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Hi could some please advise me urgently I'm so worried i have just gone to the guinea pigs cage to find very strange brown things in the food bowl! no idea what they are! ive attached a picture
 

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Could it be vermin poop or seeds off of a tree or something?
That's if I've been looking at the right things?

Do you have a close up of a single 'brown thing'?

It might be wise to throw all the affected food away & clean everything thoroughly, sorry I'm not sure what it is though?

What country are you in?
 
Where do they live - inside or out? Is that their bowl or feeding station? Looks like things that come off a tree but I’m not really sure. Is there something nearby - plant or tree - that they could have come off?

Is the rest of it a mix or dried treats etc?
 
They could be some sort of pellet that’s in the food that’s taken up moisture and fluffed out - like pellets do when you add water to them? If there’s a pellet in the food you think it might be, add some water and see how it looks whe it’s absorbed it.
 
GPTV said:
Could it be vermin poop or seeds off of a tree or something?
That's if I've been looking at the right things?

Do you have a close up of a single 'brown thing'?

It might be wise to throw all the affected food away & clean everything thoroughly, sorry I'm not sure what it is though?

What country are you in?
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KathT said:
They could be some sort of pellet that’s in the food that’s taken up moisture and fluffed out - like pellets do when you add water to them? If there’s a pellet in the food you think it might be, add some water and see how it looks whe it’s absorbed it.
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KathT thats exactly what it was haha! i put some veg that i had just put in water in there tray and i thought i wonder if it could be that so i did a little experiement and it was lol Apologies i had a mild panic attack and thought they were sick xx
 
Siikibam said:
Where do they live - inside or out? Is that their bowl or feeding station? Looks like things that come off a tree but I’m not really sure. Is there something nearby - plant or tree - that they could have come off?

Is the rest of it a mix or dried treats etc?
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thank you for your quick reply it ws because water had got in the dried food and made it expand! Panic over lol xx
 
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