Hello. My little boar Poe is having some issues with pooping. He's 9 months, and he's had some health problems due to where he came from before I adopted him.
I noticed yesterday morning that he had not pooped over night. Which is not normal for the little poop machine. He did start pooping after he "woke up" a bit and was paid attention to. He pop-corned all over the cage and wanted attention and his breakfast snack. And seemed to poop fairly normally for the rest of the day, but maybe not quite the volume a normal healthy day is for him.
And the same thing happened today this morning, but this time the pooping was delayed a little longer than it was the previous morning.
He pooped today while I was gone at work...decent amount and normal size and color, but when I changed his bedding this afternoon - he hasn't gone since. Might be because he hates going on his bed blankets, which is what I covered his cage in so I can have better view of his poop and quantity and quality.
He's been given critical care with a little pineapple juice (which we did before when he was little and sick and stopped pooping).
He's eating and drinking normally. Ample hay available and is being eaten.
He's not lethargic at all, he's quite spunky and demanding as usual.
I just don't know what to do or how sick he is.
We're going to see if a vet nearby can give us a probiotic. Thinking that might help.
I've cleaned out his little anal/ball sac area. I didn't see any blockage, but then again I may have been doing it all wrong this whole time. (Used to female guinea pigs).
Any other advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. He's been a very sick pig since I took him in, and this is the first time in a few months that he's been sick and I'm worried.
I noticed yesterday morning that he had not pooped over night. Which is not normal for the little poop machine. He did start pooping after he "woke up" a bit and was paid attention to. He pop-corned all over the cage and wanted attention and his breakfast snack. And seemed to poop fairly normally for the rest of the day, but maybe not quite the volume a normal healthy day is for him.
And the same thing happened today this morning, but this time the pooping was delayed a little longer than it was the previous morning.
He pooped today while I was gone at work...decent amount and normal size and color, but when I changed his bedding this afternoon - he hasn't gone since. Might be because he hates going on his bed blankets, which is what I covered his cage in so I can have better view of his poop and quantity and quality.
He's been given critical care with a little pineapple juice (which we did before when he was little and sick and stopped pooping).
He's eating and drinking normally. Ample hay available and is being eaten.
He's not lethargic at all, he's quite spunky and demanding as usual.
I just don't know what to do or how sick he is.
We're going to see if a vet nearby can give us a probiotic. Thinking that might help.
I've cleaned out his little anal/ball sac area. I didn't see any blockage, but then again I may have been doing it all wrong this whole time. (Used to female guinea pigs).
Any other advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. He's been a very sick pig since I took him in, and this is the first time in a few months that he's been sick and I'm worried.
