claire2281
Junior Guinea Pig
One of my two nearly six year old boars is having constant digestion issues which I can't quite seem to get a handle on.
He's had a couple of episodes of gas in the past 5 months which have been successfully treated and I am good at getting him to the vets before it gets too serious. However I can't quite seem to get him right again. He's staying a stable enough weight (and is still having a small amount of hand feed every day) but again today he's subdued and off his food. His stomach sounds gurgly. I noticed the other day that his soft poops were mushy and smelly (the others were fine) and gave him a little fibre plex and he has a probiotic every day. He eats a small amount of fresh food twice a day (mostly herbs). He is very fond of little biscuit treats. His teeth were checked about a month ago and were fine.
He obviously has a very delicate gut and I wonder if people have any advice on how to keep him settled and well fed. Poor little guy is probably fed up with me messing with him and he'd be far happier if we could get this properly sorted.
Conventional wisdom says take his fresh food away completely but the vet always advises against that (and she is generally very good with my guinea pigs and knows what she's doing).
He's had a couple of episodes of gas in the past 5 months which have been successfully treated and I am good at getting him to the vets before it gets too serious. However I can't quite seem to get him right again. He's staying a stable enough weight (and is still having a small amount of hand feed every day) but again today he's subdued and off his food. His stomach sounds gurgly. I noticed the other day that his soft poops were mushy and smelly (the others were fine) and gave him a little fibre plex and he has a probiotic every day. He eats a small amount of fresh food twice a day (mostly herbs). He is very fond of little biscuit treats. His teeth were checked about a month ago and were fine.
He obviously has a very delicate gut and I wonder if people have any advice on how to keep him settled and well fed. Poor little guy is probably fed up with me messing with him and he'd be far happier if we could get this properly sorted.
Conventional wisdom says take his fresh food away completely but the vet always advises against that (and she is generally very good with my guinea pigs and knows what she's doing).