial infection in the gut. He also said that she might be allergic to the pesticides on the vegetables. So he suggested that i feed her baby food for a day or two and observe her poop before i change her back to her normal diet. He presribed vitamin c and antibiotic to syringe feed her. I searched online and they suggested to feed baby food with mushed pellets because just baby food might cause the gut to not be able to handle harder food later on. So is it okay to just feed baby food for two days? I'm feeding carrot and sweet potato baby food which has no added sugar, and that was the only veggie-based one i could find.