Midge&Panda
Adult Guinea Pig
?/I'm sorry if this is a bit of a ramble I would like some advice and feed back if possible. I have already formed my own opinions, some others would be gratefully recieved. My big girl Midge has been a bit quiet of late , not so active her fur has been fluffed up on occasion and her back end has changed shape slightly. She has become a little bit more 'light bulb' shape. I was a bit concerned about this as 2 of my other girls have suffered from cystic ovaries. I made a vets appt but unfortunatly I could't attend after being ill so my daughter went with her dad. At the surgery I attend there are about 6 vets and only 2 or 3 I would trust with the girls. My daughter unfortunatly saw one of the others. After giving Midge an examination he declared there was nothing wrong with her she was just FAT. Now Midge has always been chunky weighing in at about 1400g but she can run around and jump about 3-4 inches to get back into her cage they have tunnels and boxes to play in as well as at least 6 hours floor time daily. He asked my daughter what they ate so she told him salad cabbage sweet corn and fruit once a week and that we fed gertie. Apparently we are feeding them too much and that they are fibre deficient. The gertie should also be left in the bowl until they have eaten everything. Now the girls (4) all live together so any salad they have is shared between them -there is no food bullying. they either have 1 apple or a banana shared between them once a week. They are bedded on fleece but have a mountain of hay to play with and to eat they also have timothy and a local grass based food called blueberry warren. He also said that the pigs optimum age was 3 1/2 yrs and if they survived past this age they would be lucky to get to six. Her cage friends weights are as -Panda 1470g, Maisie 1247g and Paprika 997g
