Florrieberry
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hello, I am taking one of our (10 month old) piggies for a check today as she has lost 110g in 7 weeks. She has occasionally gone down 30g or so and then made it up so at first was not worried. She is eating, drinking, pooing normally. Maybe slightly quieter, but over the last 3-4 weeks we have added 3 rescue piggies to the herd. They have a 3 floor cage , and all piggies use all floors, with food , water, hay etc on every floor so plenty of space and access to food. However I think she may be at the bottom of the pecking order and when 2 of the piggies appear she will move elsewhere. So I am wondering, as she is a shy piggy, if this unrest could have caused her to lose weight, disturbing her grazing from time to time. I am wondering whether to block off a floor for her and her original sow friend, to see of this helps. She has always loved ramps though (they all do) so maybe I will block of a section below so she can also run up and down? Thanks