Sara412
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi,
Brodie my 4 year old Teddy hasn't been acting himself the last couple of days - normally laid back was chattering at his cage mate- on his weekly Sunday check I could find nothing wrong, he was eating and weeing so I gave them a little time out and put him in the hospital bay overnight. Today still eating and weeing but noticed no poops, so I thought I would do a second check for lumps and saw that he had anal impaction I followed the video and think I caught it early as not distended and not overly large.
If you could have seen the relief on his face after and the chirpy noises he made as he snuggled me - I now have one very happy chap.
My questions are : 1) How often do I need to check him i:e how often to these re-occur 2) Is there any food that helps prevent these ( they have loads hay and greens each night)
3) when I said laid back - I meant lazy - does he need to exercise more 4) Does he need any medication or lubricant
Brodie my 4 year old Teddy hasn't been acting himself the last couple of days - normally laid back was chattering at his cage mate- on his weekly Sunday check I could find nothing wrong, he was eating and weeing so I gave them a little time out and put him in the hospital bay overnight. Today still eating and weeing but noticed no poops, so I thought I would do a second check for lumps and saw that he had anal impaction I followed the video and think I caught it early as not distended and not overly large.
If you could have seen the relief on his face after and the chirpy noises he made as he snuggled me - I now have one very happy chap.
My questions are : 1) How often do I need to check him i:e how often to these re-occur 2) Is there any food that helps prevent these ( they have loads hay and greens each night)
3) when I said laid back - I meant lazy - does he need to exercise more 4) Does he need any medication or lubricant
