danuutka
Junior Guinea Pig
What can these poops tell you about two of my piggies?
The thinner poops with a tail are from Nelli, she’s an elderly pig. Her appetite and everything is fine, but her poops have looked like this for a few days now - they’re a normal consistency, but all different shapes with tails.
The fatter, rounder poops are from Koda. Ever since we’ve had her, she’s had a weird belly. Her belly always makes really loud gurgling noises, that sound like humans when we really need to go to the toilet - it can be heard across the room. She sometimes is painful with her poops, but most of the time she’s fine. We’ve been to the cavy savvy vets, who had noted that her belly feels a bit “distended” but they didn’t seem concerned about bloat. She’s well within herself, but I can’t seem to understand these recurrent tummy issues.
is there anything I can do for them? I’ve been giving them both probiotics (via syringes because they won’t touch it if it’s in bottles). I also give them probiotic pellets (the profibre one). Is there anything I can supplement with, perhaps daily? such as giving Critical Care bc it contains a lot of fibre, or doing daily massages for Koda? And why would Nelli’s poops look like this for about a week now, when she has no signs of illness otherwise (appetite is fine, toileting regular, weight stable etc).
The thinner poops with a tail are from Nelli, she’s an elderly pig. Her appetite and everything is fine, but her poops have looked like this for a few days now - they’re a normal consistency, but all different shapes with tails.
The fatter, rounder poops are from Koda. Ever since we’ve had her, she’s had a weird belly. Her belly always makes really loud gurgling noises, that sound like humans when we really need to go to the toilet - it can be heard across the room. She sometimes is painful with her poops, but most of the time she’s fine. We’ve been to the cavy savvy vets, who had noted that her belly feels a bit “distended” but they didn’t seem concerned about bloat. She’s well within herself, but I can’t seem to understand these recurrent tummy issues.
is there anything I can do for them? I’ve been giving them both probiotics (via syringes because they won’t touch it if it’s in bottles). I also give them probiotic pellets (the profibre one). Is there anything I can supplement with, perhaps daily? such as giving Critical Care bc it contains a lot of fibre, or doing daily massages for Koda? And why would Nelli’s poops look like this for about a week now, when she has no signs of illness otherwise (appetite is fine, toileting regular, weight stable etc).
