Marriages Hypoalagenic guinapig pellets

Big Len

Big Len

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Hi Has anybody tried these? Know their calcium content? They sound good with vitamin c probiotics etc. Expensive but as I limit their pellets in line with your sites recommendations that's not a problem. So I wondered if anyone could recommend or would advise against these. Thank you
 
I've never heard of them until today. I have looked them up and they contain grass and dandelion... I don't know how much dandelion is in them though.
 
Thanks Eileen. Do you recomend them? I was hoping the calcium content would be a little less, it is the same as the pellets the boys have now. I lost the fury boy in the picture to a stone. He was operated on by Ellie the Matlock guinapig vet and although he made it through the op he didn't make it through the night. Ellie took him home with her after the op and did all she could 😭 but it was not meant to be. Anyhow it says they have a prebiotic, antibiotic dandelion nettle - for good digestive and urinary tract health as well as omega 6 and vitamin c. Unfortunately I can not find a percentage content to help me decide if this is a better option for Elvis and Ed. Thank you
 
I'm sorry for your loss.i like these pellets due to them being grain free,also cold pressed so the original nutrients remain without adding as not heat treated.so do not swell in the digested tract and easier to digest.i believe the best thing is not to give anymore than one table spoon of pellets for each guinea pigs.i go to a vet who is exotic ,he believes alot of the stone issue is genetic in orientation,you can only do what is recommended on the forum for bladder piggies,reduce the risk ,but not eliminate the risk.ive luckly only had one piggie with a stone,she was 3 when i adopted her,therefore many already been at risk prior to me adopting her.maybe someone can link the diet for bladder piggies.Ellie is very good,ive been to her for other issues.maybe research cold pressed pellets to get an unbiased review.
 
So sorry for your loss - he looked like a lovely big boy 💕
The same thing happened to my boy Panda and it does break your heart. I've had one or two other stone pigs who have been sows and managed to either pass the stone or be brave enough to have it 'extracted' from the urethra which would be pretty much impossible with boars. Of course it is possible that some of my other pigs have carried stones which have just not shown symptoms...

My vet thought there was probably a genetic element - she had an old boar with a stone who had palliative care with painkiller as he would not have made it through the operation so she had been looking into it. Whether that genetic factor makes their biochemistry different or whether it just makes them drink less water than would be needed to flush the bladder through better she didn't know. She did say that pigs who have stones successfully removed from the bladder can often be back within weeks with a new stone - this is what they warned me about when Panda had his operation, but we have to give them a chance don't we.

I don't want to worry you, but are your other boys genetically related to the one who has passed? If they are not you might never see the problem again.
 
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