paulag
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi everyone. Haven't been around for a very long time but wanted to pick your brains in case there is anything else I can do.
Zip came from the RSPCA, but I think he's about 5 years old now. He has a very strange problem. Over two years ago he had a very severe case of gastritis, loose bloody droppings and very unwell. The vet gave us antibiotics and probiotics and, I'm desperation, I tried some poo soup with one of his girlfriend's healthy droppings to replace his good bacteria. He miraculously recovered. He had a couple of other severe episodes until we worked out that he couldn't tolerate any fresh veggies.
He's had regular flare ups, but not severe as I now give his remaining girlfriend her veggies separately and treat him very quickly with poo soup at the first sign of loose droppings. But he's been slowly losing weight. He gets, and tolerates, lots of different hays, science selective pellets sprinkled with avipro pro c, woodland herbal forages and some of my breakfast oats. He eats really well, although unsurprisingly his girlfriend, who must be nearer 6 now, is rather fat.
He's so very thin now - been to the vets and there's nothing else obviously wrong and he's quite well in himself. Think he's probably not absorbing nutrients from his food well.
Now I've written this I think we've probably done everything we can do. Adding anything else to his diet would risk triggering a flare up. But if nothing else it's worth sharing that poop soup works very well.
Zip came from the RSPCA, but I think he's about 5 years old now. He has a very strange problem. Over two years ago he had a very severe case of gastritis, loose bloody droppings and very unwell. The vet gave us antibiotics and probiotics and, I'm desperation, I tried some poo soup with one of his girlfriend's healthy droppings to replace his good bacteria. He miraculously recovered. He had a couple of other severe episodes until we worked out that he couldn't tolerate any fresh veggies.
He's had regular flare ups, but not severe as I now give his remaining girlfriend her veggies separately and treat him very quickly with poo soup at the first sign of loose droppings. But he's been slowly losing weight. He gets, and tolerates, lots of different hays, science selective pellets sprinkled with avipro pro c, woodland herbal forages and some of my breakfast oats. He eats really well, although unsurprisingly his girlfriend, who must be nearer 6 now, is rather fat.
He's so very thin now - been to the vets and there's nothing else obviously wrong and he's quite well in himself. Think he's probably not absorbing nutrients from his food well.
Now I've written this I think we've probably done everything we can do. Adding anything else to his diet would risk triggering a flare up. But if nothing else it's worth sharing that poop soup works very well.
