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Junior Guinea Pig
First things first, I've got the first vet's appointment possible so Hendrix is going to the vet at 4.20 this afternoon.
In the mean time I thought I'd see if anyone on here has any advice.
I noticed when I weighed Hendrix on Saturday that he'd lost a bit of weight since his last weigh in December (about 20g). I thought it might just be that he's getting more exercise since he's in a much bigger cage than his fosterer was able to keep him in until we got him last month.
Two days ago I noticed a few gooey poops around the cage but thought perhaps they'd just had too much fresh food and didn't link the two together. However last night I noticed some very sloppy poop and when I had a look at Hendrix's bottom it was pretty obvious it had come from him.
He's behaving perfectly normally, eating Wagg food and hay and strutting around but I'm still worried. He isn't on any medication or anything so it can't be that causing it. Normally he's impacted and we clean him every day but the stuff that comes out is much more solid (and smelly) than this. They haven't had any food in the last few days that's different to usual.
I haven't seen him drink today (but it doesn't mean he hasn't, as I've been out for a few hours) but I've tried getting him to drink and he won't take the bottle or lick water from my fingers.
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be, so I can ask the vet about it? Is there anything I should do for Hendrix in the mean time? And could it be something that all four piggies will need treatment for and if so should I take them all along? Any thoughts welcome, thanks!
In the mean time I thought I'd see if anyone on here has any advice.
I noticed when I weighed Hendrix on Saturday that he'd lost a bit of weight since his last weigh in December (about 20g). I thought it might just be that he's getting more exercise since he's in a much bigger cage than his fosterer was able to keep him in until we got him last month.
Two days ago I noticed a few gooey poops around the cage but thought perhaps they'd just had too much fresh food and didn't link the two together. However last night I noticed some very sloppy poop and when I had a look at Hendrix's bottom it was pretty obvious it had come from him.
He's behaving perfectly normally, eating Wagg food and hay and strutting around but I'm still worried. He isn't on any medication or anything so it can't be that causing it. Normally he's impacted and we clean him every day but the stuff that comes out is much more solid (and smelly) than this. They haven't had any food in the last few days that's different to usual.
I haven't seen him drink today (but it doesn't mean he hasn't, as I've been out for a few hours) but I've tried getting him to drink and he won't take the bottle or lick water from my fingers.
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be, so I can ask the vet about it? Is there anything I should do for Hendrix in the mean time? And could it be something that all four piggies will need treatment for and if so should I take them all along? Any thoughts welcome, thanks!