Chloe B
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi,
One of my boars looks to be impacted, he is almost 4 years old. I have read the thread on impaction, watched the videos etc and these are helpful. I just have a few questions if anyone is able to help? ...
1) can I use coconut oil instead of mineral oil? If not, can I buy mineral oil from uk supermarkets? So far just been using warm water and cotton wool.
2) the hay he has been sleeping on is really wet and smelly every time I get him out. I find one of his legs is a bit wet and worry he might get skin infection. Is this normal with impaction?
3) once impacted, is this life long?
I've only noticed the actual impaction yesterday, couple of weeks prior to this I noticed the cage was smellier than usual and "cow pat" like poops in the cage but my boy wasn't wet until yesterday. I gave him a bum bath last night but to do that daily will not be practical.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
One of my boars looks to be impacted, he is almost 4 years old. I have read the thread on impaction, watched the videos etc and these are helpful. I just have a few questions if anyone is able to help? ...
1) can I use coconut oil instead of mineral oil? If not, can I buy mineral oil from uk supermarkets? So far just been using warm water and cotton wool.
2) the hay he has been sleeping on is really wet and smelly every time I get him out. I find one of his legs is a bit wet and worry he might get skin infection. Is this normal with impaction?
3) once impacted, is this life long?
I've only noticed the actual impaction yesterday, couple of weeks prior to this I noticed the cage was smellier than usual and "cow pat" like poops in the cage but my boy wasn't wet until yesterday. I gave him a bum bath last night but to do that daily will not be practical.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!