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Diorreah

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Not sure if thats spelt correctly (probably not!) cleaned the boys out last night and came down this morning to diorreah stains on the blanket, as it was a clean blanket it was only one mark and I wondered if they had just stepped in poo, just got home from work and it looks like diorreah and the cage smells more than I think it should for a brand new clean, looked at their bottoms and chocolate has staining, how do I get rid of the staining, is there anything specific I should do? Do I not feed veggies, is it like humans where we starve overnight, does he need a vet? What should I do?
 
Never starve a pig - they need constant food, otherwise their systems will shut down. Take away nuggets and veg for now and just feed hay and water. They will eat this, even if you think they aren't. Then, keep an eye on the situation and reintroduce their dry food first. Once things have stabilised, reintroduce small amounts of veg, one type at a time, to see what is upsetting them. :)
 
Hi, Thanks, yes they got hay and water, it never occurred to me to remove that lol! They are fed vegetables once a day in the evening so that was all gone so I took the pellets away, do I not give any veg tonight? See how it goes?
 
Veg is liable to be the thing that is upsetting them. Have they had anything new or an increased amount of veg?
Without the veg, their poos should return to normal - give them 48 hours without veg to see if that makes a difference. Assuming they've had some nuggets today, they will be fine with just hay and water until tomorrow. Then, if things look more normal, reintroduce the nuggets and again see what happens.
 
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