GPcrazy
Teenage Guinea Pig
Pretty much all the veg I give my guinea pigs has been new within the last 3 weeks. None of it has upset their tummies at all so I haven't worried about it (carrot, red/green lettuce, green beans, cucumber, corgette, baby tomato, strawberry tops, apple, spinach, kale, swiss chard, celery greens, carrot greens, fennel greens, chickweed, dandelion, nasturium, wheat grass, lawn grass).
Then over the weekend I couldn't find suitable lettuce at the shops so I bought a packet of endive instead (it seems to go by various names but according to google it's also known as Frisee - small jaggedy leaves that look similar to frilly lettuce).
I gave them each a smallish leaf yesterday as didn't want to overload them on something new. Except Patches then ate both leaves and Nia got none
When I checked inside their one hidey house an hour or two later there were quite a few squishy poops there. Not total mush, I could still pick them up fairly easily, but definitely not the normal solid oval poo shape. Quite of quite misshapen and like they're clearly come out somewhat wetter than normal.
I watched her throughout the day and by the afternoon she was still right as rain and I didn't see any more squishy poops. I double checked their litter box this morning as well and all normal in there.
So now my question is - can I give them some more tomorrow? Or must I rather leave it and not give it again? Was it a mini upset because their tummies are not used to it (and patches stupidly ate more than she should have), or will it continually have that effect on them? I didn't give any this morning.
Then over the weekend I couldn't find suitable lettuce at the shops so I bought a packet of endive instead (it seems to go by various names but according to google it's also known as Frisee - small jaggedy leaves that look similar to frilly lettuce).
I gave them each a smallish leaf yesterday as didn't want to overload them on something new. Except Patches then ate both leaves and Nia got none
When I checked inside their one hidey house an hour or two later there were quite a few squishy poops there. Not total mush, I could still pick them up fairly easily, but definitely not the normal solid oval poo shape. Quite of quite misshapen and like they're clearly come out somewhat wetter than normal.
I watched her throughout the day and by the afternoon she was still right as rain and I didn't see any more squishy poops. I double checked their litter box this morning as well and all normal in there.
So now my question is - can I give them some more tomorrow? Or must I rather leave it and not give it again? Was it a mini upset because their tummies are not used to it (and patches stupidly ate more than she should have), or will it continually have that effect on them? I didn't give any this morning.