GuineaPig Mom
New Born Pup
Hello,
My guinea pig had very good stool- it was plump, fully formed, slightly hard, and had a dark brown color. However, last night I found a small amount of soft, loose stool in my guinea pig's cage. I tried searching up the causes, and found that one of the causes is excess sugar, and I found that my mom had given him a lot of blueberries, apples, carrots, and pears; all of which are high in sugar. I decided to simply keep a stricter diet plan for about a week, and go to the vet afterwards if it didn't get better, but this morning, I found that he hadn't pooped very much. I also found more loose stool. Moreover, he ate his pellets and veggies very well, but didn't eat any of his hay. He swiftly eats anything I give him, all except for hay. He is also becoming less active and sleeping all day, underneath some cloth. I was worried and started feeding him some dietary supplements for now. Is there any idea what's wrong with him?
Some info about my piggie-
The hay he is eating is oxbow timothy hay, and the supplement I fed him is oxbow natural science dietary supplement.
His cage mate recently died, and I haven't found a cage mate for him yet, so he is living alone at the moment.
Some recent changes are that he started to take vitamin C supplements a few days ago, and also began to have more floor time.
There aren't any new foods that I fed him.
I've been having him lose some weight since about a month back; his weight was 1450 grams, and is now 1340 grams.
My guinea pig had very good stool- it was plump, fully formed, slightly hard, and had a dark brown color. However, last night I found a small amount of soft, loose stool in my guinea pig's cage. I tried searching up the causes, and found that one of the causes is excess sugar, and I found that my mom had given him a lot of blueberries, apples, carrots, and pears; all of which are high in sugar. I decided to simply keep a stricter diet plan for about a week, and go to the vet afterwards if it didn't get better, but this morning, I found that he hadn't pooped very much. I also found more loose stool. Moreover, he ate his pellets and veggies very well, but didn't eat any of his hay. He swiftly eats anything I give him, all except for hay. He is also becoming less active and sleeping all day, underneath some cloth. I was worried and started feeding him some dietary supplements for now. Is there any idea what's wrong with him?
Some info about my piggie-
The hay he is eating is oxbow timothy hay, and the supplement I fed him is oxbow natural science dietary supplement.
His cage mate recently died, and I haven't found a cage mate for him yet, so he is living alone at the moment.
Some recent changes are that he started to take vitamin C supplements a few days ago, and also began to have more floor time.
There aren't any new foods that I fed him.
I've been having him lose some weight since about a month back; his weight was 1450 grams, and is now 1340 grams.