Small Poops?

[katiethepiggiemom]

Hello I am piggie mom of 5! I just recently got a new cage for my babies so it's a lot easier to notice their poops and eating habits. But while cleaning their cage daily, I've noticed one of their poops is smaller than the others. I haven't figured out which piggy has been having the smaller poops yet, but I'll be separating each for 15-30 minutes at a time to figure out which one it is. I have a photo of one of the small poops vs. the big poops.

Other than this difference in size, each piggy is eating, drinking, and lively as ever. I just wanted to double check everything.

 

[Evenfall Rose]

I'd pay more attention to the shape/color of the poops rather than the size. I know teardrop-shaped poops are sometimes a result of dehydration, for example. Both of those look like a fairly normal shape.
Is one of your pigs on the smaller side weight-wise? My smaller pigs tend to have smaller poops.
It's not a bad idea to keep a closer eye on them and investigate further, but I wouldn't be too concerned if that's the only issue you're seeing and they all seem fine in other areas.

 

[Piggies&buns]

They do look normal, just smaller.
If you are concerned, then you could increase your weighing schedule and weigh your piggies more often than the routine weekly weigh in. This will show you if one of them is perhaps not eating as much as you think and could alert you to any issues. Given they need to eat more hay than anything else and you can’t gauge their hay intake by eye, weighing is the only way to be sure they are in fact eating enough.

 

[Wiebke]

Hello I am piggie mom of 5! I just recently got a new cage for my babies so it's a lot easier to notice their poops and eating habits. But while cleaning their cage daily, I've noticed one of their poops is smaller than the others. I haven't figured out which piggy has been having the smaller poops yet, but I'll be separating each for 15-30 minutes at a time to figure out which one it is. I have a photo of one of the small poops vs. the big poops.

Other than this difference in size, each piggy is eating, drinking, and lively as ever. I just wanted to double check everything. View attachment 139450

Both poos look normal to me; they are both nicely plump, and don't look thin, shrivelled or squishy.
Individual size can very; it is one of those things where you have to learn your piggies' pecularities so you know what is their normal in order to judge when something is not right.
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