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Human/dog probiotics for guinea pigs?

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HELP! Sundae is on Baytril and is having soft poops as a result. I want to start her on a probiotic tomorrow to help ease her digestive tract. The pet stores in our area don't seem to carry any probiotics aimed at guinea pigs- they do have some aimed at dogs, and of course it's easy to find them for humans, but I have no clue if this is safe, what the dosing should be, or what active ingredients I am looking for. Can anyone tell me what I need to look for in a safe probiotic for guinea pigs? Thanks in advance!
 
Not sure whether this is any use. I use avipro plus which I bought online. I don't think it is advertised as being for guinea pigs but a lot of people here use it and the piggies seem to like it. I don't know whether that may be in any of the petstores it may be with reptile things.
Can't help with ingredients though sorry. x
 
Don't know if it's any good, but Pets @ Home do one called ProC... It's usually with the small animal shampoos and such, and is aimed at guinea pigs, rabbits, gerbils, etc.
 
I've used both ProC and Avipro plus for my pigs. As a side question does anyone know if either can be used long-term? On the Avipro tub it says '1 scoop/200 ml water for general use' or '1 scoop/100 ml water for stressed individuals' but any idea what these mean exactly? I've been using it for a couple of weeks now as one of my pigs had bladder stones and now has residual bladder sludge and another of my pigs is on a course of antibiotics after having surgery for mammary tumours. They seem to drink more with the Avipro added to the water than without but don't know if it is harmful to continue long-term. Advice from anyone? Ta. xx
 
Leilalouise said:
I've used both ProC and Avipro plus for my pigs. As a side question does anyone know if either can be used long-term? On the Avipro tub it says '1 scoop/200 ml water for general use' or '1 scoop/100 ml water for stressed individuals' but any idea what these mean exactly? I've been using it for a couple of weeks now as one of my pigs had bladder stones and now has residual bladder sludge and another of my pigs is on a course of antibiotics after having surgery for mammary tumours. They seem to drink more with the Avipro added to the water than without but don't know if it is harmful to continue long-term. Advice from anyone? Ta. xx
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Hello I was reading this thread and saw your piggy is recovering from a mammary gland op. my vet thinks this is what my lady has..... Can I ask......was the lump big? How old is your piggy.....mine is 3.5? Has it got over it well? How did you know it was there? Sorry for all the questions......
 
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Hello I was reading this thread and saw your piggy is recovering from a mammary gland op. my vet thinks this is what my lady has..... Can I ask......was the lump big? How old is your piggy.....mine is 3.5? Has it got over it well? How did you know it was there? Sorry for all the questions......
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Hi, no problem with the questions, glad to help (hopefully). I've had two pigs with mammary tumours: my girl Ruby was about 4-5 yrs and she started with just a swollen nipple. This gradually became even more swollen and she developed a hard lump underneath. This didn't bother her at all and the vet advised just keeping an eye on it. After several months she started leaking bloody fluid from the nipple and the lump had become more solid. If you squeezed the lump it was just like milking a cow as bloody fluid would jet out of the nipple (alarming and not very pretty!) She had surgery which was in itself was successful but unfortunately she wouldn't leave her stitches alone and kept re-opening the wound. Eventually after almost six weeks and two further surgeries to cut away dead tissue and re-close the wound it transpired that she had extensive internal tissue damage which the vet wasn't able to repair and she went to Rainbow Bridge. My second pig with tumours is my neutered 3 year old male, Archie who had surgery almost two weeks ago. He started with a pea sized soft lump about 4 months ago which was aspirated and thought to be a fatty lump. It grew fairly steadily in size and although he had no other symptoms, two weeks ago it had got to the size of an average grape and was starting to ulcerate on the surface, hence surgery was advised. During surgery the vet found that the lump was attached to his mammary tissue and had grown quite deep down. He also had three other lumps which stretched up into his armpit. Luckily the vet was able to remove three lumps completely and partially remove the fourth. We are still awaiting the results of histology but despite Archie looking like a patchwork quilt he has done quite well with his recovery. He has been eating and rumblestrutting from the morning after the op. We had one minor blip on the weekend when he pulled out a stitch but after a trip to the vet all is well again. Fingers crossed he seems to be fine. So, one bad experience and one good one (so far) for me. Sorry for the essay, I can't seem to stop once I start! Hope this is useful & your girl is OK.
 
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