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Piggy poos

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We're predicted a thunderstorm here tonight, so I brought the pigs in as a precaution. I put the pigs in their indoor box and noticed poo on my hand.

It looked like it had held it's shape until I touched it, at which point it squidged. I checked the pigs bottom and he does have a bit of dried poo on the fur around his bottom (he is long haired.)

He seems active in his box and happy enough, but I'm really worried. I don't want to wake up to no more piggy :(
The pigs are free range, we've had them almost 3 years and got them as babies. They go round munching up the lawn and I give them celery and carrots whenever I have any spare.
They have had access to the herbs (they chewed down the fence and helped themselves), but one is pooey and the other is not. I consider them to be the hardiest pigs I have owned, but I still worry about my babies!

A quick answer would be appreciated, I'm in a village and there's no vet or emergency vet service. I foolishly googled "guinea pig diarrohea" and now feel terrible.

Thanks in advance :rose
 
Have they had more veg or lawn time than normal today?
 
One of mine had that a few weeks ago.

Withhold lawn and veggies for a day or so - give plenty of hay and dried food.

My guinea was fine and it was at the same time as being allowed on the lawn again.

It doesn't sound like proper diarroah to me more like soft poop.

Hope that's the case!
 
My piggy 'Brows' had something similar. I assumed diarrhoea as he was sat looking miserable. I gave him half of a diacalm tablet and it seem to do the trick. (Thank you Peter Gurney!). His poos were looking wet too not just soft. Sorry for graphic discription.
 
Hi Gigglers, welcome to the forum. Whereabouts in Cambs are you?

It does just sound like soft poop, not true diarrhoea. It's the watery/runny kind which is more dangerous. Soft poop tends to be down to diet or, in some cases, medication.

It may be that one piggie ate more herbs than the other, hence the upset tum in one pig but not the other. Do you know what herbs they did eat? I agree with the above advice to withdraw all fruits and veggies, keep the pig off the grass today and until the poops have returned to normal. Give plenty of hay, the high fibre will help to get the consistency of the faeces back to normal. Ensure piggie is eating and drinking well, and if you've got any probiotics to hand, that can help too. :)
 
Thank you for the replies everyone, I awoke to two happy piggies in their box of hay!
They've had no more lawn time than usual, I'm guessing it must be the richer spring grass kicking in?

I cracked open a new bag of their high vit C & high fibre nuggets and the poo in the box today was soft, but didn't squidge. I'm going to keep them in one more day and then put them back in the hutch if poo is normal.

When they broke into the herb pots they mainly got at the bay leaves (which they are allowed one of as a treat occasionally, not an entire bush!) and the hairier one, who is more devilish (and the pooier one) ate the leaves of a chilli plant.
I know their from S.America, but chillis!? Really!? Chilli's have been secured and I have been assured he'll come to no harm from his spicy encounter.

I'm south of Cambridge itself, near the Beds/Herts border. It's really good to be on the forum - thank you all so very much for being so very helpful!
 
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