Problem Going Pee Or Poop

[PumpkinButt]

I got my little Pumpkin sometime around.... August. We got her from a Women that didn't care much about her, So we didn't really know her background besides that.

Ever since we got her in Augest we've noticed before she pees or poops, She has to like, Pull it out? (Poop) or Jump in the air for (Pee). What is this meaning? Is she alright?

 

[helen105281]

I am not sure exactly what you mean, for the poo is she ducking down as if she is eating it? they do eat some of their "special poos" which are full of the nutrients they need. How does she jump before she pees?

 

[PumpkinButt]

I am not sure exactly what you mean, for the poo is she ducking down as if she is eating it? they do eat some of their "special poos" which are full if the nutrients they need. How does she jump before she pees?

Yeah! She ducks down like she's eating it and sometime does, And she'll like duck down for awhile and come back up "Jump" and there will be pee everywhere?

 

[helen105281]

I would say that seems pretty normal, the jumping is a bit odd though. I would be more concerned if she was shouting as she pees or hunching as if in pain.

 

[Wiebke]

Guinea pigs produce two varieties of poos, the darker ones that carry all the digested stuff and that you see lying around, but at a different time they also make special poos that contain all the stuff that they can't afford to lose like gut bacteria and vitamin C, so they need to eat that to stay healthy. This is called coprophagy and it is what you are noticing.

Peeing when popcorning is a bit more unusual, but if she is not showing any signs of pain like hunching over or making a pain wheek, then I would not worry. She can just spray mark.

 

[PumpkinButt]

Thank you guys! I was starting to be a bit concerned but you just answered all my questions!